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Full address: 306 E 61st St 7f New York, NY 10065 Phone: 917-396-7017 Website: www.dorisleslieblau.com/dhurrie-indian-rugs Category: Rug Store Hours: Mon-Sat 9 a.m – 5 p.m Payment: Cash, check, all cc. Description: Traditional Indian Dhurrie rugs had been overshadowed by luxuriant Mughal pile carpets for too long. In the twentieth century these antique flat-woven Indian rugs began to be recognized and lauded as a significant art form of the Indian subcontinent. Transcending social boundaries, the Dhurrie rugs were used by both commoner and royalty. As versatile and welcome in a dirt-floor hut as it is in the most palatial home.  At its simplest, it was a multi-purpose textile used as a floor covering, or for bedding or packaging, while the most elaborate were woven with the finest fibers and enhanced by gold-wrapped thread and graced the palaces of royalty. Dhurrie rugs have been made by the people of India for thousands o