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The Oriental Carpet is an art form which I have explored for a number of years. As I collected information I put it into web form and then began to sort like with like. First I split off Persian Rugs and Carpets and then Turkmen Rugs. Baluch rugs followed shortly afterwards. as the group of Persian Rugs grew I began to divide by cities and regions. A section for Sarouk Carpets and Heriz carpets then on through Kashan, Kerman, Tabriz and so on. The Turkmen section I divided by tribes at first. Saryk, Tekke, Yomud and the rest. As I assembled groups of information I would divide it. With the Yomut tribe there are so many wonderful examples that divided it into pages of Juvals or Mafrashs, Carpets, Asmalyks and so on.

When will it ever be finished? Soon or later I will get bored or die. I thought I was dying but the Good Lord has given me back my health. So for now I spend spare moments here and there to build this site. Lots of things are for sale on this site but not by me. I do not sell rugs or books. This site is a hobby and a source of relaxation. I get a bemused sense of satisfaction that people read this site. But really I do it because it beats the heck out of watching TV.

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