Persian Designs by Mansoureh Nia
Called Sculpture on Glass, this is an exhibition on the Seton Hall University Library Gallery on the Persian designs of artist Mansoureh Nia. a native of Iran who studied the art of Persian rugs at the Teheran Institute of Creative Arts, founded to preserve the integrity of the art of Persian rug design. Her work reflects the art of ancient Persian rug designs painted on glass,

Oriental Carpets and Rugs
A collection of articles about rug collecting! Topics cover advice and tips for collecting rugs, silk and wool rug distinctions, history of Persian rugs and a gallery of photos depicting the rich history of wool and cotton rugs, symmetry and patterns in rugs, a Persian rug gallery, images and text exploring designs by William Morris as well as Indian rug information.

Oriental Rug Review/Asian Trade
An oriental rug magazine started in 1981 for collectors and dealers that provides auction reports, international market reports, book reviews, exhibition reviews, interviews, humor, and a wide range of scholarly and anecdotal articles.

Oriental Rug and Textile Books
Dennis B. Marquand Oriental Rug and Textile Books' website is focused solely on books you can buy on oriental rugs, carpets and other ethnographic and historical textiles. It includes full collections of publications such as Hali: Hali - The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art and Oriental Rug Review Magazine."

Persian Rug Design
FarsiNet, an Iranian Persian Global eCommunity for Farsi Speaking People, provides a list of Persian rugs designs from each region and links to some samples. The site includes hand-made antique and new Persian rugs.

American Conference on Oriental Rugs
The American Conference on Oriental Rugs is a non-profit organization established for the understanding and appreciation of oriental rugs and textiles through its bi-annual conferences and its member rug and textile societies throughout North America. The organization holds conferences every two years across the United States. A database of member societies, including websites and contact information, is also included. The 2006 conference will be held in Boston.

Philadelphia Oriental Rug Society
The Philadelphia Oriental Rug Society is a non-profit organization offering its membership opportunities to enrich their knowledge and appreciation of hand knotted carpets and textiles. Founded in March 1999, our members number more than ninety individuals, primarily from the greater Philadelphia and Wilmington area. The group meets six to eight times a year for seminars and other forums, featuring speakers. The Philadelphia Oriental Rug Society is a member of the American Conference on Oriental Rugs (ACOR), a nationwide organization established for the understanding and appreciation of Oriental rugs and textiles. Site includes member galleries, helpful links, a news section and a forum to meet others.

Oriental Rug Society
AKREP, Oriental Rug Society in Gothenburg, Sweden is a society for people interested in textiles, such as rugs, kilims, saddle-bags, sacks and other textiles related to the Orient. Swedish textiles also have their important part in the society. Akrep is a Turkish word for scorpion, a common pattern in tribal textiles. The rug society was founded 1981 by people whose interest are old oriental textiles. Group is working with a current exhibition, and the site features discussions, links and event information.

JBOC's Notes on Oriental Rugs
This is Barry O'Connell's very extensive non-commercial site (he doesn't sell them) for learning about oriental rugs and carpets from different areas and divided in some cases by tribes. Covers Persian, Turkmen, Afghan, Mughal, Baluch, Sarouk, Heriz, Kashan, Kerman, Tabriz and many more.

International Conference on Oriental Carpets
This conference began in 1976 and features exhibitions. Probably the most notable are "The Eastern Carpet in the Western World" & "Carpet Magic" (London 1983), "Orient Stars" (Hamburg 1993), and "Studies in Colour and Geometry: Turkish Pile Carpets from the Christopher Alexander Collection" & "Anatolian Kilims: The McCoy Jones Collection" (San Francisco, 1990). As well as exhibitions from museum collections worldwide, ICOC exhibitions have always featured the collections of "local" collectors, such as "Oriental Rugs from Atlantic Collections" (Philadelphia 1996). In addition, since 1986, the conference has hosted an ever more successful Dealers' Fair. An international conference exists on many levels. As a forum for academic papers, it also serves as a godfather to research. The conference also provides a good meeting place to discuss fashions in rugs and theories. Perfect for newcomers because of the easily understandable forums.

Presentation on Oriental Rugs
This is a detailed exposition on oriental rugs by the Islamic Arts and Architecture Organization. Explains in detail the historical and cultural significance of Arabic calligraphy. It is very rich with information illustrated with examples of dozens of calligraphic works. Includes Turkish, Persian and Caucasian rugs.

TurkoTek
This is a site for collectors of mostly antique oriental rugs and other ethnographic textiles that includes articles and discussion forums. It overs tribal rugs and textiles from central and western Asia, Khorjin, Tentband, Kilims, Torba, Juval, Turkmen, Belouch, and Afshar.

The Weavings of the Lors and Bakhtiyaris: A Fifteen Year Retrospective
This website of Thomas Cole, maker of antique rugs and textiles, provides information about recent acquisitions, Central Asia photos and more. Articles discuss opportunities to learn about and collect tribal weaving that existed in Persia and especially its capital, Tehran in the late 1960s and early 1970s were as exhilarating as they were unparalleled. Cole is a family-oriented private dealer who specializes in tribal weavings and textiles of art historical and ethnographic significance from Central Asia. He has been active in the antique tribal rug and textile art trade for the past twenty years. Having lived a good part of his life in, and traveled extensively through, Asia, he is familiar with diverse textile and woven art traditions from the Near East and Persia, through Central Asia, and the Silk Road to China. More recently he has become a frequent visitor to both Turkey and the Central Asian Republic of Turkmenistan.