SPIRITS RUN HIGH, OPTIMISM SOARS
 AT NY INTERNATIONAL CARPET SHOW

Martin Cunniffe of The Celtic Rug in Ireland, with NYICS's affable host, Dennis Dodds, owner and organizer of the show.



At Ebisons Harounian: Bob Fritz, left, of Robert Fritz Oriental Rugs, Durham, NC joins Ebi Harounian and Michael Harounian of Ebisons Harounian. Ebisons, like some other exhibitors, showed at the NYICS as well as at its home showroom in New York.

James Opie, left of James Opie Rugs, Portland, OR, with Solomon Bassalely and David Bassalely of Eliko.


At Tamarian, from left: Alfred Etast and Roben Keypour of Van Den Loom in New York, with Ned Baker and John Mendez of Tamarian. Alfred and Roben said their new designer showroom is in the process of opening in New York 59th St. Designer District.
 

Jay Nehouray of Caravan Rug, left, with Jeffery Arcary of Landry & Arcary, Salem, MA

These colorful ladies epitomize the excitement and pizzazz of the NYICS. They are Robin Gray and Nedret Gurler of Robin Gray Design.

David Lew of Bokara Rug welcomed visitors to Bokara's NYICS booth. The company is also showing this week at it's Secaucus, NJ headquarters.


All smiles at NYICS, from left: Jeffrey Soleimani of Renaissance Carpet & Tapestries; Marc Phillip Partial
and Bobby Marshall Partial of Marc Phillips Decorative
Rugs, New York City, and Jan Soleimani of Bokara Rugs.
Opening Day Optimism ran high at the NYICS Show at 7 W New York  on Sunday, Sept. 12

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RUG PEOPLE PARTY HARDY AT
ORICA'S  NJ BASH
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Dee Chiavetta, center, of McDhurrie's in Cleveland, with George Bashian, left, and Ralph Bashian, right, of Bashian.
 

We knew guys like this in high school: Still cutting up is Allan Furman, left, appraiser and rug consultant, Blue Bell, PA, with Ray Albed, Albed Oriental Rug Co., Wayne, PA.

This adorable couple is Bill and Lisa Radner, owners of American Rug Co., Holyoke, MA.

Sales agent Jacqui Mathers, center, of Concord Imports in Concord, MA, with Kathy Sasso of Khouris Oriental Rugs, Marblehead, MA, and David Mouradian of Melrose Oriental Rug, Melrose, MA., who is also president of the Oriental Rug Retailers Association of Massachusetts. Jacqui, by the way, completed the Josh Billings Triathalon in Great Barrington, MA on the day before the ORICA party.

Marty Banilevi of Lotfy, left, with Obeetee regional manager Garland Darnell.of North Carolina.

Importer Jerry Aziz, second left, greets the Presnell family from The Rug Gallery in Cincinnati. From left: Bo, Sam and Arlene Presnell. We first met Bo in Orlando when he was an eighth-grader. Now he's a college grad!

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RUG PEOPLE PARTY HARDY AT
ORICA'S  NJ BASH
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Retailers from all over the country came to the Metro Market/ORICA show. From left, Sima and Javid Hakakian of J&S Designer Flooring, Morristown, NJ; Ali Desar of International Rug Depot, Aguara Hills, CA; and Reuben Tehrani, Tehrani Bros., Wayne and Bryn Mawr, PA.

Stalwarts from the Oriental Rug Retailers of America, from left: Armen Babaian of Babaian Rug Co., Milwaukee, WI and St. Louis, MO; Frank Eway of Eway's in Charlottesville, VA, and Robert Zakian of Zakian Brothers, Philadelphia.

From left: Phil Menendian, rug appraiser and consultant from Columbus; Pradeep Agarwal, US head honcho for Obeetee, and Dan Hodges, Obeetee agent in New England

Hossein Fazeli of Trans Orient, Inc. with Beth and Randall Mougalian of Mougalian Rugs, Scarborough, ME.


From left: David Livian of Jerry Aziz, Ferouz Kashanian of FJ Kashanian, and Jonathon Kashanian of FJ Kashanian.

Fabienne Louis, left, of The Creative Touch with Alix G. Perrachon. Alix is the author of The Decorative Carpet, which was just published by the Monacelli imprint of Random House. Alix was part of a designer panel presentation Monday at 7 W NY and will conduct a fashion event at High Point Market sponsored by The Creative Touch.

