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Rug Rag[Rug Rag] Distinguished Oriental and Persian Rugs from the Doris Duke Collection and the Newport Restoration Foundation auctioned by Christie's in New York City. Some very impressive pieces in this collection including a Silk Isfahan rug selling .

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The Oriental Rug Bloghttp://www.internetrugs.com/blog/rugs-of-india-mahindra-carpets/ [The Oriental Rug Blog] Rugs of India: Mahindra Carpets: There are about 130 Persian knots per square inch. Most of their designs are based on unusual Persian city rugs, though a few seem to be based on old Indian carpets like Agras.

R. John Howe: Textiles and Texthttp://rjohnhowe.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/daniel-walker-classical-fragments/ [R. John Howe: Textiles and Text] Daniel Walker: “Classical Fragments”: weave.  Given the mostly heavy cotton warps in these rugs, fine silk, which is known to have great tensile strength, may have been considered ideal for pulling this pile structure together compactly.  These Kerman weavers may not have considered that silk does not have great tolerance for abrasion and that it might break with wear.  In a subsequent conversation, Walker, gave another plausible reason for this latter possibility.  He said that he thinks that most weavers, including those who wove the “vase technique” rugs, weave with rather short-term use objectives and don’t really consider what might happen to a given structure over longer spans of time. In this particular case, the structural weakness is not apparent, and in fact does not occur, until the pile has worn down almost completely. 

Propeller.com Art & Design Storieshttp://design.propeller.com/story/2008/05/30/the-orient-and-its-rugs [Propeller.com Art & Design Stories] The Orient & it's Rugs: Oriental rugs are fine works of art and began as one of the oldest art forms known today. Did you know a well cared for Persian rug will bring beautiful decoration to your home as well as put money in your bank account?

Interior Design - Interior Decorating - Home Staging[Interior Design - Interior Decorating - Home Staging] 6 Ways To Use an Area Rug: Most rugs wear in the middle of the room where they get the heavier traffic and the outer foot or two often still look relatively new. So buy a huge area rug that compliments the carpet already on the floor leaving just the outer edge that’s less worn exposed.

Worldwide Donations Delivering Great Home Decor[Worldwide Donations Delivering Great Home Decor] Investing in Persian Rugs Makes Dollars & Sense: You will find many a silk rug from Persia will be hung on the wall to protect it against people walking on it and it makes a beautiful statement on the wall.

Tips Answers Guides[Tips Answers Guides] Area Rugs: Colors And Styles That Fit Every Room: Whether you pick a funky shag rug, a fun geometric contemporary rug, or a traditionally luxurious oriental rug such as a Persian or Tibetan rug, you will be sure to add visual delight to your home. An area rug is suitable for any room in your home, and the vast array of colors and styles can create almost any “look”.

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Tips Answers Guides[Tips Answers Guides] Oriental Rugs: From All Over The World: While we all might know in a general way that most of these Oriental rugs come from places that are both exotic and mysterious like Iran, there are few of us that know very much about the real history-how far back it actually goes and what went into the predecessors of today’s imitations that come from manufacturers like the 828 Collections.

The Oriental Rug Bloghttp://www.internetrugs.com/blog/rugs-of-india-worth-a-second-look/ [The Oriental Rug Blog] Rugs of India: worth a second look: But most contemporary rug connoisseurs deemed them corrupted by Persian influence and by Western demand, and unworthy of study, so that these carpets were passed over in books. Like earlier Mughal rugs, they were clearly influenced by the rugs of Iran, but, again, they have their own look, in part due to an unusual color palette and not-quite-Persian designs.

Iran Reviews[Iran Reviews] Rugs of India: Black Mountain Looms: Area Rug Buyers Guide: To meet Federal Trade Commission requirements Persian/ Oriental rug dealers label each rug with its country of origin and the distributor’s business name. Labels having the words Indo-, Sino- or Pak-, .

My Weblog[My Weblog] Persian Rugs Buying Guide Oriental Rug Care and Cleaning: Do not store rugs in a humid, damp, warm, or poorly ventilated room. This causes mildew which has a musty odor, discolors the fabrics, and weakens them so that they fall in pieces.

allrecordretrieval.com/blog[allrecordretrieval.com/blog] Area Rugs To Complement Your Decor: Whether you pick a funky shag rug, a fun geometric contemporary rug, or a traditionally luxurious oriental rug such as a Persian or Tibetan rug, you will be sure to add visual delight to your home. An area rug is suitable for any room in your home, and the vast array of colors and styles can create almost any “look”.

Business Web Directory Blog[Business Web Directory Blog] Area Rugs To Complement Your Decor: Rugs are produced in a huge variety of colors and patterns and can be used to add extra decoration in any household room. By choosing from cool shag rugs, trendy contemporary rugs with geometric patterns, or traditional rugs such as Persian or Tibetan rugs, you can create just about any ‘look’

arisa maki[arisa maki] Antique Oriental Rugs: Pasargad (pasargadcarpets.com): Pasargad is an importer of hand-woven oriental rugs, featuring an extensive line of hand-woven Chinese, Persian-design, and Indian masterpieces in vegetable-dyed wool. It is a family owned business established in 1904, well-known for its in-house restoration and cleaning facilities, with showrooms in New York and Washington D.C.

News and Reviews Blog[News and Reviews Blog] Oriental Rugs: From All Over The World: While we all might know in a general way that most of these Oriental rugs come from places that are both exotic and mysterious like Iran, there are few of us that know very much about the real history-how far back it actually goes and what went into the predecessors of today’s imitations that come from manufacturers like the 828 Collections.

Iran Reviews[Iran Reviews] May, Graduating Shows. War Rugs: fQaroundtown http://fibrequarterly.blogspot.com/2008/05/may- http://www.academicblogs.org/wiki/index.php/Rugs_of_War. http://oriental-rugs-persian-rugs.blogspot.com/2007/03/afghan-tribal-war-rug-collection.html. ...

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