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AKREP - Goteborg (Sweden) rug collectors club.
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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: http://ihbs.org/
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

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