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The Persian Carpet - A Family Affair. By Bruce McLaren
Meet Doug and Nelda:Doug and Nelda Lay are the founders, owners, and motivation behind The Persian Carpet. As you can see from this portrait they are both descended from the best stock of the highest...
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Meet The Team Behind The Dream. By Bruce McLaren
You've met the family - now meet the whole team that live the dream!So....Who does what?Nelda Lay. The 'Big Boss'. The Back-Bone Of TPC.Nelda is the primary founder and back-bone of the business....
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The Grove Park Show 2012. By Bruce McLaren
Every year, when the winter wind funnels down from the North Pole, we decide to rent a truck, stack it chock-a-block with the finest handwoven creations to emerge from the mysterious and exotic east,...
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How To Make An Oriental Rug - A Video Tutorial. By Bruce McLaren
A lot of people wonder what actually goes into the process of making a hand-woven rug. Well, the simple answer is A LOT. To make a rug involves a detailed series of processes and this blog is designed...
View ArticleHow To Clean An Oriental Rug - A Video Tutorial. By Bruce McLaren
Cleaning a rug is no simple task...That's why so many people bring their oriental rugs to us - because we are the best! No room for modesty here...This blog takes you through the fundamental steps of...
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The Persian Carpet. Take A Look In The Store. By Bruce McLaren
Part 1. A Video Welcome To The Persian Carpet By the Owner - Doug LayPart 2. 'The Antique Rug Room'Videos Of 'The Antique Rug Room' With Doug LayPhotos Of 'The Antique Rug Room'Your Senses Are Dazzled...
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Ikat - It's All The Rage In Rugs...By Bruce McLaren.
Well unless you have been living under a rock you will be well aware that Ikat - a traditional textile technique that employs a process similar to tie-dying - is now the fashion statement of...
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India. Out Buying Rugs. By Bruce McLaren.
Rug Buying In AgraThis blog is meant to give you a bit of an insight into the rug buying side of the business....A lot of our work takes place in India. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 the...
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What Are The Oldest Persian Carpets? By Bruce McLaren.
The term "Antique" is bandied about rather too freely in the world of Persian Carpets. Dealers know full well that by simply adding that term to their description the potential buyer will be struck...
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A Little Bit Of Afghanistan In North Carolina...By Bruce McLaren
I caught this morning, mornings minionDaylights dappled dauphin, blah, blah, blah,As one of those insipid English poets of yesteryear once wrote...Let me simply say that I woke up this morning and it...
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The Good Stuff #1. An Antique Persian Bidjar. By Bruce McLaren
This is the first in a series of blogs about some of the more exotic and rare carpets that we have here in the store. First up, this extremely nice and collectable Persian Bidjar.1920's Persian...
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Why Are Tibetan Tiger Rugs All The Rage? By Bruce McLaren
Tibetans and Tigers. A long, shared history.Would you like to sinWith Elinor GlynOn a tiger skin?Or would you preferTo errWith herOn some other fur?When this poem was penned some hundred years ago,...
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India Buying Trip September 2014: The Rugs! By Bruce McLaren
Well, this time around for our annual rug buying expedition to India the lucky travellers were Doug and his daughter, Cynthia. Bruce, who volunteered his services, was waved aside by the Grand...
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India Buying Trip September 2014. The Taj Mahal! By Bruce McLaren
India is a kaleidoscsopic treasure-trove of images and wonders. To think that our rug buying expeditions were all business and no play would be a little bit of a stretch. Take Agra, for example, a...
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New Treasures From Tibet. By Bruce McLaren
Every now and then you find fortune in the humble wool of a sheep's back. Such is the case here, when, at a recent purchase of a large group of rugs we came across some fairly rare Tibetan rugs.Now...
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The Good Stuff #2. An Antique Persian Heriz. By Bruce McLaren
With this blog we continue our look at some of the more rare rugs that we have in stock. Last time around it was a classic Bidjar. Today it is an old Heriz.The typical Heriz design with bold geometric...
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What is a Navajo Rug? By Bruce McLaren
What is a Navajo Rug?Over here in the USA there is somewhat an obsession with the term “Navajo Rugs”. Having been to the Southwest of the Great Republic and seen the eternal turquoise skies and blazing...
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The Trading Posts and the Navajo Rug. By Bruce McLaren
The development of the “Navajo Rug” as we have come to understand it today, was inextricably tied up with the emergence of Trading Posts both in and around the area of the Navajo Reservation. The major...
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The Afghans Ride Again. By Bruce McLaren
Life can seem fickle at times. My father used to say life was very transient indeed. Trends come and go almost as quickly as they appear. A few years ago all people wanted to buy was a Turkish Oushak....
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Tribal Regalia Gold. The Gilbert Collection. By Bruce McLaren
People often ask me where we obtain so many antique rugs. Before the Islamic Revolution of 1979 it was possible to simply go to Iran, purchase and return with rugs. Nowadays we need to keep an ear to...
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