Nazmiyal collection

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.

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 and the Americas, including rare carpets from the 16th century, and textiles from the 4th century.

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. The Morgan Library and Museum installed a Nazmiyal carpet during a renovation of their library in 2010.