Your HQ for authentic, beautiful hand-knotted Persian rugs, from traditional and antique to over-dyed and absolutely on-trend.

Nile Rugs doesn’t mess around when it comes to the real thing: the team sources all their oriental rugs from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey, and they travel to the areas where rug weavers have honed their skills for centuries. They hand-pick the very best rugs, kilims and cushion covers to bring back home, which is why Nile Rugs boasts the largest collection of hand-knotted vintage and antique rugs in New Zealand. All of these treasures of the past were produced with love by artisans many years ago, and have all been professionally washed, cleaned, and restored to bring out their best.

Nile Rugs has been sourcing rugs for over forty years. In the early ‘90s, the business started developing its own custom-made rugs: the over-dyed and distressed styles that was fairly new to the industry at the time. The team used cutting-edge techniques to pare back the colours and achieve a specific contrast level of any rug. Nile Rugs believes that its customers are as unique as its rugs, and the team are dedicated to helping every customer select the special piece that will perfectly complement any room, office or home.

Afghan kilims are woven from 100% wool and vegetable dyes, known for their design, quality and workmanship. Kilims are flat-woven, not knotted, and they’re even reversable. The cushion covers in store are made from hand-woven kilims or over-dyed rugs with cotton fabric backing.

Nile Rugs’ mission is to provide Kiwis with genuine hand-knotted rugs imported directly from the people who make them. Each handmade rug has an identity of its own and represents a cultural identity. The authenticity of these rugs makes each one a treasure with a story behind it, worlds apart from the mass-market, mass-produced kind. The rugs you’ll find here are priced fairly; works of art that can and should be loved and enjoyed by everyone.