Vintage view: Hand loomed vintage rugs

TICKLING the laptop in the wee hours of the morning, I can be a bit impulsive rooting around on Ebay.

Thankfully, like most people, my withered funds and crumbs of accumulated sense undercut any dangerous financial behaviour.

With the increasing popularity of online auctions, more people are buying larger, big ticket antique and vintage items online. In the case of something like an Oriental rug, a two dimensional photograph of a flat object over a 14” screen can be gravely misleading.