The more I learn about Oriental rugs, the more baffled I become. In my experience, choosing one is the single most difficult home design decision one can make. That’s because so many factors ...

The more I learn about Oriental rugs, the more baffled I become. In my experience, choosing one is the single most difficult home design decision one can make. That’s because so many factors ...

Rugs are by no means a new thing. Ask any interior designer — or historian. One of the oldest rugs, called the Pazyryk carpet, ever discovered surfaced in 1949, and now resides in the Hermitage Museum ...

Your quilt design is commonly called a “crazy quilt,” due to its nonsymmetrical design and combination of irregular shapes. Such quilts were popular in the late 19th century, and yours is an ...

A real Persian rug, one from Iran, of the same size would range from $15,000 to more than $20,000. Antique rugs, those more than 75 years old, are even more challenging to judge and buy.

The more I learn about hand-knotted rugs, the type we grew up calling “Oriental rugs,” the more complex they become. In my experience, choosing one is the single most difficult home design ...

Persian rugs face growing competition from rugs made in other countries, to the point where prices are often as much as 40 percent less than they were 15 years ago, Borhani said.

My neighbor is moving and gave me her 8-by-12-foot Persian rug. She says it needs to be cleaned. I found out it might cost $500 or more to have it professionally cleaned, and I might not even like ...

Some of Tousi’s rugs sell for more than $30,000, even as customers increasingly seek out more economical Afghan and Pakistani rugs. “It’s hard to sell a Persian rug that’s more expensive ...

YOU DON’T NORMALLY spend thousands of pounds on a piece of art, then walk all over it. Unless you’re in the market for a Persian rug, that is. I recently picked up the keys to my first ...