We went to the rug shop in the old city center a few days ago. I didn't have my pictures on the computer, so I wanted to go ahead and post them now. The rug shop is beautiful. The tall guy in the picture is John, one of my uncle's friends. He was the one in the market for a new rug and on the far left is the shop owner. He is Pakistani, and he at least convinced me he had wonderful rugs. The thread counts of his best rugs are 900 to 950 knots per inch. Many of them are from Iran, but not necessarily all. The rugs are beautiful and have a light and dark side, meaning when you turn the rug 180 degrees the colors look very different. You sit at one end of the shop and they serve tea and water and show you rugs. I really enjoyed it. A top quality rug costs at least $3,000 and the most expensive we looked at were around $8,000.
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