- The Lenkoran Gallery of Antique Textile Arts - http://www.lenkoran.co.uk/
- A gallery in London, England featuring a range of pieces from different parts of the world.
- NonPlusUltra - http://www.nonplusultra.com/
- Includes a number of (mostly antique) rugs for sale, articles and announcements of interest to collectors.
- Harlequin Thunderstrand - http://www.thunderstrand.com/
- A nice online catalog of antique rugs and back issues of Hali.
- Vanishing Textiles - http://www.vanishingtextiles.com/
- Selections from an exhibition/book on ethnographic textiles.
- Zadah Fine European & Oriental Carpets - http://www.zadah.com
- Decorative European carpets and tapestries; antique oriental rugs and carpets.
- Oriental Rug Review - http://www.rugreview.com
- A tabloid from 1981-1987, color magazine until 1996. Now on the web only. Back issues, some new material.
- Kilim.com - http://www.kilim.com
- Kilims and other textiles, with articles and a discussion forum.
- Textile Gallery - http://www.textile-art.com/
- Michael Franses' commercial site with scholarly exhibitions
- Textile Museum - http://www.textilemuseum.org
- Washington, DC museum devoted to textile arts. Information on exhibitions, educational programs, textile learning center, and shop.
- World Wide Weave - http://hometown.aol.com/wwweave/index.htm
- A directory of oriental rug and textile societies.
- RugLore - http://home.earthlink.net/~gordsa/
- An informative site operated by Sam Gorden, an irascible, knowledgeable rug enthusiast.
- Jacobsen Oriental Rugs and Carpets - http://www.jacobsenrugs.com/index.html
- A commercial site with lots of information, especially useful for the novice collector.
- Silk and Wool: Ottoman Textile Designs in Turkish Rugs - http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~jmu2m/gp/
- A scholarly article by a collector, Gerard Paquin.
- The Persian Carpet Gallery - http://tehran.stanford.edu/iran_lib/images/persian_carpet/carpet.html
- A noncommercial site from Stanford University, with a history of Persian carpets and examples of rugs from most regions of Iran.
- Mark Keshishian and Sons - http://www.orientalcarpets.net/
- Dealer site with some articles about rugs.
- One Thousand Years of Chinese Textiles - http://www.asianart.com/textiles/textile.html
- Exhibition of Chinese textiles, on display in 1995 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.
- Antique and decorative Oriental rugs and textiles - http://www.rugsandtextiles.com
- Antique tribal rugs and decorative carpets.
- Oldcarpet - http://www.oldcarpet.com
- Information about Persian rugs; cleaning, texture, sizes, color, materials, knots, values.
- Ghereh - http://www.ghereh.org
- Quarterly journal for textile collectors. English and Italian editions.
- Le Bazaar D'Orient - http://www.lebazaardorient.com
- Commercial site with a lot of information about Turkish weaving. In English and French.
- American Conference on Oriental Rugs - http://www.acor-rugs.org
- Association of American rug societies, with conventions every two years.
- Clive Rogers Oriental Rugs - http://www.orient-rug.com/
- Photos and information about antique oriental rugs.
- Haliden Oriental Rugs and Carpets - http://www.haliden.com
- Dealer site with many images of antique rugs and bags.
- Nikos A. Salingaros: Contributions to Carpet Studies - http://www.math.utsa.edu/sphere/salingar/contr.carpet.html
- University of Texas Mathematics Professor applies and defends methodology of Christopher Alexander.
- Brandon Oriental Rugs - http://www.brandonrugs.com
- Nice introductory material for the newcomer to the rug world.
- eRug Gallery - http://www.eruggallery.com
- Commercial site with a "Learn About Rugs" section.
- International Conference on Oriental Carpets - http://www.icoc-orientalrugs.org/
- Organization dedicated to carpet and textile arts, with conventions every three years, and books for sale.
- New England Rug Society - http://www.ne-rugsociety.org
- Organization for collectors of rugs and textiles.
- FlyingRugs - http://www.flyingrugs.com
- Rugs and kilims, largely from Konya, Turkey, with many images and some background information.
- Tschebull Antique Carpets - http://www.tschebullantiquecarpets.com
- Informative commercial site, by one of the leading authorities on northwest Persian and Caucasian rugs.
- Alberto Levi Gallery - http://www.albertolevi.com
- Antique textiles and carpets; periodic exhibitions.
- Hort Oriental Rugs - http://www.hortorientalrugs.com
- Antique oriental rugs, mostly village and tribal, with some background information on each.
- Silk Road - http://www.silkroadrugs.com/
- New and antique rugs and kilims made with natural dyes, wholesale and retail.
- Armenian Rugs and Carpets - http://www.armsite.com/rugs/
- Scholarly essay on the ethnographic history and significance of carpets in Armenia.
- Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rugs - http://www.internetrugs.com/
- San Francisco bay area (Berkeley) dealer's site has topical articles about oriental rugs.
- HALI - http://www.hali.com
- English periodical devoted to oriental rugs, textiles, and Islamic Art.
- Christopher Legge - http://www.christopherleggeorientalcarpets.com
- Sales, restoration and cleaning of antique and new oriental carpets.
- Gallery Tulip - http://gallerytulip.com
- Antique textiles from the silk road countries. In English and Japanese.
- Philadelphia Oriental Rug Society - http://www.geocities.com/jbulyk/
- An active rug collector organization.
- JBOC's Notes on Oriental Rugs - http://www.spongobongo.com/
- Barry O'Connell's opinions of oriental rugs and the people involved with them.
- Holly L. Smith & Co. - http://www.hollysmithrugs.com
- The care and cleaning of oriental rugs, by a well known restorer.
