variety of western carpet designs such as Bahaus School are characterized as different from the traditional designs and forms and are basically based on principles of visual arts. This variety pops up questions about the origin, causes, and relationship with oriental carpets. This paper is an attempt to answer some of these questions. To this end, history of western carpet by looking at art movements such as “William Morris Movement”, “Bauhaus School”, “Art Deco”, “Art Noveau”, and “Post-modern art”.
