Jun 13 2006
A Passion for Antique Rugs by Joan Guryan
My introduction to Antique Rugs.
Let me introduce myself. I am Joan Guryan, and I fell passionately in love with Antique Rugs twenty years ago, when I was decorating my first home. That was when I met Jason Nazmiyal, who sold me my first rug. We had a simpatico of taste; he articulated my thoughts as only an expert could. He nurtured my interest by sharing his knowledge. I began to look at rugs with a more educated eye. But more than the knowledge of where it was made, or how; why one area used one type of fiber, or used one type of knots, my fascination was in the design and the colors, the story it told.
The first rug I bought was a Caucasian, to be specific it was a Shirvan, and very unusual for it’s size. With its stick figures, both human and animal, and its other geometric shapes, I could imagine the story it was telling. Like art, we often are unaware of the artist’s thoughts, but we have made a connection, which somehow connects us to another human’s life; thus making the world a little smaller.
It is 20 years later, I have bought many rugs since, the first is still in my living room, and I have never tired of looking at it. I have continued to by my rugs as if they were pieces of art; which is probably why they are such a source of satisfaction.
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