- Collins Gallery - http://bijar.com
- Old and antique Persian rugs, with reference material, bibliography, articles and many photographs of Bijars.
- Gallery Anatolia - http://www.galleryanatolia.com
- Turkish dealer (in Cappadocia region). Site has some information on symbols in kilims.
- TextilesAsArt.com - http://www.textileasart.com/
- Very beautiful site from a dealer with a wide range of Asian textiles.
- Raymond Benardout Gallery - http://www.raymondbenardout.com
- Los Angeles dealer (formerly in London) in antique rugs, textiles, and tapestries.
- Tribal Art at Rimea.net - http://www.rimea.net/tribalart.htm
- A personal collection and exchange of oriental, tribal rugs.
- San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society - http://www.sfbars.org/
- Large, active rug collector club, with on-line exhibitions.
- Shaver~Ramsey, Oriental Rugs - http://www.shaver-ramsey.com/aboutus.asp
- Denver dealer with many educational events for new and experienced collectors.
- Urartu Carpets & Kilims - http://www.urartu.com.tr
- Oriental rugs and textiles from Anatolia and central Asia.
- Cetinkaya Gallery - http://www.cetinkayagallery.com
- Well known Istanbul dealer in antique textiles, with live and on-line exhibitions.
- Richard E. Wright Research Reports - http://www.richardewright.com/
- A scholar's notes on the nature and origin of textiles.
- Jozan - http://www.jozan.net/
- Articles, auction news, sales gallery and information about oriental rugs.
- Cocoon - http://www.cocoontr.com/category.php
- Seref Ozen, Istanbul dealer in antique textiles, mostly from central and western Asia.
- Meidan 91 - http://www.meidan91.wanex.net
- Shop in Tbilisi (Georgia), dealing mostly in antique Caucasian rugs.
- Beauvais Carpets - http://www.antique-oriental-carpets.com/
- Services for private collectors, corporations and museums in the acquisition or sale of carpets and textiles from the 15th century to the present day.
- Keshishian Carpets - http://www.keshishiancarpets.com
- Dealer (New York and London) in oriental rugs and textiles.
- Perryman Oriental Carpets - http://antiquerugs.com.au
- Australian dealer in textiles, restoration and cleaning services.
- Oriental Rugs of Bath - http://www.orientalrugsofbath.com
- Dealer in old and new quality hand-made rugs, especially room-size and over-size. Specialist cleaning and repairs, valuations.
- Azerbaijan Carpets - http://www.presentltd.com/rugs/
- Information about culture and history of rug weaving in Azerbaijan; seller of mostly mid-20th century carpets.
- Oriental Rug Society in Gothenburg (Sweden) - http://www.akrep.se/
- A non-commercial society for collectors of oriental textiles, includes exhibitions, photos and facts.
- Armenian Rugs Society - http://www.armenianrugssociety.com/
- Organization devoted to the appreciation of Armenian rugs.
- Textile Museum of Canada - http://textilemuseum.ca/
- Toronto's museum devoted to textiles.
- Persian Carpet - http://www.persian-carpet.info
- Cultural information and history related to Persian carpets.
- Peter Pap Oriental Rugs - http://www.peterpaporientalrugs.com
- Dealer in antique oriental rugs, with galleries in San Francisco and Dublin, New Hampshire.
- Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania - http://www.transylvanianrugs.com
- Based on Stefano Ionescu's book of the same title, with over 260 color photos of antique rugs.
- Seattle Textile and Rug Society - http://seattletextileandrugsociety.org
- Increasing understanding and appreciation of collectible textiles and oriental rugs in the greater Seattle area.
- Franses US - http://www.fransesus.com/
- North American gallery specializing in historic tapestries, carpets and textiles, with periodic exhibitions.
- International Hajji Baba Society - http://ihbs.org/
- Rug collector club in Washington, D.C.
- Costumes and Textiles - http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=browpage&dept=cost
- Exhibitions from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Jozan Magazine - http://www.jozan.net/oriental-rug-news.xml
- Syndicated rug news. [RSS]
- Pazyryk Gesellschaft - http://www.pazyryk-gesellschaft.com/en/index.php
- German collector club, with announcements, exhibitions and other information. [German and English]
- Oriental Rugs History - http://www.oriental-rugs-history.com
- Informational site with brief essays about weaving, materials, dyes, design, classification and history of oriental rugs.
- Rippon Boswell & Co - http://www.rippon-boswell-wiesbaden.de/english/index.html
- International auction house and the only specialist anctioneer in the world that deals exclusively in antique carpets and textiles. Includes details of services and sale dates.
- deYoung Museum Textiles - http://www.famsf.org/deyoung/collections/collection.asp?collectionkey=41
- Includes collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.
- Hajji Baba Club - http://www.hajjibaba.org/
- Activities, news and photos of events of the New York based rug collector club.
- Oriental Rugs, The Connoisseur's Guide - http://www.rugs-oriental.net
- Recommendations for identifying and evaluating oriental rugs and carpets.
- Carpet Encyclopedia - http://www.carpetencyclopedia.com/
- Information about all aspects of care and collecting of oriental rugs. Multilingual.
- Tea and Carpets - http://tea-and-carpets.blogspot.com/
- Noncommercial site with talk, news, and links about oriental carpets and carpet collecting them.
- Rug Rag - http://www.rugrag.com
- Information related to evaluating, purchasing and investing in Oriental rugs.
- Claudio Mariani: Tibetan and Chinese Antiques and Carpets - http://cmariani.homestead.com/
- Commercial site with images of Tibetan and Chinese rugs and a list of recommended readings.
- Turkish Bazaar - http://ee.1asphost.com/orientalruglovers/
- Provides information about Oriental rug making, kilims, the language of motifs, selection and care.
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