[All of our pictures enlarge; click on any picture for a closer look. Text & images protected by copyright.] SYMMETRICAL PATTERNS AND MULTIPLE BORDERS distinguish rugs from the Oushak region of northwest Turkey. Popular in Europe from the 1500s onward, some undoubtedly made their way to the Virginia colony. Our design is inspired by an 18th-century carpet in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation collections. © 2009 The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation