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Persian Kilims, Modern Touch to your Home

Modern Persian Kilims may be a good investment if you want to give a more distinctive look to your interiors, define your home style, transform the existing decor. Thanks to their versatility, they perfectly...

Oriental Rugs Work with Nearly Any Decor

Oriental rugs are a beautiful and classic interior decorating choice. Persian and Oriental rugs work well in traditional style décor, but it is easy to incorporate the beauty of these special rugs into just...

Rooms Where Persian Rugs Rock

Did you notice that there is a huge comeback of Persian rugs in interiors? Probably you remember this rugs from your parents or grandparents houses. Well now they are back, as it usually happens with...

Oriental Rugs for Every Space

An Oriental rug can add ornamental flair to any interior, contemporary or traditional A beautifully crafted Oriental rug never goes out of style and can be surprisingly versatile in all kinds of homes. With...

An Ode To Oriental Rugs

The vintage Orientals still had deep reds next to faded shades of crimson. Old books on this classic style of rugs describe how, long ago, the men of the family sheared the wool from...

How to Decorate with Persian Rugs

Your home is the best place to spend time and is the place that you are welcomed every day. Therefore it is important to invest in a place that you spend most of your...

Why you should invest in an Oriental rug

Investing in a rug Should you be looking to invest, auctions can be a good way of getting your hands on a rare piece. Abu Dhabi’s Estuary Auctions recently held a specialist sale of unique...

A Peek Inside Howard Hodgkin’s Personal Collection

LONDON — Howard Hodgkin, the British painter who died in March at the age of 84, was famous for daubing his canvases with strips and patches of raw color: from translucent blues and greens to...

Collecting Guide: Oriental rugs and carpets

Specialist Louise Broadhurst gives six tips for would be carpet-collectors, from identifying natural dyes, to finding the right setting on your vacuum cleaner — with lots from our upcoming Oriental Rugs and Carpets auction...

How to Tell if a Persian Rug Is Valuable

Owning a Persian carpet is like owning a valuable piece of history. Genuine carpets from Iran, formerly known as Persia, are treasured by collectors world-wide. Famed for the beauty of their patterns, their intricately...

Kilims and Colors

Kiz-Kilim The women weave their kilims for three purposes: Before marriage they weave for their dowry. Practical items needed for their dowry. For funerals and the mosques. The kilims gain certain character in these...