because I love them so much. I’ll never find
another pair like them. 35 Exchange St.,
Pawtucket, @topshelfvintageco
The best part
of going to
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Vintage: Roz Rustigian’s
Favorite Vintage Finds
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vantage shots and zoom-ins of the back,
ends and edges.
A huge conversation world-wide began.
Speculation and offers came from Turkey,
Iran, India, Germany and parts of Asia.
The rug was a Senneh, a Bidjar, a Feraghan,
a Hereke: The list was endless. The weave
was parsed, the colors posed as evidence,
but, in the end, there was no consensus.
A U.S. dealer summed it up beautifully.
“Wow. This must be the universal rug. If
nothing else, Rosalind Rustigian, you win
the prize for mystery rug of the year and
longest fascinating discussion over a
single rug.”
Postscript: I sold the rug this year to
an eclectic and wholly appreciative col-
lector. 1 Governor St., Providence, 751-5100,
rustigianrugs.com
Vintage: Daytrip, Newport
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LISTEN TO WIN EVERY WEEKDAY: SAM • 11AM • 2PM & 4PM
2 p.m. Head up Mill Street and take in the
historic sights – the Newport Tower, the
Redwood Athenaeum and the Newport
Art Museum – on the way to LeMay and
Co, a purveyor of fine antiques sourced
from New England estates. On our visit,
we gravitated toward LeMay’s extensive
collection of antique leather-bound books,
including an illustrated set of Dickens
novels that has since sold. (Alas, “we need
never be ashamed of our tears.”) 148 Bellevue
Ave., Newport, 619-1897
3 p.m. Stroll Bellevue Avenue toward the
William Street outpost of Empire Tea
and Coffee. Opt for the Purgatory dark
roast, a smoky brew that’ll keep you going
for the last leg of your vintage excursion.
112 William St. #1, Newport, empireteaand
coffee.com
3:30 p.m. Would-be collectors and sea-
soned art aficionados will find something
to love at William Vareika Fine Art, a
mini-museum devoted to eighteenth and
nineteenth-century paintings by signifi-
cant American artists, including John La
Farge and William Trost Richards. The
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