Oriental and Persian Rugs/carpets
Rooms look empty and cold without carpets in them. Oriental carpets and area rugs add warmth and character to the rooms in which they are used. A room without a rug is like a body without sole. When you want to…
The Ardabil Carpets
Ardabil Carpets: An Overview of Exceptional Works of Art Possibly two of the largest, and oldest carpets in the world, Ardabil carpets are cherished pieces of art, history and elegance all wrapped up in one – better yet, two. With…
Ardabil Carpet at Los Angeles County Museum of Art LACMA
Later this year, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), will exhibit the famous Ardabil Carpet for a short period of time, in November 2009. There are two magnificent Persian carpets called the Ardabil Carpets. Their exact origins remain unknown….
Carpet Concert and Persian Rugs in Los Angeles: A Sold Out Event
A second sold out Carpet Concert was held at Craft & Folk Art Museum here in Los Angeles last night. Rowan Storm performed vocal and played dayereh and Daff (framed drum). Morteza Yadollahi played Persian tar and tanbur and Faraz…
A Busy Sunday With Rug Cleaning and Repair and One Rug Sale
It was Sunday yesterday and we were at work from 9:00 am till 9:00 pm! We were supposed to pick up two rugs for cleaning from a neighboring town, some 25 miles away from our rug gallery. My helper did…
Persian Carpets Consortium
Persian carpets, with their intricate weaving techniques, beautiful assortment of colours, and explicit designs, hold the top rank in the list of carpet exporters across the globe. Recently, Masoud Mirkazemi, Commerce Minister of Iran, called for the formation of a…
Abbas Sayahi A Master Dyer of Natural Colors and Dyes
Abbas Sayahi is a great master dyer who lives in Shiraz, Iran. He has a big dyeing plant and workshop in the suburb of Shiraz (Sultanabad) where he uses different local herbs and plants to dye the yarns for different…
President of the Iranian Carpet Exporters’ Association in Los Angeles
Mr. Akbar Herischian, president of the Iranian Carpet Exporters’ Association is in Los Angeles. He came to visit me around 12:pm today in my rug gallery. We chatted and talked about the matters of mutual interests, mostly Persian carpets. Although…
Persian Rug Dealers’ Film
Few days ago, an Iranian film maker called me and spoke over the phone. He wanted to see me to talk about a rug film to be made by him. We fixed the time and met. He is a graduate…
Persian Rugs and Coalition of Iranian Entrepreneurs AHAM Los Angeles
We have a weekly meeting on Monday evenings at the Flame Restaurant, the Camden House in Beverly Hills. The organizer of the meeting is the Coalition of Iranian Entrepreneurs, in Farsi called AHAM. The meeting starts at 6:00 pm with…