Armenian Rugs Society (AR)

Contact	Joseph Bezdjian
Phone	650-343-0929
E-mail	joe@simonianrugs.com
Website	www.armenianrugssociety.com
Members	28
Founded	1980

Chicago Oriental Rug & Textile Society (CH)

Contact	Mary Solt
Phone	773-728-7652
E-mail	msolt@sbcglobal.net
Website
Members	60
Founded	1973

Cleveland Rug Society (CL)

Contact	Joan Long
Phone	330-666-4876
E-mail	jcl.ebl@att.net
Website
Members	70
Founded	1984

Colorado Textile Group (CO)

Contact	Richard Stewart
Phone	303-444-3720
E-mail	Richard_Stewart@webTV.net
Website
Members	45
Founded	1993

Gesellschaft der Freunde Islamischer Kunst und Kultur (GF)

Contact	Christian Erber
Phone	011-49-89-7673-6360
E-mail	erber@erber-statik.de
Website	www.volkmanntreffen.de
Members	270
Founded	1989

Hajji Baba Club (HB)

Contact	Vinay Pande
Phone	203-625-0127
E-mail	vinaypande@aol.com
Website	www.hajjibaba.org
Members	153
Founded	1932

International Hajji Baba Society (IH)

Contact	Wendel Swan
Phone	703-960-0343
E-mail	wdswan@erols.com
Website
Members	200
Founded	1965

Kansas City Oriental Rug and Textile Association (KC)

Contact	Carol Mundy
Phone	913-362-2006
E-mail	camundy@mindspring.com
Website	www.kcorta.org
Members	32
Founded	1993

Montreal Oriental Rug Society (MO)

Contact	Ian McLaren
Phone	514-521-7433
E-mail	imclaren@grandnord.ca
Website
Members	20
Founded	1976

New Calgary Rug and Textile Club (NC)

Contact	Jean Landa
Phone	403-270-2880
E-mail	landa@ucalgary.ca
Website
Members	20
Founded	1996

New England Rug Society (NE)

Contact	Mark Hopkins
Phone	781-259-9444
E-mail	mopkins@comcast.net
Website	www.ne-rugsociety.org
Members	175
Founded	1985

Philadelphia Rug & Textile Society (PH)

Contact	Samy Rabinovic
Phone	215-860-8869
E-mail	rabinovic@aol.com
Website	www.geocities.com/jbulyk
Members	90
Founded	1999

Portland Area Rug Society (PO)

Contact	Leslie Atiyeh
Phone	503-538-7560
E-mail	pars@atiyeh.com
Website
Members	17
Founded	1994

Princeton Rug Society (PR)

Contact	Karen Bennett
Phone	609-261-9069
E-mail	bennettka1@comcast.net
Website
Members	42
Founded	1972

Rug Society of San Diego (RS)

Contact	Ray Rosenberg
Phone	619-291-4275 or 603-536-2990
E-mail	rugbuff@aol.com
Website
Members	25
Founded	1991

Rug and Textile Society of Indiana (RT)

Contact	Erik Risman
Phone	317-873-0012
E-mail	err1@comcast.net
Website
Members	100
Founded	1996

St. Louis Oriental Rug & Textile Association (SL)

Contact	Tom Hubbard
Phone	636-530-6140
E-mail	tphubb@swbell.net
Website
Members	12
Founded	2001

San Francisco Bay Area Rug Society (SB)

Contact	Peter Poullada
Phone	415-602-0709
E-mail	sppoull@aol.com
Website	www.sfbars.org
Members	200
Founded	1981

Seattle Textile and Rug Society (SE)

Contact	Fred Ingham
Phone	206-325-8907
E-mail	info@seattletextileandrugsociety.org
Website	www.seattletextileandrugsociety.org
Members	200
Founded	1998

Teppichfreunde (TE)

Contact	Dr. Herbert J. Exner
Phone	011-49-51-30-8771
E-mail	exner-wedemark@t-online.de
Website	www.teppichfreunde-norddeutschland.de
Members	87
Founded	1988

Textile Group of Los Angeles (TGLAinc) (TG)

Contact	Brian Morehouse
Phone	323-931-4987
E-mail	TGLAincorp@aol.com
Website
Members	170
Founded	1979

Textile Museum Associates of Southern Cal. (TA)

Contact	Val Arbab
Phone	858-453-4686
E-mail	valarbab@att.net
Website
Members	265
Founded	1985

Textile & Oriental Rug Club of Houston (HO)

Contact	Sue Zagars
Phone	713-660-7539
E-mail	gkzag@hal-pc.org
Website
Members	70
Founded	1989

Toronto Oriental Rug Society (TO)

Contact	Katharine Green
Phone	905-471-7381
E-mail	102377.1463@compuserve.com
Website
Members	74
Founded	1973

Triangle Rug Society (TR)

Contact	Lucille Kimble
Phone	919-489-2702
E-mail	kimpsych1@yahoo.com
Website
Members	25
Founded	1985

Notes on Oriental Rugs and Persian Rugs by Barry O'Connell

Copyright Barry O'Connell 2004 - 2007.
Last revised: September 19, 2010.