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I have enjoyed the study of Oriental Rugs for years. I am not really in the rug business but it relaxes me to study and write about rugs. For years I was a consultant to business and Government in the Washington DC area. Now I work in Advertising. I have even dabbled in politics over the last 34 years. I have worked for a wide range of candidate from Ronald Reagan to John Kerry and frankly the Ker...

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Antique Baluch Rugs: Both New and Antique Baluch Rugs are very popular with collectors. They are plentiful and not as expensive as some other types of rugs. They can be so dark as...; Updated 4 days ago | Baluch Rugs › baluch
Antique Persian Rugs: Antique Persian Rugs are one of the world's greatest undervalued art form. A few rugs are from known masters but the vast majority of Antique Persian Rugs a...; Updated 39 days ago | Persian Rugs › carpets
Antique Oushak Rugs: Often spelled Oushak, Ushak, and Uschak, Oushak carpets are the preeminent formal rug from the Ottoman Empire. Mamaluke or Para- Mamaluke can be exceptional...; Updated 39 days ago | Oushak Rugs › ottoman carpets
Antique Khotan Rugs - Khotan Carpets: Antique Khotan Rugs and carpets were produced in Western China. Khotan or Hotan as some call it is an oasis town on the edge of the Taklamakan desert. It is...; Updated 39 days ago | Khotan Rugs - Khotan Carpets › central asian rugs
Gabbeh Rugs: Gabbeh Rugs have become among the top 10 selling Persian Rugs. Traditionally a Gabbeh was a unclipped shaggy sleeping rug. Some of them particularly the Lur...; Updated 64 days ago | Gabbeh › carpet
Antique Rugs - Antique Carpets: Antique Rugs and Carpets in the trade are at least 80 years old. This applies primarily to rugs and carpets used as furnishings. Collectors of tribal weavin...; Updated 39 days ago | Antique Rugs - Antique Carpets › antique
Antique Kirman Rugs-Kirman Carpets: Kirman rugs and Kirman carpets are made in the Province of Kirman in Iran. Kirman has long been the major city of South Eastern Iran. Kirman escaped Russian...; Updated 65 days ago | Kirman Rugs-Kirman Carpets › kerman
Turkish Rugs: I love Turkish Rugs and have studied them for years. Here is a chance to look at some of my favorite rugs and carpets. Western Rug scholars constantly try t...; Updated 65 days ago | Turkish Rugs › anatolian
The Qashqai and Qashqai Rugs: The Qashqai were drawn from breakup of the Azeri Turkmen when Shah Ismail Safavi broke their power and created the Safavid Dynasty. As a reward for backing Shah...; Updated 65 days ago | The Qashqai and Qashqai Rugs › fars iran rugs
Oriental Rugs: Oriental Rugs are hand-woven rugs made across Northern Africa the Middle East, Southwest asia and Central Asia.While many of the weavers are Moslem they are...; Updated 25 days ago | Oriental Rugs › asian
Mashad Rugs: Mashad Iran is the main city of Khorasan Iran. The rugs range from simple tribal rugs to the most sophisticated of workshops. It is also of one of the holie...; Updated 46 days ago | Mashad Rugs › imam reza mosque
Suzani Embroidery: We see a wide range of embroidered piecework accross the Moslem world. In Central Asia we use the term Suzani but we see very similar work in Ottoman Textiles,...; Updated 65 days ago | Suzani Embroidery › asian
Turkoman Rugs: Over 1000 years ago the tribes of Turkmenistan formed the tribes we know today. The rugs become a way we can look into their history and culture. 10 years a...; Updated 64 days ago | Turkoman Rugs › turkoman bags
Shahsevan Rugs: Shahsevan: The Shahsevan were a tribal confederation in Northwest and Western Iran. To the rug and textile collector they are best know for their Sumac bags,...; Updated 25 days ago | Shahsevan Rugs › shahsevan
Veramin Rugs: The first thing I notice about a Veramin rug is the color. Particularly in the Tribal rugs I expect a wide of good, clear, very saturated, colors. Veramin is...; Updated 35 days ago | Veramin Rugs › bags
Tabriz Rugs: Tabriz rugs and carpets are wonderfully diverse running the full gamut from bazaar quality to art for the wall. Tabriz rugs are from the city of Tabriz whic...; Updated 64 days ago | Tabriz Rugs › iran
Antique Tabriz Rugs: Tabriz Rugs have a proud heritage going back hundreds if not thousands of years. The quality of Tabriz rugs ranges from some of the best rugs made in Iran o...; Updated 65 days ago | Tabriz Rugs › northwest persian
Antique European Rugs: Best of Antique European RugsFrom the rugs of Alcaraz Spain to the west and the Bessarabian Kilims to the east, to Sardinia in the South and Sweden in the n...; Updated 64 days ago | Antique European Rugs › antique auboson rugs
Persian Carpets: A Persian carpet is a large rug, 7 by 10 (6 meters) or larger, that was made in Persia or present day Iran. Some people try to call Indian or Chinese Rugs P...; Updated 331 days ago | Persian Carpets › city carpets
Antique Agra Rugs: Agra rugs are the great rug of India. Agra was one of the three carpet weaving centers established by the Great Mogul Emporer Akbar. Ever since that time th...; Updated 64 days ago | Antique Agra Rugs › agra carpets

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Antique Baluch Rugs: Both New and Antique Baluch Rugs are very popular with collectors. They are plentiful and not as expensive as some other types of rugs. They can be so dark as...
Antique Persian Rugs: Antique Persian Rugs are one of the world's greatest undervalued art form. A few rugs are from known masters but the vast majority of Antique Persian Rugs a...
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