The names of Oriental Rugs are often difficult to pronounce and confusing to the beginning rug buyer. They conjure up images of faraway lands and exotic locales such as Sarouk, Kashan, Kerman, Bokhara, Peking, Samarkand, Heriz, and Tabriz, to name…
Like any fine work of art, Oriental Rugs may appreciate with the passage of time. During their 2,500 year history, Oriental Rugs have been a standard of luxury and have proved countless times their value increases. Antique rugs are generally…
Last week a customer brought in a 6 x 9 Kerman Rug that had not been cleaned in about 7 years. It is a beautiful rug but the layers of dirt prevented anyone from truly seeing how beautiful it is….
We have all types of rugs, runners as well as tapestries in our Los Angeles showroom available to our customers. We also have some unique items and today we’d like to show you our custom made pillows! They are all…
Meet Ashkan Sobhe a marketing guru and a third generation rug specialist in our Los Angeles rug Tour and Workshop of 10-12 of August 2012. Born and raised on Persian rugs, literally, Ashkan Sobhe inherited a wealth of knowledge about…
Yazd is an ancient city in central Iran between the famous cities of Isfahan and Kerman, surrounded by desert with an area of 72,000 km2. The population of Yazd was 327,000 in 1996. A large number of Zorastrians still live in Yazd….
The city of Ardabil (also called Ardebil. It’s ancient name was Artavil) is the capital of Ardabil Province in northeastern Iran with an area of 18,011 square kilo meters, bordering on the (former Soviet) Republic of Azarbaijan to the north and…
” ZARI ” ( golden ), is an attributive adjective, which is attributed to ZAR (gold). It means made of gold. Therefore, ZARI is brocade with gold weft”. About 1000 B.C. fabrics were woven in the from of two-weft, in East of…
We had a custom repair request come in last week involving a beautiful Nepalese rug. The owner had purchased the rug in New York and had it for many years but one thing bothered her enough over time to find…
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think quality rugs and carpets? Persian rugs, naturally. Carpets held significant meaning to the Persians as long as 2500 years ago. The rugs and carpets were so important to…