Many vacationers based on Spain’s southern coast avail themselves of the opportunity to take a guided day trip across the Strait of Gibraltar to the northern Moroccan city of Tangier. Shortly… ...

They are works of art on which to tread lightly. The weaving of rugs from wool, cotton and sometimes silk, flourished in the fifteenth century in Persia. The design of the rug can incorporate ...

The most expensive Persian rug ever bought was a 17th-century Persian vase-style carpet, which sold at auction in June 2013 in London for $33.8 million.

At one of Shanghai’s luxurious interior decoration exhibitions last year, Cai Shengwei learned — to his undisguised indignance — that a handmade silk rug made in Kashmir sold for more than 100,000 ...

The US was Iran’s major market for Persian rugs and the sanctions caused total carpet exports to drop by 30 per cent — the ... with American devotees of the Iranian artistry the main buyers.

A well-placed Oriental rug, that is one hand-knotted from Asia, can be the soul of a room. Which is why many designers suggest that, when decorating a room, you start AT HOME WITH MARNI JAMESON ...

Although prices have soared by up to 150 percent compared with last year, “Iranians are the biggest buyers of Persian carpets,” said Abolfazl Ghanbari, CEO and owner of the Dubai-based family ...

In some cases, compensation was offered for return of rugs that had been purchased in good faith, and in other cases, buyers were told that it is a crime to knowingly receive stolen goods. He said ...