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Ferahan Sarouk, 7 x 10.1, Rare museum level antique Ferahan Sarouk carpet from from the second quarter of the 19th century. OAKLAND, CA.- Claremont Rug Company , the world’s leading dealer of 19th century, art-level Oriental carpets, today announced an on-line exhibition which will feature 30 of the most rare, one-in-the-world antique rugs that it has placed with clients during the past year.

STURBRIDGE - The Village Furniture & Clock sale signs often posted facing Main Street proclaim in bold letters "STORE CLOSING," "THIS IS IT - TOTAL LIQUIDATION" and "EVERYTHING MUST GO!!"

Mum's the word on the local auction scene as consignors prefer to remain anonymous at most area sales scheduled for the next few weeks.

Vita West Muir, the local impresario whose focused energy has made the Litchfield Jazz Festival a national event and a summertime staple, is also a mother, or to use the elision so much in vogue these days, a “mom.”

NASHUA – Even before they take the stage this weekend, performers in the Nashua Symphony String Orchestra are offering applause of their own. This weekend’s performance, “High Strung,” scheduled for Saturday night at the Keefe Memorial Auditorium, was in jeopardy for months as symphony leaders struggled to find a corporate sponsor to back the event, according to Eric Valliere, executive director ...

My name is Terri, and I’m a serial redecorator. I admit it, and I’m not ashamed. Because as vices go, I don’t think this is a bad one. Unless, of course, you are my husband. On many days he can be found schlepping large pieces of furniture around our house, rehanging heavy mirrors and shelves or patiently holding a piece of fabric against a wall or chair so I can stand back for a better ...

Here are some of our downtown Wooster “finds.” The website, www.mainstreetwooster.org , is a good online resource for prospective visitors, with links and a downloadable map. To reach downtown Wooster, take Route 30 west to the Madison Avenue exit and turn right. Turn left on Liberty Street and proceed toward the square. All of the businesses featured here are located on Liberty and South ...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Claremont Rug Company provides rare glimpse at private inventory sales of museum-level 19th century Oriental rugs with on-line exhibition.

Freeman's will start the new year this month with a gold rush, not for the coins currently hawked in newspapers and on television as hedges against inflation, but Spanish treasure from 16th- and 17th-century Caribbean shipwrecks.