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Found this rug at a flea market, no idea where it's from
http://toledo.craigslist.org/wan/4443531047.html ^
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Posted on 04/28/2014 8:34:58 AM PDT by big bad easter bunny
The only thing similar I could find was American Indian style Persian rug, also the color pink I think is very unusual, the main features look a little like a llama but not much like the Peruvian style. I would to find the answer of where this rug is from, I think it is made of silk.
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http://toledo.craigslist.org/wan/4443531047.html
To: big bad easter bunny
I’d say Midwest U.S., Ohio perhaps.
To: big bad easter bunny
It appears to be a hand woven Persian prayer rug. An antique dealer would tell you, “worthless...uhm...how much do you want for it?”
To: big bad easter bunny
Interested to find out your answer.
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:45:40 AM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
To: big bad easter bunny
Looks like a Bakhtiari design
To: big bad easter bunny
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:52:20 AM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
To: big bad easter bunny
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posted on
04/28/2014 8:53:40 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: big bad easter bunny
It’s from the flea market.
To: Fightin Whitey
It is middle Eastern. My guess is Buttuglystan.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:05:50 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Truth sounds like hate...to those who hate truth.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
It actually beautiful but there is no accounting for taste.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:08:33 AM PDT
by
big bad easter bunny
(If it weren't for coffee I would still be living with my parents!)
To: big bad easter bunny
I saw one just like that in the White House aligned with Mecca.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:11:05 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama phones= Bread and circuits.)
To: big bad easter bunny
For insurance purposes if you believe the rug is valuable you will need to have it professionally appraised by an appraiser who is experienced in evaluating such textiles. It will cost you as a full professional appraisal is not cheap. But if it is valuable it will be worth it.
If you don’t want to have it appraised you might want to see if any of the “Antique Roadshow” style shows are coming to your area and try to have it looked at there.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:11:23 AM PDT
by
lastchance
("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
To: lastchance
It is just fun to learn the origin of unusual finds.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:12:42 AM PDT
by
big bad easter bunny
(If it weren't for coffee I would still be living with my parents!)
To: big bad easter bunny
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:13:27 AM PDT
by
NCDragon
( Americans will always do the right thing, after they've exhausted all the alternatives. WC)
To: big bad easter bunny
Contact one of the traveling antigue shows like Antique Road Show. They will tell you who is an authority in your area!
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04/28/2014 9:20:34 AM PDT
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hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then or now)
To: big bad easter bunny
Need more info on the material:
Wool?
Camel Hair?
Angora (goat or rabbit)?
Achmed's Friends?
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:30:56 AM PDT
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Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The Acronym explains the science.)
To: big bad easter bunny
As a weaver my opinion is the warp threads (vertical) shouldn’t be all white in a hand woven rug.
Very carefully pull some fibers out of the fringe. Take them to a sink along with a match or small lighter and very carefully light the fibers. If they burn and stink, the fiber is silk, or wool. If they shrivel or melt into a ball, the fibers are manmade, and the rug is a modern machine produced imitation. Make sure the water is running and be careful. Use the longest fibers you can get.
Let us know what you find.
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:31:15 AM PDT
by
Wiser now
(Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
To: Cletus.D.Yokel
To: big bad easter bunny
Do a #17 on it and let us know.......
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:37:09 AM PDT
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deport
To: Billthedrill
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posted on
04/28/2014 9:39:40 AM PDT
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Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The Acronym explains the science.)
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