How to Properly Vacuum Your Rugs?

This is a new video we have prepared to protect your rugs by vacuuming them properly.

Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.LosAngelesRugCleaning.com
310-770-9085

Rug Tent Sale Los Angeles, 2nd Day

Contrary to the first day, we had a very busy second day yesterday which was Saturday. Several customers stopped by and looked at the rugs and kilims in our tent and in our store. Some of them bought some rugs or kilims. Today, Sunday is the third and last day of our tent sale. Are we going to have a sales miracle we have been waiting for a long time? We have to wait for a few hours and see!!

Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.RugTentSale.com
310-770-9085

Safavid Carpets: Themes, Styles, and Patterns

Safavid Carpets: An Analysis of Themes, Styles and Patterns
Dr. Khosrow Sobhe invites you to a lecture by: Dr. Jon Thompson
Visiting leading rug scholar from London
Dr. Thompson has recently retired as May Beattie Fellow in Carpet Studies at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology and the Khalili Research Center, at the University of Oxford. He continues to teach courses at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Dr. Thompson is in Los Angeles to deliver a lecture on the Ardabil Carpet on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm

at Rug Idea
1655 South La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
(Half a mile south of Pico Blvd. at Airdrome St. Free parking available)

This is a free program sponsored by RugIdea.com. Seating capacity is limited.
Please make reservation by calling 310-860-0460

Rug Tent Sale in Los Angeles First Day

It was Black Friday today and first day of our 3-day Rug Tent Sale. We put up our tent in our parking lot. Two ignorant people had parked their cars in our parking and this delayed setting up our tent for 45 minutes.

It was slow business wise but some customers who visited us said they would comeback tomorrow Saturday or Sunday.

Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.RugTentSale.com
310-770-9085

Rug tent Sale in Los Angeles

Rug Tent Sale

Starting Black Friday
November 27, 28, & 29, 2009
10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Up to 50% (HALF) off all rugs in store

All types of Persian, Oriental & Area Rugs
(Handmade and machine made rugs)

Add that extra touch in decorating your home or office
None of our rugs are purchased or consigned from other dealers. Instead, we either produce or import them directly from the source. No middleman means:

HUGE SAVINGS FOR YOU!

We also specialize in: Professional rug cleaning, pet stain removal, water damage restoration, spot dyeing, rug repair and rug appraisal. Free local pick up & delivery. We offer professional wall-wall carpet cleaning.

Come in and visit Dr. Khosrow Sobhe (Dr. Kay) Certified Rug Specialist (CRS) and ask him all your rug questions directly. Get a free rug appraisal. This is a limited one-time offer only. We also buy rugs or help you sell your rugs.

SOBCO
International Ltd.
Direct Importer & Award Winning Producer of Persian Rugs
1655 S. La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035
Tel. 310-770-9085 & 310-860-0460
(Half a mile south of Pico Blvd. on Airdrome Street)
www.rugidea.com
www.RugTentSale.com

My Son Kash Repairs a Rug in His Liesure

My younger son Kash (Khashaiar) is 17 years old is here at work today with me on this beautiful sunny Sunday in Los Angeles. He wanted me to give him a job. I asked him to secure the lose fringes of a Turkoman rug which he nicely did. Kash is a senior at Beverly Hills High School. He has taken several AP classes this year. He has applied to several four-year university to study Information Systems. He is a dedicated young man with big dreams. He has an active web site www.KashLife.com with many followers and subscribers.

Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.rugidea.com
310-770-9085

Ardabil and Coronation carpets in Los Angeles

It was a beautiful sunny day today in Los Angeles. In the morning, I went to a rug program offered by the Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, TMASC. Dennis Marquand talked about Kyrgyz rugs. I liked the lecture and the show and tell part. After that, I rushed to Tribal Arts Show in Santa Monica City. It was an interesting show. I went to work at 1:00 pm and stayed there until 4:00 pm. After work, I went to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA to see the Ardabil and Coronation carpets. WOW. Two beautiful and magnificent rugs were on display. There were not that many visitors in the hall. I had expected to see more visitors. Maybe since it was Saturday afternoon people were busy with work or shopping. Or maybe people do not care!!

After the LACMA visit I went to Radio Iran, KIRN 670 AM for a talk show to have a program on the Ardabil & Coronation carpets. The program was from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. I am now at home writing this post.

Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.rugidea.com
310-770-9085

Los Angeles and the Ardabil Carpet

My new website www.ArdabilCarpet.com is now up and running. The famous Ardabil and Coronation carpets will be on display in Los Angeles County Museum of Art this coming Sat. Nov. 14, 2009.

You may visit this new website for more details on the rugs and on many events which will take place.

Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.rugidea.com
310-770-9085

Field Trip From Westland School in Los Angeles to Our Rug Gallery

Yesterday was a beautiful and wonderful day. We had a field trip and visit to our rug gallery by 23 bright, polite and smart students from Westland School which is located on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles. Two teachers and six parents also accompanied these students. We showed them two short videos on how Persian rugs and kilims are made followed by a powerpoint containing many pictures from the Pazyryk carpet, the oldest rug ever, the biggest rug in the world, and rug production process. We started at 10:00 am and finished by 12:00 pm.

Students asked many questions such as the following:

- Wool of how many sheep do you use to make a rug?
- How much do you pay to your weavers to make a rug?
- How much water do you use to wash a rug and where does this water come from?
- Who are the designers of Persian rugs?
- Do you use the wool of live sheep or you can use the wool of dead sheep?

I enjoyed having them in our store. I had provided a package for each student containing two small books (The Mystic of Oriental Rugs, and Carpet Cleaning Tips for Dummies), and few other handouts and rug literature.

Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.rugidea.com
310-770-9085