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"Afghan War Rugs" = Cultural Artifacts. "Terrorist Rugs" = Ignorance

July 20, 2008

It is not uncommon during the course of any given day Rug Rag is scanning the internet for interesting and fun blogs. On one of our more recent surf-sessions, an article caught our eye under the title "Bizarre Rugs and Crazy Carpets" on a popular website. Naturally, we felt compelled to take a look.

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It's True: Oriental "Rugs Make All the Difference"

July 18, 2008

If you didn't think you needed an Oriental Rug... Think again! Check out the the professionals at work: before and after pictures from RESA Staging Nominee "Moving Mountains Design"

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Q&A: Heavy Furniture on top of Persian Silk Oriental Rugs and Carpets

July 18, 2008

Question: "I wonder how much damage we do when we put heavy furniture on top of our Persian rugs, particularly silk Rugs? What is your recommendation on this issue?" -Rug Rag Reader

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Indian? Chinese? What is this Rug, and Did I Pay "Fair Value?"

July 16, 2008

Here's an example of what we believe to be a mid 1980's Indian interpretation of a Persian Mir Design.

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Did I Pay Too Much? The Fringe is Short! Can I Make the Rug Shinier?

July 16, 2008

Fairly often we receive e-mails regarding customer rugs and inquiries. In this particular case, a customer had purchased an Oriental Rug online, which appeared to have a "Kashan" Design, and was advertised as other. Take a look at our assessment!

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More About Rug Rag (RugRag.com)

Specializing in: Rugs | Area Rugs | Antique Rugs | Oriental Rugs | Appraisals

RugRag.com is a blog with industry insider perspective geared toward educating consumers on how to make informed purchasing decisions for rugs of any kind: Area rugs, antique rugs, Oriental rugs, machine made and Persian rugs. We address carpet markets the United States and International.

Our primary focus for education includes area rugs, antique rugs, Oriental rugs and Persian rugs of all types. More detailed entries encompass evaluation of antique rugs, area rugs, chainstitch, dhurrie, flatweave, hand knotted, hand tufted, needlepoint and Oriental rugs of all ages and sizes. We also have helpful buyers guides for new rugs, antique rugs, including mansion size, palace size, and all oversized pieces, including evaluation of the most expensive rugs ever sold, auction watch and many more.

Our Rug Appraisals focus on the values of antique rugs, semi antique rugs, and new rugs including modern contemporary and traditional. Online appraisals may not be honored for replacement value in insurance situations, in which case we may refer our clients to local reputable rug appraisers for appraisal, or travel to you ourselves. We cover the Northeast United States and New England with in-person appraisals when needed, with a focus on the Tri-state area of CT (Fairfield, New Have, & Hartford), NJ (Bergen, Hudson, Sussex, Passaic, Essex, Union and Morris), NY and NYC (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island, and Staten Island) as well as Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties.

The Rug Rag appraisal approach for antique rugs and appraisals of antique rugs may encompass International markets. Newer rug appraisals are primarily geared toward the US Market. States for which we have provided Rug Appraisals to, or provided in person referrals for new and Antique Rugs include: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OK, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY, and counties within.

Our most popular rug appraisals include antique rugs such as Arak, Bakshaish, Bidjar, Caucasian, Ferahan, Hadji Jalil, Heriz, Isfahan, Kashan, Kazak, Kerman, Kermani, Kermanshah, Laver Kerman, Mohtashem Kashan, Nichols, Oushak, Sarouk, Serapi, Sultanabad, Yazd and many more. Newer rug Appraisals we commonly address are American Sarouk, Arak, Ardebil, Ardekan, Bokhara, Chinese 90 line, Chobi, Gabbeh, Isfahan, Jaipur, Karastan, Kashmir, Kashmir silk, Kilim, Mashad, Nain, Heriz, Nichols art deco, Pakistan Caucasian, Peshawar, Qum, Sarouk, Tabriz and many more.

 
     

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