“Around that time, the country lifted its ban on importing foreign hand-woven rugs ... “You don’t buy an Oriental rug as an investment,” Mann said. “You do it to make yourself happy.

Following is a transcript of the video. Hand woven with the finest materials including wool and silk, a single Persian rug can often take years and sometimes decades to create. A high-quality ...

Hand-woven Persian rugs have a worldwide reputation due to their high quality and value. It takes almost two years from two people to weave a six-square meter Persian carpet. It is made by ...

More than 32 million square feet of Iranian carpets are woven annually ... years to make and require millions of hand-tied knots. In Iran, Persian rugs are viewed not just as family heirlooms ...

A new Oriental rug store will open in Lancaster County on Black Friday. Orientiq will open at 22 S. Second St. in Columbia. The retailer will sell hand-woven Oriental carpets and rugs at the store.

Despite the decades of mutual hostility stemming from the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the United States is one of the biggest markets for Persian ... production of hand-woven rugs was already ...