Value of rugs

Above all get to know your dealer well, treat him more as a friend than just another shopkeeper. You will find that he is more than willing to explain the idiosyncracies of the weavers' art, and you will spend many pleasant and rewarding hours.

You will learn that when a good rug is in your possession it becomes part of you, one of the family, and it will radiate the love and devotion that has been put into its creation.

Coupled with all these facts is the cost of weaving hand-knotted rugs today, for it takes as long as nine months to weave a fine quality rug.

Basing this on present day wages of a master weaver (say about Ј3,000 per annum), it seems impossible that one can still buy a hand-made rug of this quality for between Ј350 and Ј400.

The value is tremendous, and the investment speaks for itself.