case study JAIPUR, INDIA--Having implemented various IT tools including ERP, CRM, barcodes and Autotex, Jaipur Rugs has not only made carpet-weaving a more efficient business but also improved the ...

“During excavations held in Qaitarieh hill, northern Tehran, we found carpet weaving tools that are very old. Available evidence reveals there are nearly 3,500 years of carpet weaving around Tehran ...

PRAGUE, September 4, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- An artisan lightly taps her wooden mallet to tamp down another row of just-completed, hand-tied knots. To her rhythm, a long, richly red carpet decorated with ...

AMANA — Linda Grabau finds odd moments throughout her day to prepare the material that she will later weave into a rug. She’s made rugs from pantyhose and shirts. She was recently tearing into a pair ...

Wafa, dressed in a clinical white coat and framed by myriad bottles and jars, is explaining the painstaking method of squeezing out argan oil. The technique is time-honoured in Morocco, and in this ...

Iranians in the business of Persian rugs — which are renowned for their artistry and craftsmanship — said instability in the ...

Kashmiri artisans breathed a sigh of relief as the Centre provided the geographical identification tag to the famed hand-knotted Kashmiri carpets. The announcement was seen as a big step towards ...

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Stable two-dimensional networks of organic molecules are important components in various nanotechnology processes. However, producing these networks, which are only one atom thick, in high quality and ...