Oriental Area Rugs Collector Forum
This is a useful forum for getting in touch with rug collectors from around the world. The Oriental Rug Forum gives the publisher, the collector, the rug club or the dealer the possibility to publish information online through Jozan CMS system. It’s not a message board, but a site where the editor can create an announcement, publish an article or create a web site about rug collecting. Topics include dealers, rug collecting clubs, rug photographs, rug collecting events, places to visit, auction houses and more.
Area Rugs Collecting Resources (01)
Starting Rug-Collecting
Here are some simple tips for beginner rug collectors. There are some suggestions, such as not by purchasing anything. The advice is to take time to learn a little bit about the market.
The History of Oriental and Persian Rugs
Collectors often justify their Oriental and Persian rug obsession by explaining their desire to own a small piece of the rich history and beauty behind this art. You can learn more about how the art came to be in this article, which says that rug weaving is a tradition spanning centuries over a number of cultures. There are many references to the art of weaving found in ancient scriptures and classical writing. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that proves these references were to pile carpets and not simply to flat weaves (Kilims).
JBOC's Notes on Oriental Area Rugs
This is Barry O'Connell's very extensive non-commercial site (he doesn't sell them) for learning about oriental rugs and carpets from different areas and divided in some cases by tribes. Covers Persian, Turkmen, Afghan, Mughal, Baluch, Sarouk, Heriz, Kashan, Kerman, Tabriz and many more.
Online Forum for Oriental Area Rugs Collectors
This forum is useful for rug collectors. You can easily post questions and get answers for all of your Oriental rug needs. The author posts articles and images of Oriental rugs. The best thing about this forum is that is free to join and the community seems very active.
Textile Society of America
This Web site brings rug making and collecting home to the United States. The society provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination of information about textiles worldwide, from artistic, cultural, economic, historic, political, social, and technical perspectives. It was created in 1987, and is run by a Board of Directors from museums and universities in North America. Its 500 members worldwide include museum curators, teachers, historians, artists, students, dealers, and collectors. The Web site is useful because it keeps track of textile and rug collecting events across the U.S.
