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Mohamed Sassila decided
to come to Kish from the United States because he wanted
to make contacts and see rugs that he does not see in the
States. Mohamed ended up buying a large order of Gabbehs
from Sobhe Trading. He bought
them in part because of the color and the excellent
quality, price surely played a part but one a very
significant factor is a little unusual. One of the
reasons was that the dyes were all natural. How could
Mohamed Sassila know for sure the Sobhe rugs were all
natural? Because the wool was dyed by Abbas
Sayahi.
Mohamed Sassila with Abbas
Sayahi.
Mohamed
Sassila of Silk Road Collections can now go back to his
customers in Santa Fe, New Mexico and with no doubt state
that his new Persian Gabbeh rugs were dyed by the master
dyer of Iran. Normally a producer would never tell
something as basic as who dyed the wool but in this case
that piece of information makes the rugs easier to sell
and worth more in the long run.
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Dr. Saeedi of Carpet
World the International Magazine for Oriental Carpet,
Abbas
Sayahi, Mohamed Sassila and Parham Sayahi.
They are standing in front of Kilims produced by
Parham Sayahi. Parham started the Kilim business as a way
to use his father's excess wool. Now through the guidance
of his wife who has a brilliant sense of what the
consumer wants these Kilims have established a strong
market in the UK. I have tried to talk Parham into
entering the US market but Parham has always pushed it
off saying he was selling all he could make at home and
in the UK. Mohammed must be much more persuasive that I
am since he has made a purchase and Silk Road Collections
in Santa Fe, New Mexico is the first Sayahi Kilim dealer
in the US. I suspect that the problem for Mohamed will
not be selling these Kilims but rather the real problem
will be keeping them is stock. In fact Mohamed has been
back less than a week and he only has two in stock.
Here they are again discussing the fine
points of the US market in general and Santa Fe, New
Mexico in particular.
Left to right: Abbas
Sayahi, Gholam Zollanvari and Mohamed Sassila.
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