Organizations

ACOR (the collective organization of local american rug societies)


ICOC (the International Conference on Oriental Carpets)

 

Rug Societies

Armenian Rugs Society

The Haji Baba Club

International Hajji Baba Society

Kansas City Oriental Rug and Textile Association

New England Rug Society

San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society

Seattle Textile and Rug Society (STARS)

AKREP Oriental Rug Society

 

Museums

 

The Textile Museum (the rug museum in Washington, D.C. for any collector to enjoy)

Weaving Art Museum (for woven things outside of strictly traditional antique oriental rugs)


Philadelphia Museum of Art (featuring their well-reknown collection of classical carpets)


The Metropolitan Museum of Art (featuring the Joseph McMullan collection and exhibit "Flowers Underfoot")

Indianopolis Museum of Art (featuring the Baluchi collection of Colonel Jeff W. Boucher)

Educational / Periodicals / Discussion

HALI magazine ("The" periodical of rug scholarship and collectors)

Oriental Rug Review (a very content-rich periodical, now out-of-print, that is a must-have for collectors)

Jozan Online Magazine (many great rug images are available here)

TurkoTek (a fanstastic resource that includes a very active discussion board for collectors)

spongobongo (quite rich, with many resource links)

 

 

 

Dealers

Local Benefactors (local dealers whom we can wholeheartedly endorse for their honesty and efforts in supporting our cause):

Gallery51
51 N. 2nd Street, Phila. PA
contact Craig Wallen by email at: [email protected] or [email protected]

Here's a review that recently appeared in HALI magazine of Craig's felt rug exhibition...

HALI Review Felt Show

ok, they're not rug dealers, but what the Bershad brothers have done to help host our meetings, grants them an honorary enrollment as one of our benefactor and patrons, thank you Tom, we appreciate it!

FocusPointe

National / International

Stolen Rugs (beware of buying a stolen rug! - some famous collections have been recently stolen)

Kilims.com (includes a link to a great article focused on the evolution of symbols in anatolian kilims)

Thomas Cole (link to multiple articles published by Thomas Cole, Antique Rugs and Textiles)

 

 

Auction Houses

Local

Freeman's


Pook and Pook

Regional

Skinner

International

Christie's

Nagel

Rippon-Boswell (the only auction house solely dedicated to antique rugs and textiles)

Sotheby's