Posted on Sunday 7 August 2005
A new United Kingdom (in fact Vauxhall, London SW8) Oriental rugs website has been launched by long-established wholesalers and importers Oriental Carpet Brokers.
Featuring a very wide range of both excellent antique and attractive modern decorative items, easily searchable via many options, plus an innovative Rug Knowledge Wiki, the site is obviously still in its infancy, but promises great things for thhe future.
All the inventory is for sale, although not yet via online ecommerce, although this looks likely to happen in near future.
The stock has many interesting and beautiful pieces, including outstanding groups of old and antique Afshar, Baluch and Kurdish tribal items, some exquisite antique Persian silk rugs from Heriz, Tabriz etc, an unusual number of nineteenth century French Aubusson tapestries in good sizes for hanging in the modern home, plus a wide range of contemporary Ziegler and Agra decorative carpets, many of which we suspect have yet to be illusttrated due to their large size.
Altogether a very promising, highly interactive addition to the online rug world, and definitely one to watch.