| 2. | 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 |
| 4. | Vanishing Textiles | | | Selections from an exhibition/book on ethnographic textiles.
www.vanishingtextiles.com |
| 5. | Cloudband | | | On-line magazine about textile and tribal arts, with a dealer arcade.
www.cloudband.com |
| 6. | Oriental Carpets | | | Decorative European carpets and tapestries; antique oriental rugs and carpets.
www.zadah.com |
| 7. | 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 |
| 8. | Kilim.com | | | Kilims and other textiles, with articles and a discussion forum.
www.kilim.com |
| 10. | Textile Gallery | | | Michael Franses' commercial site with scholarly exhibitions
www.textile-art.com |
| 11. | Textile Museum | | | Washington, DC museum devoted to textile arts. Information on exhibitions, educational programs, textile learning center, and shop.
www.textilemuseum.org |
| 12. | World Wide Weave | | | A directory of oriental rug and textile societies.
hometown.aol.com |
| 13. | RugLore | | | An informative site operated by Sam Gorden, an irascible, knowledgeable rug enthusiast.
home.earthlink.net |
| 16. | 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 |
| 21. | AKREP | | | Goteborg (Sweden) rug collectors club.
home.swipnet.se |
| 23. | Tapetology | | | Tracy Hartke's primer on oriental rugs.
www.tapetology.com |
| 24. | Oldcarpet | | | Information about Persian rugs; cleaning, texture, sizes, color, materials, knots, values.
www.oldcarpet.com |
| 25. | Ghereh | | | Quarterly journal for textile collectors. English and Italian editions.
www.ghereh.org |
| 27. | Le Bazaar D'Orient | | | Commercial site with a lot of information about Turkish weaving. In English and French.
www.lebazaardorient.com |
| 29. | At World Rugs | | | Oriental carpet discussion groups, newsletters, resources directory and some commercial content.
www.world-rugs.com |
| 32. | Oriental Rug Merchants | | | Oriental rug broker site, with consumer information sections.
www.orientalrugmerchants.com |
| 33. | Anglo Persian Carpet Company | | | London's oldest Oriental rug shop. Antique rugs, decorative carpets, guestbook, feedback and company background.
www.anglopersian.com |
| 35. | Brandon Oriental Rugs | | | Nice introductory material for the newcomer to the rug world.
www.brandonrugs.com |
| 37. | Hajji Baba Club | | | World's oldest oriental rug club, in New York.
www.hajjibaba.org |
| 40. | FlyingRugs | | | Rugs and kilims, largely from Konya, Turkey, with many images and some background information.
www.flyingrugs.com |
| 41. | Tschebull Antique Carpets | | | Informative commercial site, by one of the leading authorities on northwest Persian and Caucasian rugs.
www.tschebullantiquecarpets.com |
| 43. | Hort Oriental Rugs | | | Antique oriental rugs, mostly village and tribal, with some background information on each.
www.hortorientalrugs.com |
| 44. | Silk Road | | | New and antique rugs and kilims made with natural dyes, wholesale and retail.
www.silkroadrugs.com |
| 45. | Armenian Rugs and Carpets | | | Scholarly essay on the ethnographic history and significance of carpets in Armenia.
www.armsite.com |
| 47. | HALI | | | English periodical devoted to oriental rugs, textiles, and Islamic Art.
www.hali.com |
| 48. | Gallery Tulip | | | Antique textiles from the silk road countries. In English and Japanese.
gallerytulip.com |
| 51. | Co. | | | The care and cleaning of oriental rugs, by a well known restorer.
www.hollysmithrugs.com |
| 52. | deYoung Museum Textiles | | | Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
www.thinker.org |
| 53. | James Opie Oriental Rug | | | Informative site that includes extensive articles by author and collector James Opie.
www.jamesopie.com |
| 54. | Collins Gallery | | | Old and antique Persian rugs, with reference material, bibliography, articles and many photographs of Bijars.
bijar.com |
| 55. | Gallery Anatolia | | | Turkish dealer (in Cappadocia region). Site has some information on symbols in kilims.
www.galleryanatolia.com |
| 56. | TextilesAsArt.com | | | Very beautiful site from a dealer with a wide range of Asian textiles.
www.textileasart.com |
| 57. | Raymond Benardout Gallery | | | Los Angeles dealer (formerly in London) in antique rugs, textiles, and tapestries.
www.raymondbenardout.com |
| 61. | Kilims | | | Oriental rugs and textiles from Anatolia and central Asia.
www.urartu.com.tr |
| 62. | Cetinkaya Gallery | | | Well known Istanbul dealer in antique textiles, with live and on-line exhibitions.
www.cetinkayagallery.com |
| 66. | Meidan 91 | | | Shop in Tbilisi (Georgia), dealing mostly in antique Caucasian rugs.
www.meidan91.wanex.net |
| 67. | Beauvais Carpets | | | Services for private collectors, corporations and museums in the acquisition or sale of carpets and textiles from the 15th century to the present day.
www.antique-oriental-carpets.com |
| 68. | Thomas Cole Antique Rugs and Textiles | | | Specializing in antique rugs and textile art from Central Asia. Also offers photographs of Central Asia as well as articles on oriental rugs, and a link to subscribe to HALI.
www.tcoletribalrugs.com |
| 69. | Keshishian Carpets | | | Dealer (New York and London) in oriental rugs and textiles.
www.keshishiancarpets.com |
| 71. | TurkHali | | | Mostly a collection of ways to contact various dealers, but with some informative content.
www.turkhali.org |
| 72. | Oriental Rugs of Bath | | | Dealer in old and new quality hand-made rugs, especially room-size and over-size. Specialist cleaning and repairs, valuations.
www.orientalrugsofbath.com |
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