I never even knew what an Oriental rug was before I started dating my future wife some 20 years ago. When I was growing up my family aspired to wall-to-wall rugs, which covered the entire floor, not ...

With their noses up against 200-year-old Oriental rugs, students in Carnig Minasian’s Oriental rug class are on their hands and knees trying to get a grasp on the rugs’ defining characteristics. The ...