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Claremont Rug Company opens rare online exhibit of art level 19th century Oriental carpets

OAKLAND, CA.- Claremont Rug Company, the world’s leading dealer of 19th century, art-level Oriental carpets, has opened an Internet-based, on-line exhibition, featuring 30 of the most rare, one-in-the-world antique rugs that it has placed with clients during the past year. The on-line exhibit will “run until March 31. The rugs may be accessed in a slideshow format with commentary about each piece here). President/Founder Jan David Winitz, who opened his Gallery in 1980, said, “In 2011, we were very fortunate to procure and to place a substantial number of extremely rare, high collectible to museum-level Oriental carpets. This exhibition spotlights 30 of the most noteworthy carpets our clients bought last year. Winitz, author of “The Guide to Purchasing an Oriental Rug,” said that mounting the