An article by Andrew Haughton reflects on the ambitious plan to make a classical Garden Carpet in the Safavid tradition, with a completely contemporary design. The weaving took 2 years longer than expected due to the pandemic, which is reflected in a surprise detail in the carpet.

Upcoming events, the story of the Kincardine Castle Garden Carpet and some musings on boujaads...

Find out which art movement inspired Moroccan weavers to create these painterly abstract Boujaad Rugs.

Read Alastair's Indian travel blog from his time on the so called Hippy Trail of the 1970s whilst listening to his selection of 'sounds' from the same era. Some of Al's photographs are also on display in our August Tales of Travel and Trade exhibition.

Read our Summer/Autumn 2021 Newsletter.

Read about Rufus Reade's travels that led to him starting what became Out of The Nomads Tent and an article Remember Aleppo by Philip Mansel who will be launching our first event of 2021 on Thursday 6th May via Zoom.

Do Kazak rugs originate in Kazakhstan? Very few! Some words about the origin of a word...

Discover the story of Luigi Arditi’s Ottoman cantata, “Inno Turco”, which was sung before Sultan Abdülaziz at London’s Crystal Palace in 1867.

Read our latest newsletter featuring a fascinating article by Rufus Reade and an essay on Gabbeh rugs of the Fars province by Andrew Haughton.

The word "gabbeh" translates from the Persian, meaning raw, natural, uncut. The tale told by gabbeh rugs is as simple as their appearance...

My text here has only 2 illustrations but each shows powerfully the links created by The Silk Road..

Earlier this year before Covid19, Andrew and Heidi’s annual buying trip in India for The Nomads Tent was documented beautifully through the lens of Heidi’s camera.