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Rolling or folding and rolling your Oriental rug depends on what your plan is to do with it, for example, are you storing or shipping it? In our Oriental rug shop we roll most of our rugs until they are ready to be shipped. Depending on the weave and thickness of the pile some rugs need to be folded before being shipped so that they are not damaged during the shipping process.  The best way to store Persian rugs long term is to keep them rolled. If a rug is kept folded for a long period of time the creases...

We have been busy bees this Spring. More rugs are added to the site weekly and we have opened up shipping to Canada! We are hoping to start shipping Internationally in the coming months as well.   Some exciting news; although we have always considered offers on our rugs our famous "Make an Offer" button never made it to our new website. Well it is here now! Some of our older customers will remember seeing it on our old site, so if you see a rug you like feel free to hit the button and send us an offer. Although...

Identifying Your Rug Once you know how to identify a handmade rug, identifying the type of rug you are dealing with is the next step. The following steps will help you to tell if a Persian rug is authentic, for a more in depth guide see our post on How to Identify an Authentic Oriental Rug. Using an Authentic Rug as an Example One of the best ways to tell if a rug is handmade when you are starting out is to have an example of a rug you already know is authentic. Whether you already own one, have a...

We recently added a new selection of nomadic and tribal rugs in our rugs by style section. There are a lot of designers looking for bold and eclectic one of a kind pieces which describe rugs featured in this section perfectly.  Here are our current top 5 picks in the tribal rug category: 1. Starting off with a runner. If you have read our guide on tribal rugs you will know most of these pieces were woven by nomadic and semi nomadic people on horizontal looms. These looms do restrict the width of the rug being woven but they do...

Prayer Rugs Have Mihrabs A prayer rug is characterized by a mihrab design at one end which resembles an archway. Prayer rugs are meant to cover the ground while Muslims pray. The mihrab points towards Mecca when the rug is in use. Some rugs have a mihrab at both ends, which is defined as a double prayer design. This design is often seen in older antique Caucasian rugs. The rug pictured below is a vintage Turkish prayer rug with a red field with columns, boteh and floral motifs, a lamp and a vase motif below the mihrab.    The field of a prayer...