It's a ritual at London's Victoria & Albert Museum. On the hour and half-hour, the Ardabil carpet is lit for a brief 10 minutes, so visitors to the Jameel Gallery...
In the world of carpets, it's the women weavers, those hard working ladies behind the loom, who should be appreciated for their unrelenting work and the extraordinary carpets they create....
Throughout time children that have grown up with great Persian rugs have similar attachments to the rug. Imagination and history create this bond, eliciting happy memories and a nostalgia for...
Soccer has been most popular sport in the world long before most Americans got the soccer bug. Unless you live under a rock, on the bottom of the deep ocean...
"How should I be rolling up my rugs" is one of the most frequently asked rug related questions that we get. Since we spend so much time explaining how to...
Young lovers, meddling parents, and separation may be the theme, but Romeo and Juliet isn’t the story. This is the tragic Persian love story of Layla and Majnun, two lovers...
We recently acquired a magnificent antique Persian Sarouk rug that depicts the Persian tragic love story of Khosrow and Shirin. Since the rug sold after only one day of being on our...
In the below post, we will review the Pantone colors of the year from 2012, 2013, 2014 and of course we included 2018 as well.
Authentic Oriental rugs are handmade with hand-spun yarn rather than being made by a machine. The very nature of handmade rugs gives them a unique pattern that includes variations in...