Home to a vast collection of authentically handcrafted carpets, rugs and kilims from the
Middle and Far East, where
these crafts have sustained their peoples for centuries.

WE ARE ADHERING TO THE ENFORCED TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF NON-ESSENTIAL RETAIL IN THE UK (06/01/2021)

* Online Orders and Click & Collect
requests will continue to be processed

Call us on 01761 451764 with cleaning/repair enquiries, on approval deliveries and Click & Collect requirements

Situated in the rolling countryside between Bristol & Bath, our shop is the largest of its kind in the South West

Our vibrant range of handmade rugs, kilims, furnishings and accessories is encyclopaedic

Find us on the mezzanine above the cafe at Bookbarn International, Hallatrow Business Park, BA39 6EX

The Heart of Any Home

Our eclectic stock accommodates for the traditional taste of period properties alongside contemporary design and modern living.
We pride ourselves on offering personalised on approval services to ensure complete customer satisfaction seeing items in situ.
We manage bespoke orders, helping to find appropriate sizes along with complimentary colour schemes and composition.
Additionally, we supply a selection of elegant furnishings and one off pieces of decorative furniture.

Our specialist cleaning and repair services are renowned and we can be entrusted with the most valuable of oriental rugs and kilims
- both antique and modern. Our expert restorers bring beloved woven heirlooms back to life by re-weaving and re-piling worn areas, as well as putting right minor blemishes. The cleaning methods employed are gentle and precise, to never damage the weave nor fade the colours.

For further information on any of our products or services, please get in touch or pay us a visit.

Afghan Rugs & Runners

We predominantly stock rugs from Afghanistan, such as Kazak, Ziegler, Kargahi, Sherwan, Aqche, Khan Mohammadi and Mushwani.

Kilims & Flatweaves

Afghan veg-dyed kilims come in all sizes, from big to seat-cover small. We also stock Persian Shiraz kilims in natural wool along with tribal jajims.

Persian Rugs & Runners

We have a variety of famous Persian carpets, of exceptional craftsmanship and the most lustrous wool. Large medallion Sarouk to small village rugs.

Chinese Rugs

Chinese rugs are easily recognisable. Browse our attractive collection of antique and vintage Pao Tao and Peking pictoral pieces.

Gifts & Furnishings

The perfect gift, we have a variety of decorative kilim cushions, Turkish globe lamps, Indian kantha stitched silk scarves and jewellery.

Upholstered Furniture

Hand-upholstered one-off pieces of furniture, from vintage Victorian tub chairs to two-seater sofas. Also, a range of footstools and cubes.

Gwen Raverat was Charles Darwin’s granddaughter, a world-renowned wood-engraver, painter and writer, married to French painter Jacques Raverat. She was also the grandmother of William Pryor co-owner of Bookbarn International and Oriental Rugs of Bath.
In 1938 she was invited, oddly by Farmers’ Weekly magazine, to join Cecil Edwards, the founder of the Oriental Carpet Manufactory
or OCM, on a whirlwind trip to Persia. OCM was the company that pioneered the import of Persian rugs into the UK in the
early part of the 20th Century. You can read the two articles she wrote for Farmers’ Weekly about the trip here:
https://www.flipsnack.com/BB999A77C6F/farmers-weekly-1938-two-articles-by-gwen-raverat.html