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  • AKREP - Goteborg (Sweden) rug collectors club.
    home.swipnet.se/akrep-orientalrugs/enindex.html
  • Alan Jones Antique Rugs and Textiles - London dealer in antique rugs and textiles from western and central Asia.
    www.aj-antique-rugs.co.uk
  • Alberto Levi Gallery - Antique textiles and carpets; periodic exhibitions.
    www.albertolevi.com
  • American Conference on Oriental Rugs - Association of American rug societies, with conventions every two years.
    www.acor-rugs.org
  • Anglo Persian Carpet Company - London's oldest Oriental rug shop. Antique rugs, decorative carpets, guestbook, feedback and company background.
    www.anglopersian.com
  • Antique and decorative Oriental rugs and textiles - Antique tribal rugs and decorative carpets.
    www.rugsandtextiles.com
  • Armenian Rugs and Carpets - Scholarly essay on the ethnographic history and significance of carpets in Armenia.
    www.armsite.com/rugs/index.html
  • At World Rugs - Oriental carpet discussion groups, newsletters, resources directory and some commercial content.
    www.world-rugs.com
  • Brandon Oriental Rugs - Nice introductory material for the newcomer to the rug world.
    www.brandonrugs.com
  • Christopher Legge - Sales, restoration and cleaning of antique and new oriental carpets.
    www.christopherleggeorientalcarpets.com
  • Claudio Mariani: Tibetan and Chinese Antiques and Carpets - Commercial site with images of Tibetan and Chinese rugs and a list of recommended readings.
    www.homestead.com/cmariani
  • Clive Rogers Oriental Rugs - Photos and information about antique oriental rugs.
    www.orient-rug.com
  • Cloudband - Oriental rugs and arts. Includes sales, exhibitions, articles and discussion boards.
    www.cloudband.com
  • Collins Gallery - Old and antique Persian rugs, with reference material, bibliograpy, articles and many photographs of Bijars.
    bijar.com
  • Costumes and Textiles - Exhibitions from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    www.lacma.org/art/perm_col/costumes/costume2.htm
  • deYoung Museum Textiles - Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
    www.thinker.org/deyoung/collections/collection.asp?collectionkey=41
  • Emmett & Natasha Eiland's InternetRugs - Berkeley (California) dealer site, with some information on rugs.
    www.internetrugs.com
  • eRug Gallery - Commercial site with a "Learn About Rugs" section.
    www.eruggallery.com
  • Fairman Fine Oriental Rugs - London based dealers in antique, tribal, traditional and contemporary oriental rugs, carpets and kelims.
    www.fairman-carpets.com
  • FlyingRugs - Rugs and kilims, largely from Konya, Turkey, with many images and some background information.
    www.flyingrugs.com
  • Gallery Anatolia - Turkish dealer (in Cappadocia region). Site has some information on symbols in kilims.
    www.galleryanatolia.com
  • Gallery Tulip - Antique textiles from the silk road countries. In English and Japanese.
    gallerytulip.com
  • Ghereh - Quarterly journal for textile collectors. English and Italian editions.
    www.ghereh.org
  • Hajji Baba Club - World's oldest oriental rug club, in New York.
    www.hajjibaba.org
  • HALI - English periodical devoted to oriental rugs, textiles, and Islamic Art.
    www.hali.com
  • Haliden Oriental Rugs and Carpets - Dealer site with many images of antique rugs and bags.
    www.haliden.com
  • Harlequin Thunderstrand - A nice online catalog of antique rugs and back issues of Hali.
    www.thunderstrand.com
  • Holly L. Smith & Co. - The care and cleaning of oriental rugs, by a well known restorer.
    www.hollysmithrugs.com
  • Hort Oriental Rugs - Antique oriental rugs, mostly village and tribal, with some background information on each.
    www.hortorientalrugs.com
  • International Conference on Oriental Carpets - Organization dedicated to carpet and textile arts, with conventions every three years, and books for sale.
    www.icoc-orientalrugs.org
  • Jacobsen Oriental Rugs and Carpets - A commercial site with lots of information, especially useful for the novice collector.
    www.jacobsenrugs.com/index.html
  • James Opie Oriental Rug - Informative site that includes extensive articles by author and collector James Opie.
    www.jamesopie.com
  • JBOC's Notes on Oriental Rugs - Barry O'Connell's opinions of oriental rugs and the people involved with them.
    www.spongobongo.com
  • Jozan - Photogallery, auction news and information on oriental rugs. A large number of images and links.
    www.jozan.com/english.htm
  • Kilim.com - Kilims and other textiles, with articles and a discussion forum.
