Textile Museum Associates of Southern California, TMASC had a gathering and Moth Market today in the garden of one of its members in Rancho ...

In the 5th century, the Greeks who lived in high mountains invented Flokati rugs. For centuries, Flokati rugs and carpets have been an impor...

The history of rugs dates back to about 2500 years. They are woven and used everywhere. But, of curse, using it means getting it dirty. As r...

We sold two hand made Indian rugs a couple of days ago. On our way to deliver these two Indian rugs, we saw a small Hindu group on one of th...

Rug and carpet weaving is a very time consuming process. In addition to the length of time, it requires many artistic steps prior to the wea...

I could not sleep well last night. I got up at 4:30 am and checked my e-mails and browsed the Internet. I stumble upon a post on moth. This...

You have a dirty hand knotted rug or a hand made kilim. It is dirty and you want to have it cleaned. You want to save money by doing it your...

I visited the Tribal Rug Show from Oct. 15 to 17 in San Francisco. I liked the show. It was held in a nice place called Motel Capri. A good ...

Today, we had a customer who wanted to sell two large Chinese rugs which no longer fit in his new home. When we told him his rugs are worth ...

Once or twice a week, I receive e-mails which are surely scams. I just ignore them. I received this one few minutes ago: "Hello, I woul...

The 2nd annual Antique Rug and Textile Show began today Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010 in San Francisco. It will last until Oct. 17, 2010. The venue...

Michael Thonet was a German carpenter born in 1796 in Boppard Germany. He died in 1871 in Vienna, Austria. He invented several light but ver...

We will have election on November 2, 2010 in Clifornia. We will have our rug gallery as a polling place. We have to come to work at 6:00 am...

The day before yesterday I went to Venice Beach here in Los Angeles for an in house appraisal of four hand knotted Persian rugs. I got the...

An anonymous reader has left this comment on my earlier post " Common Cents: Persian Rug Embargo Sanction ": No brains! just mak...

Because of the present word economic situation, some rug dealers or those who are somehow involved in one of the many as...