The warp on Lori rugs is mostly [[Cotton|cotton]], while the weft is [[Wool|wool]]. Although available in a wide range of sizes they are most frequently mid-size. <ref>Moheban, 2015, p.351</ref>
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Lori rugs began to be woven in the mid-nineteenth century. Rugs from this period to the 1920s have a wool foundation. From the 1920s onward, the weavers mainly used a cotton foundation.<ref>Moheban, 2015, p.351</ref>