Explaining City Rugs vs. Tribal Village Rugs From Persian City Rugs vs. Tribal Village Rugs – From the earliest times, the motives or purposes, behind rug production, have been complex. As domestic home furnishings, woven area rugs and carpets must have originated for practical reasons. First for the purposes of comfort and then as decorative objects. […]
Learn About The Magnificent Moroccan Beni Ourain Rugs View Our Entire Collection of Moroccan Rugs Beni Ourain Rugs – The Beni Ourain Moroccan “tribe” is made up of 17 different Berber tribes that live in the Atlas Mountains. Some have come to the lowlands to farm, but many still raise sheep at the higher up elevations. The […]
Eco Friendly Rugs From Morocco – Beauty and Sustainability Eco Friendly Rugs – It’s really no secret anymore that conserving and protecting the environment is a top notch priority in the world today. We see it everywhere, whether it be in the Hybrid vehicles driving past us, or solar panels on rooftops; people are taking a […]
The Largest Collection of Vintage Moroccan Rugs in the World Largest Collection of Vintage Moroccan Rugs – As the renewed interest in mid-century modern design is in full swing, vintage Moroccan rugs, with their distinctly minimalist aesthetic, have become one of the most popular rug styles available today. These alluring compositions feature a distinct style, […]
How To Protect Your Antique Carpets and Rugs from Sun Fading Sun Fading Rugs — 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 of Islamic Art can behold its splendor. The enclosed display […]
Women Weavers of Antique Rugs 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. Although many of the names of these talented women weavers have been lost to history, their contributions to the art of […]
Antique Persian Qashqai Soccer Field Rug Is A World Cup Celebration 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 […]
Step by Step Guide To Rolling Up Rugs and Carpets “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. […]
Answering the age old question of what is a rug What defines something as being a rug? Sometimes, we take things for granted. The other day someone asked us to explain to them what is a rug. So we figured we would share this basic information with you. In it’s most basic definition, a rug […]