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TEA AND CARPETS: How Traditional Are Iran’s Modern Gabbehs?
Talk, news and links about oriental carpets, carpet collecting and the wonderful world of east meets west Wednesday, 13 February 2008 HANNOVER, Germany; January 17, 2008 Is it true that as life gets more complicated, designs get simpler? There is one enduring example. It is Iran’s gabbeh carpet – today very simple, and very popular. Gabbehs were not always the minimally decorated, sometimes single-color canvases they are now. Originally, gabbehs had boldly colored, complex designs. ... - http://tea-and-carpets.blogspot.com/2008/02/just-looking-how-traditional-are-irans.html 17/07/2008 - Category: Persian
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 TEA AND CARPETS: A Trove Of Turkish Kilims In A Small Prague Museum
Talk, news and links about oriental carpets, carpet collecting and the wonderful world of east meets west Monday, 18 February 2008 PRAGUE, February 18, 2008 The pretty baroque capital of the Czech Republic may not seem a likely place to find a museum collection of antique village and prayer rugs from the remotest corners of Turkey. But the rugs – 1,265 of them – are stored in vaults for the city’s small ethnographic museum, the Naprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cu... - http://tea-and-carpets.blogspot.com/2008/02/trove-of-turkish-kilims-in-small-prague.html 17/07/2008 - Category: Turkish
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TEA AND CARPETS: Can Caucasian Rugs Make A Comeback In The Caucasus?
Talk, news and links about oriental carpets, carpet collecting and the wonderful world of east meets west Saturday, 1 March 2008 BAKU, March 1, 2008 It is ironic that so many countries copy Caucasian designs but to find a carpet that is actually woven in the Caucasus today is rare. After all, it is a simple rule of economics that if there is a market there is a product. By that logic, weavers in the Caucasus should be at least as active as their imitators. But weavers in Azerbaijan say that the... - http://tea-and-carpets.blogspot.com/2008/03/azerbaijani-weaving-seeks-revival-after_01.html 17/07/2008 - Category: Caucasian
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TEA AND CARPETS: Turkish Carpets and Showmanship Go Hand-in-Hand in Anatolia
Talk, news and links about oriental carpets, carpet collecting and the wonderful world of east meets west Saturday, 8 March 2008 ISTANBUL, March 8, 2008 In Istanbul, the saying goes, you will see the world. But if you are speaking about the carpet business and how showrooms use every idea imaginable to sell to tour groups – the phrase could cover Kusadasi, Cappadocia, and many other places in Turkey as well. Some tourists say the way Turkish carpets and kilims are sold is too aggressive. ... - http://tea-and-carpets.blogspot.com/2008/03/turkish-carpets-showmanship-go-hand-in.html 17/07/2008 - Category: Turkish
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