    www.kilim.com
  • Le Bazaar D'Orient - Commercial site with a lot of information about Turkish weaving. In English and French.
    www.lebazaardorient.com
  • Mark Keshishian and Sons - Dealer site with some articles about rugs.
    www.ORIENTALCARPETS.NET
  • New England Rug Society - Organization for collectors of rugs and textiles.
    www.ne-rugsociety.org
  • Nikos A. Salingaros: Contributions to Carpet Studies - University of Texas Mathematics Professor applies and defends methodology of Christopher Alexander.
    www.math.utsa.edu/sphere/salingar/contr.carpet.html
  • NonPlusUltra - Includes a number of (mostly antique) rugs for sale, articles and announcements of interest to collectors. A good site, but slow.
    www.nonplusultra.com
  • Oldcarpet - Information about Persian rugs; cleaning, texture, sizes, color, materials, knots, values.
    www.oldcarpet.com
  • One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles - Exhibition of Chinese textiles, on display in 1995 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
    www.asianart.com/textiles/textile.html
  • Online Chinese Art Deco Rug Gallery - A collector's Chinese art deco rugs.
    www.artdecorugs.com
  • Oriental Rug Merchants - Oriental rug broker site, with consumer information sections.
    www.orientalrugmerchants.com
  • Oriental Rug Review - A tabloid from 1981-1987, color magazine until 1996. Now on the web only. Back issues, some new material.
    www.rugreview.com
  • Oriental Rugs and Carpets SiteRing - List of links to informative sites on oriental rugs
    pub6.bravenet.com/sitering/nav.php?usernum=494011587&action=list&siteid=38728
  • Oriential Rug Trace - Lists stolen rugs and helps in their recovery.
    www.orientalrugtrace.co.uk
  • Peacock Gallery - Dealer site with some links and a brief summary of the history of rug weaving.
    www.peacockcarpet.com/antique.htm
  • Philadelphia Oriental Rug Society - An active rug collector organization.
    www.geocities.com/jbulyk
  • Rippon Boswell Wiesbaden - Antique carpet auctioneer; site in English and German.
    www.rippon-boswell-wiesbaden.de
  • RugLore - An informative site operated by Sam Gorden, an irascible, knowledgeable rug enthusiast.
    home.earthlink.net/~gordsa
  • Rugstore.biz - Shop rugstore.biz for a huge selection of quality rugs from most major manufacturers. We offer the lowest prices available on rugs 'guaranteed'.
    www.rugstore.biz
  • Sam Coad Antique Textile Art Gallery - Specialist dealer in very old rugs and fragments.
    www.samcoad.com
  • Silk and Wool: Ottoman Textile Designs in Turkish Rugs - A scholarly article by a collector, Gerard Paquin.
    jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~jmu2m/gp
  • Silk Road - New and antique rugs and kilims made with natural dyes, wholesale and retail.
    www.silkroadrugs.com
  • Tapetology - Tracy Hartke's primer on oriental rugs.
    www.tapetology.com
  • Textile Gallery - Michael Franses' commercial site with scholarly exhibitions
    www.textile-art.com
  • Textile Museum - Washington, DC museum devoted to textile arts. Information on exhibitions, educational programs, textile learning center, and shop.
    www.textilemuseum.org
  • Textiles Through Time - A collection of links to textile-related sites.
    www.interlog.com/~gwhite/ttt/tttintro.html
  • The Lenkoran Gallery of Antique Textile Arts - A gallery in London, England featuring a range of pieces from different parts of the world.
    www.lenkoran.co.uk
  • The Museum for Textiles - Toronto's museum devoted to textiles.
    www.museumfortextiles.on.ca
  • The Persian Carpet Gallery - A noncommercial site from Stanford University, with a history of Persian carpets and examples of rugs from most regions of Iran.
    tehran.stanford.edu/Iran_Lib/Images/Persian_Carpet/carpet.html
  • Tschebull Antique Carpets - Informative commercial site, by one of the leading authorities on northwest Persian and Caucasian rugs.
    www.tschebullantiquecarpets.com
  • Turkish Carpets - History, regional differences and functions of carpets in Turkey.
    www.awildorchid.com/carpets.htm
  • Vanishing Textiles - Selections from an exhibition/book on ethnographic textiles.
    www.vanishingtextiles.com
  • World Wide Weave - A directory of oriental rug and textile societies.
    hometown.aol.com/wwweave/index.htm
  • Zadah Fine European & Oriental Carpets - Decorative European carpets and tapestries; antique oriental rugs and carpets.
    www.zadah.com

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