Guide to Persian Rugs & Carpets

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Rug Societies

National and International Societies

ACOR

Sharon Fenlon President
scullent@aasd.k12.wi.us

AKREP

AKREP - Goteborg (Sweden) rug collectors club.
Akrep Web Site
akrep.orientalrugs@swipnet.se

Armenian Rug Society

With the death of James Mark Keshishian A.S.A. I am not sure who is running the club.

ICOC Members Association

• Brian. Morehouse
  Tel: 213-931-4987,
  Fax: 213-931-4987
  Morehousebri@aol.com
• Wendel Swan
  703-960-0343
  wdswan@erols.com
• Wilfred Stanzer
  Tel: +43-3136-61-926
  stanzer@gmx.at
• Anette Granlund-Larsson
  Tel: +46-8-66-23-853
• http://www.icoc-orientalrugs.org

Moroccan Rug & Textile Society

Brooke Pickering
Tel: 212-780-9125
Fax: 212-475-7370

Arizona

Arizona Oriental Rug/Textile Association

Sally Komerska
Tel:520-323-0320(d)
E-mail - s.komerska@worldnet.att.net

California

Rug Society of San Diego

Alan Campbell
Tel: 619-281-3084
ACOR Rep
Ray Rosenberg
Tel: 619-291-4275, or 603-536-2990
Fax: 619-297-8240
rugbuff@aol.com

San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society

John Sommer
Tel: 510-793-5828
Fax: 510-791-0271

Textile Museum Associates of Southern CA

Cheri Hunter
Tel: 310-454-8221(d)
Fax: 310-454-8604

Textile Group of LA

Brian. Morehouse
Tel: 213-931-4987,
Fax: 213-931-4987
Morehousebri@aol.com

Colorado

Colorado Textile Group

Richard Stewart
Tel: 303-444-3720(d)
Fax: 303-443-7712
E-mail - Richard_Stewart@webTV.net

Florida

Central Florida Rug Society

Doug Connor
813-935-8827 (e)
E-mail - dconnor@pd10.state.fl.us

South Florida Oriental Rug Club

Sharon Kerwick
Tel: 954-565-9031(d), - 954-564-4325(e)
Fax: 954-564-0648

Illinois

Chicago Rug Society

Suzanne Kaufman
Tel: 815-963-6543 (e)
Fax: 815-963-6543
suzannekaufman@msn.com

Indiana

Rug & Textile Society of Indiana

Erik Risman
Tel: 317-873-0012
E-mail - err1@home.com

Kansas

Kansas City Oriental Rug and Textile Association

Contact - Pam Hoelzel
Phone - 816-474-9339
Fax - 816-474-9449
E-mail - camundy@mindspring.com

Massachusetts

New England Rug Society

Mark Hopkins mopkins@netway.com
Tel: 781-259-9444
Fax: 781-259-1529
Newsletter Editor
Yon Bard doryon@aol.com

Missouri

Oriental Rug Society of Kansas City

Jessie Fisher
Tel: 816-221-0422
Fax: 816-221-0422

St. Louis Oriental Rug & Textile Association

Contact - Tom Hubbard
Phone - 636-530-6140
E-mail - tphubb@swbell.net

New Jersey

Princeton Rug Society

Jeffrey K. McVey
Tel: 609-397-1326

New York

Hajji Baba Club

Contact - Joseph Doherty
Phone - 212-979-7013
Fax - 212-979-7127
E-mail jdoherty@mackenziepartners.com
http://www.geocities.com/~hajjibabaclub

North Carolina

Triangle Rug Society

Lucille Kimble
Tel: 919-489-2702(d)

Ohio

Cincinnati Rug Society

Heather Horowitz
Tel: 513-7903-9505 - Fax: 513-793-9525

Cleveland Rug Society

Joan Long
Tel: 330-666-4876(e) - Fax: 330-972-5574
jcl.ebl@att.net 

Oregon

Portland Area Rug Society

Leslie Atiyeh
Tel: 503-538-7560
Fax: 503-538-8239
pars@atiyeh.com
ACOR Rep
Randy Hyde
Tel: 503-226-0116
Fax: 503-227-4069
jopie@teleport.com

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Oriental Rug Society (PORS)

2224 Grays Ferry South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19446
rabinovic@aol.com - (215) 985-0889
georgetrot@aol.com - (215) 860-8869
http://www.geocities.com/jbulyk//index.html

Textile Arts Society of Philadelphia

Anne Sims
Tel: 215-684-7585(e), - 610-293-9542(d)

Texas

Houston Oriental Rug Society

Jim Morgan
Tel: 713-461-3080(h)
jgmorgan@ix.netcom.com

Virginia

The International Hajji Baba Society

Wendel Swan
703-960-0343
Fax - 703-683-7545
wdswan@erols.com

Canada

Montreal Carpet Appreciation Society

Possibly defunct.

Montreal Oriental Rug Society

Contact - Ian McLaren
Phone - 514-521-7433
Fax - 514-522-3013
E-mail - imclaren@grandnord.ca

New Calgary Rug & Textile Club

Contact - Jean Landa
Phone - 403-270-2880
Fax - 403-270-3030
E-mail - landa@acs.ucalgary.ca

Toronto Oriental Rug Society

Katharine Green
Tel: 905-471-7381(e)
102377.1463@compuserve.com

Quebec Oriental Rug & Textile Society

Janice Summers
Tel: 514-288-1218(d)
Fax: 514-288-1210
74643.335@compuserve.com

Germany

Teppichfreund

Dr. Herbert J. Exner
Tel: 011 49 51 30 8771
Fax - 011-49-51-30-8871
E-mail - exner-wedemark@t-online.de

For Further Reading:

Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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