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 ...

“Because of their tight weave, vintage Persian rugs especially take spills ... machine-made ones.” She notes that silk rugs are the exception to this rule, since they “will have quite ...

The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the ... the centuries old market for Persian rugs made in Iran has collapsed leaving some ...

Mr. Topalian utilizes almost two decades of extensive training in antique and semi-antique Persian, Caucasian, Chinese, and European rugs and carpets in his family's antique Oriental rug business.