My Least Favorite Rugs
What is my least favorite Rug? It is not area rug which is also called machine made rug or even hard to clean shag or flokati rugs. It is rather tufted rugs. Why? Because when they’re new, they look fine,…
Turkomen Horse Saddle Cover
In a recent acquisition we received a beautiful Turkomen horse saddle cover rug. It is dated 1968 and there are two holes in it for the handles of the saddle to pass through. There are some Russian scripts woven onto…
Obama Rug, Obama Carpet?!
Several visitors found my rug blog when they searched for “Obama Rug”! I had a post few weeks ago on if by coming President Obama to the office the rug market gets any better. Why should people search for “Obama…
Does a Dirty Rug Mirror the Personality of the Customer?
For a long time, I have thought to myself to find a correlation between the mentality/personality of a customer and the cleanness/dirtiness of his/her rug. I am getting closer to the belief that a dirty rug shows that the owner…
Santa Claus on Rug/Kilim, A Perfect Christmas/Holiday Gift Idea
Our weaver this time wanted to show us how artist she is. She made a photo of the Santa Claus and wove it on a kilim with his beard high lighted. This is for sale for $195 with free shipping…
President-Elect Obama and the Rug Market
When Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, insurance giant AIG and Lehman Brothers failed few months ago, everything looked bad and this situation was seized by the Senator Obama’s Campaign. Obama won the election with the promise of change. Can president-elect Obama…
A Homeless Man Paid Cash and Bought A Rug
The day before yesterday around 5:00 pm a homeless man walked into our rug gallery and looked at an area rug which was on a stack of Persian rugs and asked for the price. I treated him well with respect…
Persian Gabbeh Rugs of Qashqai Tribe in the Atlanta Rug Show July 208
The July Atlanta Rug Show was held in Atlanta, Georgia from July 13 to 16, 2008. Oriental Rug Retailers of America in cooperation with the organizer of the rug show, the AmericasmArt, held a series of talks and seminars and…
Rug cartoon and the Design
We have few rug designs called cartoon in our rug gallery to show to our customers to see how Persian carpets are made. A designer draws the cartoon on a graph paper and then a painter paints and dyes the…
Cutting a Rug and making it Fit in the Room
We received this rug from a customers who wanted us to cut it and make it fit in her room which was smaller than the rug. This is what we did. Khosrow Sobhewww.RugIdea.com310-770-9085