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 floor, then you are well aware that the world cup is hitting its stride and the world has once again gone soccer crazy! What better way to celebrate this world uniting event than with a beautiful antique Persian Qashqai soccer field rug?

“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 go about doing this, we figured it would make sense to simply post this instructional guide.

We recently obtained a stunning antique Persian Sarouk rug illustrating the tragic love story of Khosrow and Shirin. The rug sold within a day of listing it, so we decided to share the rich Persian legend it portrays.

In this article we explore what semi antique rugs truly are, when they were made and different points to keep in mind when buying semi antique area rugs.

Part of the fascination we have for antique carpets is their history. For the most part, we get new rugs in all the time and know pretty much immediately where they where and when they were woven. We can also figure out what is the significance of the imagery and sometimes we even know who made it. Unlike paintings and other forms of art, rugs were seldom signed by the artists themselves. Even when they were signed by the artist, there is very little paper trail for us to follow if we wish to learn more about the person who created it.

In this article we tackle and answer one of the most frequently asked rug related questions of all time – “Difference Between A Rug And A Carpet”.