We have a silk rug hanging in our dining room and I hung it using clip-on curtain rings and a rod from Target. It's not flush with the wall however. For a cleaner look I've seen rugs that have a heavy-duty velcro sewn in a strip along the top edge and affixed to the wall. This is what I would do but I was unwilling to sew through the hand-knotted silk. I think wool would be very forgiving and allow this.

Mount it to a wood frame and then hang the frame and then hang the frame.

Mounting to a wooden frame requires something to go through the rug, which might damage it.

Sew a narrow pocket along the long edge on the back. Either slip a flat piece of wood, like a yard stick, through the pocket, or use a curtain rod. If you want it really flat, to the same to the bottom edge. That's how they hang quilts.

Use stucco screws to mount to wall. If you can't do that, then hang from rope or cord from the nails on the molding.

http://www.ehow.com/how_7589578_mount-screws-stucco.html

What chieromancer said... But, split the top sleeve so you can put a picture hangar in the center. Also place a sleeve along the bottom as well. I use lattice for my quilts. The lattice at the top hangs it, the one at the bottom keeps it flat.

Look at shops that support quilters or sell quilts (physical or online). For a similar project I found some little wood clips that nail into the wall and pinch the tapestry. With two at the top my rug hangs straight and flush with the wall, with no holes!

p.s. with the lattice/picture hanger system, I can hand a full size quilt from a thumb tack.

Google "quilt hanger" and you'll get lots of places that sell rods specially made for this purpose. With a hanger, you won't have to damage or alter the rug in anyway--there's a special clamping system that holds it all in place.

Do NOT use wood, which will destroy the rug over time. You've seen antique white textiles with brown stains? That's from the wood off gassing. It weakens and irreparably destroys the textile. Only wood that has been properly sealed can be used.

Velcro is an option, hand-sewing or sewn to a backing material which is then attached to the rug. The velcro then attaches to a strip of treated wood or metal that has been nailed to the wall. If you can't nail it to the wall, tack something up where you can and then suspend the rug from rods or heavy nylon line - but this is after you've velcroed it. That is the onlyeay to get it flat.

If you sew a tube to the back, find inexpensive but very long metal curtain rods and use those. But buy them so they are doubled up for most of the length, or it will bend. Or you could buy double width canvas stretcher strips at a serious art supply store - seal the wood and attach the rug to that, but that's going to be a bear to do right for something this long and I'm still worried about the wood.

Tuareg is right. Velcro. I did this with an ancient Navajo rug.

If you hang the rug put the rug between two pieces of glass with a really nice wood frame then hang. I personally would hang it vertically, somewhere, like in a hallway.

hey..just a suggestion..may be you should attach a material at the back of the rug..like a hemming..and with that you can custom-make 2 metal rods to hang from the wall and hooked to the hemming behind the rug..

A simple, minimalistic way of hanging heavy material carpets is to use carpet tack strips! First mount a strip the length of the carpet by nailing or screwing the strip to the wall, which by the way you can just eyeball it because you can always make adjustments. Next take your carpet and carefully push them into the tiny tack nails. BE CAREFUL!!!! Buy them at your local home improvement store. You can use the strips to manipulate the way the carpet hangs, good if you have a carpet that has some stubborn curling edges.

Good Luck!

Ditto IDLEMINDWORKSHOP. I did this with a heavy off white 8x10 rug on a large wall and it worked beautifully.

Thank you for the replies; I'll save them. I wound up hanging it vertically in the doorway from the den to small bedroom/office (few doors in this small place). Done on the cheap with cuphooks on top of the br moulding and butterfly clips on the rug, hooking onto the cuphooks. Looks good from the den side; not so important on the br side. Can have it partly or completely closed. Thanks again for the replies.