New Arrivals!

We have recently acquired some magnificent antique and new rugs from a warehouse sale in upstate New York. These incredible carpets are now available in our showroom for a fraction of the cost of similar carpets in other shops. Fly on in to see excellent, low-milage, fully airworthy carpets in stunning decorator colors.

As always, click on an image to see an enlarged, more detailed version.

We now have six beautiful Chobis, sometimes also called Peshawar rugs. These incredible carpets are made with natural dyes and Ghazni handspun wool by Turkoman weavers. The patterns are based on antique designs, and the examples that we have acquired amongst the finest quality Chobi rugs we have seen anywhere. Chobi rugs often have abrash (or varying shades of the same color) through the pile of the rug, and the colors are often muted, both of which are a result of the use of natural dyes and handspun wool. These are the most sought-after rugs by designers and interior decorators. They typically sell for $6000.00 to $20,000.00, depending on the size. We are offering these splendid rugs in our shop for less than $4000.00 each! One or two are less than $2000.00. Please stop in and view these carpets soon as we normally sell out of our Chobis very quickly.

Our friends in Turkey have sent us some amazing items, including these furniture items covered with antique kelims. When old kelims become damaged, rather than throw them away, they are recycled (like just about everything else in Turkey). The kelims are cut up and used to cover small pieces of furniture. These little footstools and benches make an exquisite addition to your room since they go so well with just about any oriental carpet.

The owner, Larry Brown, in our Turkish Booth. We have many excellent kelims and other small carpets made by weavers in villages in Turkey. Larry has spent much time traveling around the Middle East, where he fell in love with oriental carpets. He stayed in Istanbul for 3 months with a Turkish family.

Another corner of our shop.

The SOUMAK is a comparatively rare type of KELIM, deriving its name from the old town of SHEMAKJA (Republic of Azerbaijan). A Soumak is not a Kelim, since it does not have the slit-weave. However, both are flat-woven, with no nap. A SOUMAK is embroidered and its embroidery threads are not cut off at the back. All Soumaks have geometric pattern with many tribal motifs. SOUMAK's are excellent with contemporary, traditional and modern decors. They are a favorite of interior designers.

A Turkish box, covered with an antique kelim. The kelim is one of the oldest styles of weaving in the world.

Copied from the original in the Musée de Cluny, Paris. Few tapestries of this type have survived from the Middle Ages. The faded Vermilion background was common in tapestries from this time, although it is not the background with sprays of flowers that makes this tapestry unique, but rather the beauty of the design, the quality of the workmanship, and the lyricism of the figure. All of these have a magical appeal that places this tapestry amongst the principal tapestry masterpieces of all time. This tapestry is not primarily heraldic in significance, despite the banners. The “bend azure charged with three crescents” is the banner of a well-known family of lawyers, the Le Vistes. The original is from the Chateau de Boussac, where the Le Vistes resided at the end of the 15th century. This tapestry was one of six, entitled “The Lady with the Unicorn”. We were fortunate to acquire this hand-made reproduction from a small workshop in Belgium. They are very hard to come by as the workshop has a limited output and is typically backordered over two years!

November update: This amazing tapestry sold almost immediately. Many of our nicest items are snapped up pretty quickly, so be sure and stop in soon!