Established by John and Mason Purcell in 1973, Purcell Oriental Rug Company, Ltd. has specialized in tribal/nomadic weaving from Afghanistan for the past 25 years. In addition to our importation from Afghanistan, we manufacture and wholesale two lines of carpets produced in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.

     Our Turkoman rugs are not only of outstanding quality, but also have a feature never before found in Afghan weaving - they come in American sizes, runners, and are fully programmed. We are the first carpet producers ever to achieve size and color consistency in Afghan production. Our Gandhara Line of archaic Turkman designs, woven today by the same tribes that wove these designs in the 18th and 19th Centuries, is made of merino wool, vegetally dyed. We have re-introduced their classic designs to the tribes who once made them, but had not produced these designs for more than 100 years.

      Our Khane and Boridan Lines are woven of handspun Ghazni wool and are also entirely vegetally dyed, reproducing 18th and 19th Century classic Persian and Turkish designs. These carpets are incredibly heavy, dense and sturdy, designed for the person who likes some "beef" in a rug.