written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message j. nazmiyal inc dba nazmiyal collection industry antique carpets textiles founder jason nazmiyal headquarters new york city u.s. key people omri schwartz general manager alen erfanian manager website nazmiyalantiquerugs.com the nazmiyal collection based in new york city is a company that buys and sells antique and decorative carpets and textiles and also repairs and restores them . 1 the nazmiyal collection was founded in 1980 by jason nazmiyal . the collection features a 5 000 square feet 460 m2 gallery with carpets from persia turkey the caucasus china egypt europe morocco 2 and the americas including rare carpets from the 16th century and textiles from the 4th century . 3 in 2009 nazmiyal merged with the 60 year old damoka classic antique persian carpets company also based in new york city . albert karmely the head of damoka is the son of an importer and exporter of persian carpets in the early 20th century who had ties with british india iran and europe . karmely based in iran until the deposition of the shah in 1979 developed new techniques for washing and cleaning carpets and set up a major distribution warehouse in teheran . after 1979 karmely moved to europe and then to new york . the nazmiyal collection website provides historical information on the major periods of carpet production throughout the middle east the americas and europe . the various periods are illustrated by pieces housed in museums throughout the world and the nazmiyal collections . nazmiyal collection provided carpets for use as backdrops in an exhibition of works by artist paul thek at the whitney museum . 4 the morgan library and museum installed a nazmiyal carpet during a renovation of their library in 2010 . 5 on 2 21 16 newsweek wrote an article about the easing of the trade sanctions with iran . jason nazmiyal the owner of the nazmiyal collection and omri schwartz the general manager were both featured and interviewed for this piece 6 references edit bloomberg news art daily islamic art magazine nazmiyal display at the whitneys paul thek exhibition morgan library & museum mckim building goodman leah 21 february 2016 . the persian rug trade is back in business . newsweek.com . external links edit official website the new york times lists nazmiyal as a source of information about antique rugs nazmiyal collection gets listed as on barry o connell s trusted dealer list coordinates 40 44 47 n 73 59 00 w 40.74635 n 73.98324 w 40.74635 ; 73.98324 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nazmiyal collection & oldid 738864304 categories rugs and carpetsshops in new york cityhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from may 2011all articles with a promotional tonecoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 14 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view