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PRIMER ON ORIENTAL
CARPETS: Contemporary Designs Embrace a Nomadic Art
By Niki Hayden
Chuck Paterson’s oriental carpet showroom is a windowless warehouse.
Rolled, stacked, hung on walls, draped over tables, the inventory is not meant
for the public because Chuck sells wholesale to shops and dealers. Here in an
organized jumble, the old
and new lie side by side. A 19th century stack of kilims from the
Caucasus in soft reds and indigo blues shares space with newly knotted rugs in
modern geometric designs from Turkey.
The first is the product of rural life in the rugged countryside of
Azerbaijan, the second a commercial rug-making workshop in Turkey catering to
American designer trends. Each pile represents a chapter in the contemporary
history of oriental rugs.
 The
rest of this story is now contained in "Colorado Antique Lover's Guide" by
Front Range Living and Fulcrum Publishing. It can be purchased through www.fulcrum-books.com
or at bookstores, such as: www.tatteredcover.com,
www.barnesandnoble.com,
www.borders.com
or www.amazon.com.
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