A fine oriental rug represents more than floor covering. It's an investment piece that can appreciate over decades, a work of art that anchors a room's design, and often a ...

A home decoration piece that is tasteful, useful and has investment value is not easy to find. Antique vases can be used to put flowers in but might be knocked over by children, whereas art pieces ...

The earthy smell of silk and wool fills a showroom piled waist-high with thousands of hand-woven rugs, some of them centuries old. It is a familiar scent, one that links this Westwood shop to Tehran’s ...

One exporter of carpets referred in an interview with the Mehr economic correspondent to the decrease in share prices of Persian carpets world-wide, adding “The decrease in value, the lack of ...

The art of carpet weaving existed in Iran in ancient times, according to evidence and in the opinion of scientists. An example of such evidence is the 2500-year-old Pazyryk carpet dating back to 500 B ...

Iran exported $290 million hand-woven carpet in 2016, he said, adding the figure rose to $359 million in 2016, rising by 3 percent in terms of weight and and 23 percent in terms of value. The official ...

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) -- Four new customers have been added to the list of importers of Persian tableau carpets, said a senior carpet industry official, adding that the United States, Canada, ...

WITH PATTERN back in a big way, a rug can inject an element of design that doesn't overwhelm. Rug Art, at Terminus Mills, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 6 (01-2690505) has several designs cut by 40 per cent.