A PERSIAN-style rug adds texture to any room. They look beautiful on bare boards in livingrooms and bedrooms. Oriental Rugs (01-4531222) at 104 Francis Street, Dublin 8 has 50 per cent off many of its quality, 100 per cent wool, hand-spun, natural dyed rugs and runners. On sale are new and vintage designs up to 40 years old.

Of the new designs there is a Bukhara Afghanistan rug that measures almost 2m by 1.5m that was €820 is now €410. A Zigler Afghanistan that measures 2.62m by 1.81m was €2,150 and is now €1,075. Another Zigler from Afghanistan measuring 2.9m by 0.8m was €1,050 and is now €525.

Smaller sizes include a new Iznik design from Turkey measuring 1.69m by 1.14m that was €675 and is €337, and a 35-year old Bukhara from Turkmenistan measuring 2.07m by 1.29m that was €1,450 and is now €725.

A 40-year-old Shiraz from Iran that measures 1.58m by 1.17m was €435 and is now €212.