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NY INTERNATIONAL CARPET SHOW
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Joe Namnoun, center,  of J. Namnoun Oriental Rug Gallery, Hartford, CT, joins Denise Kruc, left,  and Neslihan Jevremovic, right, of Woven Legends.

At Ariana, left to right: Brothers Alex and Ahmad Ahmadi of Ariana Rugs with Afghani rug specialist Stephen Landrigan. Stephen headed to Kabul shortly after this pic was snapped, where he is working on a book about Afghan rugs. He promises to report on the Afghan rug industry for Rugnews.com in the very near future. Behind these lovely people is perhaps one of the loveliest rugs we have ever seen. Retail price? A mere $500,000.
 

This jolly group visiting Caravan Rugs includes, left to right: Gary Dicus, Addison/Dicus, Tampa; Roz Rustigian, Rustigian Rugs, Providence, RI; Jay Nehouray of Caravan Rug; John Craig, Carpet Designs, Naples, FL; Caravan sales rep Neal Birnbaum, and Scot Bullock, The Rug Studio, Overland Park, KS.


At Zollanvari: Sanjay Purohit, left, ceo and company principal Reza Zollanvari. Zollanvari is celebrating its 25th anniversary this Fall.

Peggy Richardson,  principal of French Market,  welcomes visitors to the booth.

Fabian Ahrens, left, and Hossein Rezvani of Hossein Rezvani, a division of Rexvani Tepiche,  came all the way from Hamburg, Germany to show at the New York International Carpet Show. That stunning contemporary wool and silk rug is from Iran, with one million knots per sq. meter. It retails for a cool $29,500 in 9’8”x6’5.” And yes, several pieces from the collection were sold off the floor.
 

The Wild ones: Roz Rustigian, of Rustigian's Rugs in Providence, RI, shares a tender moment with Jay Nehouray of Caravan Rug. See ya in Atlanta Jan. 13 to 16, 2011.

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09.17.10

 SMILES ABOUND AT
HOME FURNISHINGS MARKET WEEK
 

Seems like only yesterday that Jim Hines, second left, and Mary Lynne Sobel, second right, joined the Kalaty sales team. But it has actually been 20 years. They were the first two independent sales people that Kalaty hired, way back in 1990. Jim covers the southwest and Mary Lynne handles the southeast.  (The company now has 17 sales agents covering the US). Mike Kalaty, left, and Ariel Kalaty, right, congratulate Hines and Sobel on their accomplishments over the past 20 years. Biggest change over the past 20 years? "Programmed rugs," says Jim. "The concept completely changed the way the rug industry does business."

Feizy celebrates the opening of a new 3,000 sq. ft. permanent showroom at 230 Fifth Ave. in New York. Inaugurating the new space are Feizy execs Cameron Feizy, left, vp of sales; Valerie Yadron, midwest regional sales manager, and Mohammad Farshchi, vice president of of merchandising.


Kaleen made its New York market debut with a new temporary showroom at the 7 W New York building. Kaleen execs in attendance were Monty Rathi, left, coo and cfo of Kaleen, and Joe Barkley, executive vice president.

The Linon Rug Division opened a new showroom at 230 Fifth Ave. Steve Mazarakis, center, president of the Linon Rug division, is shown here with sales reps Jeff Sklar and David Stoeckel, both of DKS Sales in New Jersey.

Orian executives, from left: Paul Sullivan, senior vp of
 sales and marketing; Scott Miller, design director, and
Holly Hopkins, vice president of sales.

Here's a blast from the past, gang! Left to right: John McCleod, ceo of American Green Rug; Larry Hill of Catalina Manufacturing Co., and Steve Stultz of Catalina Manufacturing Co.


First we work hard, then we play hard: Momeni hosted buyers Bill Martin, second left, and Mike Rollando, right, to the Jets-Ravens game at the brand new  Meadowlands stadium. Momeni's Austin Craley, vp of sales is left and company principal Arya Momeni is second right. Bill, a Ravens fan, is from Rugs Direct in Winchester, VA. and Mike, rooting for the Jets,  is buyer for Tuesday Morning, Dallas. We assume that Austin and Arya took off their ties in time for the game. We are told that Bill was a gracious winner but that he was held hostage in the Momeni showroom all day Tuesday.


 Monty Rathi, coo of Kaleen joins Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com to say so long for a few weeks.
 See ya in High Point, gang!
(High Point Market runs Oct.  16 to 21)

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