Some fun facts about Persian rugs: * Persian rugs are said to date back 2,500 years and Persian rugs remain a big export earner and employer, with foreign sales of $635 million in 2005, most Persian rugs being hand-woven, according to the state Persian Carpet Company. * Persian rugs are made of wool, silk or […]

Glossary of Rug Terms #8 Every month or so, we will post a few interesting rug-related terms and their definitions in this glossary for your knowledge and enjoyment. Always educate yourself on a topic before you make a purchase, especially with something like Persian Rugs! This month we will be focusing on rug terms starting […]

For years, rug sellers have been using aging techniques to make new rugs look older than they actually are. Sometimes, they use this deceptively to charge more for their rugs. Other times they will acknowledge the fact that the rug has been artificially aged/distressed to conform to certain customers’ taste. At Ageless Rug Treasures in […]

What services do we offer? Home Trials and expertise. For one, we will assist you as much as you’d like in finding the rugs that are perfect for you and offer free in-home trials. If you’d care for us to visit your home to get an idea of what sizes are appropriate and what would […]

Glossary of Rug Terms #7 Every month or so, we will post a few interesting rug-related terms and their definitions in this glossary for your knowledge and enjoyment. Always educate yourself on a topic before you make a purchase, especially with something like Persian Rugs! This month we will be focusing on rug terms starting […]

What distinguishes us from competitors such as the Asadorian rug company, Amini’s galleria (Amini’s), Rugs by Saga, and others? For one, our rugs are unique.  That’s not to say that our competitors don’t have a unique rug or two, but there’s also a lot of the “same old”.  A large part of this has to […]

Foreign Buying: This can be extremely hazardous and it is dangerous to assume that a rug will necessarily be cheaper in the country of origin than it is in the West; rugs on sale in the bazaars in Turkey, for example, are often just as expensive, if not more so, than they are in London […]

Every month or so, we will post a few interesting rug-related terms and their definitions in this glossary for your knowledge and enjoyment. Always educate yourself on a topic before you make a purchase, especially with something like Persian Rugs! This month we will be focusing on the most commonly occurring letter in the English […]

Are persian or other oriental rugs investments? There is not a simple answer to this question. Many rugs have historically appreciated in value, some greatly. However, this is no absolute. In the 1950s and 1960s Persian Kermans were all the rage in the United States. They were well made hand-knotted rugs often featuring ivory fields […]

In 2000, India exported $190 million worth of carpets to the United States. Yet rug collectors and even some rug dealers know little about the rug industry in India. Like Pakistan, India is not generally supposed to have a rug-making tradition. No such misunderstanding should survive the superb exhibition of Mughal carpets of the late […]