Dear Scott, The price is very fair indeed .I have seen the ultra fine, high quality 'silk on silk' large size sumaks selling for a bit below nearly double...
Dear Scott I was brought up to believe that birds with prominent tails were always peacocks. Of course this could be a salesman's story ! After all I WAS an ...
Hi members Some of you probably joined the American Conference on Oriental Rugs 20-23 April. Take a look at a few articles and photo-series from the...
Ivan, Thanks for the photos of ACOR I didn't have time to make it this year. While not terribly practical I really liked the dealers row in the early ACOR...
Dear Barry, I have recently purchased an Ali Seirafian ISfahan rug from a reputable carpet dealer. After reading this post, I am curious to determine if the...
hello! How are you? I want new friends all the world. I am a serious man. I am a textiles designer. I am working a carpet-rug manufacture company in the...
Albert Ong Hello, Ali was Haj Agha Reza Seirafian's fifth son and his work is less common than some of the others. I would still expect his rugs to fall within...
I am looking at an antique Serab that supposedly has Camel hair woven on it. It does have a Camel colored border. How does one determine if Camel hair is used?...
Barry, Thanks for your excellent advice. I have checked and it would seem to pass your first test on closer examination. I do not have the tools for the second...
Generally, real Camel has a very different texture than sheep wool. Many old Serab rugs have camel colored wool that is not actually camel hair. Karen DiSaia ...
Thanks Barry for the excellent write up on Francesc Ventura's kilim exhibition in Spain in your informative site. http://www.persiancarpetguide.com/ Best...
Karen, Thanks for your reply. If it is really Camel hair, is it more valuable? Camel hair is not as fine/soft as wool, so is it not as durbale as wool? Regards...
I have this rug thats been hanging up in my house for ever its pretty old, the thing is I dont know anything about rugs and I mean anything I was hoping that...
I'm new to the group and really happy to have stumbled upon it. Recently I started working at my father's longstanding rug business (40 years)and wanted to...
Hello Parham, I had a lot of fun writing about the show featuring your Kilims. Sometimes a rug is just a rug and other times it is art. It was good to see your...
I do not know what is problem with you or your stock what type of but you are wasting your time with rug-fanatics group you should understand and try to locate...
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All industries have a handful of scornful practitioners who are bent on damaging the public's perception. Our industry is no exception. Oriental rug dealers...
There are really too many other factors in determining value, to say if it is worth more or less. It is generally fuzzier on the back than regular wool is, so...
Leon and David, Thanks for your very insightful responses to the questions I posed. You both seem to be right on the mark and I hope you are thriving in your...
Every Carpet Lover Hereby I invite you to visit the 15th Persian Carpet Grand Exhibition that will hold in Tehran International Fair Ground from August 23...
Iran Carpet Company ,in cooperation with the Iran National Carpet Centre and Iranian Carpet Exporters Association, will hold the 15th Persian Carpet Grand...
Chris, Can you take a picture of the back of the rug? I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like the kind of thing that I've seen sold in a lot of the Middle Eastern...
Chris, Can you take a picture of the back of the rug? I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like the kind of thing that I've seen sold in a lot of the Middle Eastern...
Hello all rug fanatic friends. We are in Eugene Oregon which is off of Interstate 5 As there are many rug dealers in this part of the country we decided to...
Your time is never wasted with this group! Fanatics is fun....what a wonderful group....Thanks to those that make this a success. And Leon could not have put...
Hello Chris, Well it's not really a rug, it's often called a tapestry I guess because it's really made for hanging, not walking on. Your tapestry was machine...
Hello The 15th Persian Carpet Grand Exhibition in Tehran International Fair Ground from August 23 to 29,2006 is the major rug show in Iran. Hundreds of vendors...
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