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It’s an exciting time this spring for London’s interior designers and home makers. There are many great shows that will inspire you to create those magical interior’s, among them is the London design week 2015, which will be held at … Continue reading →

Many painting from the renaissance period feature fine Oriental rugs and carpets, these paintings are an important historical guide to the manufacture of handmade rugs and carpets, and by investigating the movement and dates of a particular artist we can … Continue reading →

With Christmas over and the New Year beginning, our thoughts turn to those redecorating and interior design project’s that we have been pondering over for the last six months. An important part of your new decor is the Oriental rug … Continue reading →

The Royal carpet company of Persia or Sherkat-e-farsh is a government organization that was founded by the father of Reza Shah Pahlavi. The goal of Sherkat-e-farsh was to set the highest quality standards for the Persian rug and carpet weaving … Continue reading →

The story’s in the press recently, showing people fighting over so called bargains in their local super market, beggar’s belief. It should be clear to most people with any intelligence that the most important strategy is to get as close … Continue reading →

David J. Wilkins Oriental rug brokers would like to inform all their customers both past and present that London’s Oriental rug warehouses will be open up until Christmas eve lunchtime, and by special appointment between the 29th-31st December, and open … Continue reading →

Christmas will soon be upon us and with it the need to complete your interior design projects or possibly purchase that very special present. Imagine the scene with your tree richly decorated and the logs crackling on the open fire, … Continue reading →

What strange times we live in when exquisite hand-made rugs and carpets are being used as a weapon to deter nuclear proliferation. Beautiful Persian rugs and carpets have been woven in what is now known as Iran for hundreds of … Continue reading →

For over a hundred years London has been an important world centre for trading in Oriental rugs and carpets. This was mainly to do with the British Empire and other countries such as Persia that figured strongly in British interests. … Continue reading →

Often associated with wealth and majesty, oriental carpets and rugs are heavily steeped in the tales and legends of middle-Eastern beliefs. Read the three examples below about the value and magical associations of carpets. Caesar and Cleopatra In Ancient Egyptian … Continue reading →