Recommendations for identifying and evaluating oriental rugs and carpets.

Information about Persian rugs; cleaning, texture, sizes, color, materials, knots, values.

English periodical devoted to oriental rugs, textiles, and Islamic Art.

Barry O'Connell's opinions of oriental rugs and the people involved with them.

San Francisco bay area (Berkeley) dealer's site has topical articles about oriental rugs.

Exhibition of Chinese textiles, on display in 1995 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

A scholarly article by a collector, Gerard Paquin.

Information about Oriental Rugs including new, old and antiques. Also includes a forum where consumers can get help identifying rug type, age and value.

A commercial site with lots of information, especially useful for the novice collector.

Information about culture and history of rug weaving in Azerbaijan; seller of mostly mid-20th century carpets.