“The response from our clients as well as the art and antique collecting communities to our first two exhibits in 2011 and 2012 was strong, but this year it has been phenomenal,” said Winitz, author ...

Oakland, CA—October 21, 2014—Claremont Rug Company today released its 76th catalog, which features antique rugs from the Second Golden Age of Persian Weaving in a wide range of contemporary settings ...

In the fascinating history of Oriental rugs, filled with cultural legacy and artistic significance, there is perhaps no single rug more remarkable than The Pazyryk rug — the oldest known piled rug, ...

The more I learn about Oriental rugs, the more baffled I get. In my experience, choosing one is the single most difficult home design decision one can make. That’s because so many factors need to ...

Images of war certainly can make you uncomfortable, often they can be unforgettable. Images of war woven into decorative pieces for the home do both. Imagine a hand-woven Oriental rug made of ...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Claremont Rug Company founder/president Jan David Winitz, in his annual letter to clients, today reported sales increases ranging from 68 percent to over 250 percent ...

PHILADELPHIA — George Jevremovic didn’t set out to become the savior of the Oriental rug trade. He wanted to be a writer until he followed his college girlfriend to her native Turkey in 1979, caught ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

BEFORE my recent trip to India, I asked two rug importers in the U.S. about reputable carpet merchants in the places I planned to visit. One dodged my request altogether. The other tried to dissuade ...

The more I learn about Oriental rugs, the more baffled I get. In my experience, choosing one is the single most difficult home design decision one can make. That’s because so many factors need to ...