Surf these sites: AKREP -- Goteborg (Sweden) rug collectors club. Ambassadors from the East: Oriental Carpets in the MFA -- Julia Bailey review of 1999 Boston Museum of Fine Arts Exhibition of pre 1800 Oriental carpets, with a pictorial Mughal Indian carpet illustrated American Conference on Oriental Rugs -- Association of American rug societies, with triennial conventions. Anglo Persian Carpet Company -- Commercial site of London''s oldest Oriental rug shop, online inventory of antique rugs, decorative carpets, also Guestbook, Feedback and company background. At World Rugs -- Oriental carpet discussion groups, newsletters, resources directory and some commercial content. Brooke Pickering -- Dealer in antique and contemporary Moroccan tribal rugs, flatweaves and other textiles. Claudio Mariani: Tibetan and Chinese Antiques and Carpets -- Commercial site with images of Tibetan and Chinese rugs and a list of recommended readings. Cloudband -- Oriental rugs and arts. Includes sales, exhibitions, articles and discussion boards. Costumes & Textiles -- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Costumes and Textiles department houses over 50,000 objects balanced between textiles and dress. You can view eleven beautiful pieces online. Emmett & Natasha Eiland''s InternetRugs -- Berkeley (California) dealer site, with some information on rugs. Fairman Fine Oriental Rugs -- London based dealers in antique, tribal, traditional and contemporary oriental rugs,carpets and kelims. Ghereh -- A journal published with English and Italian editions. The site contains articles and pictures from the print version. HALI -- HALI, the foremost periodical devoted to oriental rugs and textiles. Hajji Baba Club -- The Hajji Baba Club, the oldest American society of rug collectors. Haliden Oriental Rugs and Carpets -- Dealer site with many images of antique rugs and bags. Harlequin Thunderstrand -- Oriental Rugs on the Web by Walter Brew. A nice online catalog of antique rugs and back issues of Hali. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs and Carpets -- A commercial site with lots of information, especially useful for the novice collector. Le Bazaar D''Orient -- Commercial site with a lot of information about Turkish weaving. In English and French. Mark Keshishian and Sons -- Dealer site with some articles about rugs. Museum for Textiles -- The only museum in Canada exclusively devoted to the collection, exhibition, and documentation of textiles from around the world. Nikos A. Salingaros, contributions to carpet studies -- University of Texas Mathematics Professor Salingaros applies and defends Oriental carpet methodology of Christopher Alexander NonPlusUltra -- Includes a number of (mostly antique) rugs for sale, articles and announcements of interest to collectors. A good site, but slow. One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles -- Exhibition of Chinese textiles ,on display in 1995 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Online Chinese Art Deco Rug Gallery -- A collector''s Chinese art deco rugs. Oriental Rug Review -- A tabloid from 1981-1987, color magazine until 1996. Now on the web only. Back issues, some new material. Peacock Gallery -- Dealer site with some links and a brief summary of the history of rug weaving. Rippon Boswell Wiesbaden -- New site from independent German branch of specialist antique carpet auctioneers Rippon Boswell - includes archive of most important carpets and textiles sold in past and previews of upcoming items of interest - English and German versions of full site. Rug News Online -- Rug News is a magazine for professionals in the rug business. Mostly related to modern decorative rugs, it also includes some material on antiques. RugLore -- An informative site operated by Sam Gorden, an irascible, knowledgable rug enthusiast. RugNotes -- A commercial site with a discussion board and many images of oriental rugs. Silk and Wool: Ottoman Textile Designs in Turkish Rugs -- A scholarly article by a collector, Gerard Paquin. Stefano Filippi Tapestries & Carpets -- Selling and restorations of tapestries, carpets and antique textiles. Textile Gallery -- Michael Franses'' commercial site with beautiful, scholarly exhibitions Textile Museum -- Washington, DC museum devoted to textile arts. Information on exhibitions, educational programs, textile learning center, and shop. Textiles Through Time -- From Marsha White''s homepage. A textile connection between generations and cultures of past and present times. Museum collections of precious textiles. Recommended. The Lenkoran Gallery of Antique Textile Arts -- A gallery in London, England featuring a range of pieces from different parts of the world. The Newsgroup of Oriental Rugs -- An unmoderated discussion board. 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. Tracy''s Tapetology Page -- Aimed at novice collectors to help them get up to speed in the world of antique oriental rug collecting. Weaving Art Museum and Research Institute -- Exhibitions with scholarly catalogs. A beautiful site with lots of information, particularly about weaving history. World Wide Weave -- A directory of oriental rug and textile societies. Zadah Fine European & Oriental Carpets -- Decorative European carpets & tapestries and antique oriental rugs and carpets from many regions.
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