About Us
The Rug Connection is a company dedicated to helping rug retailers around the world to directly source stock for their businesses.
The company was founded by Chris Vin & Alex Rees, with 50 years combined experience in handmade rug import, wholesale and retail including for companies such as L Kelaty and Eastern Kayam OCM.
Chris & Alex have spent many years travelling, together and independently, on sourcing trips to rug weaving countries such as Morocco, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal and India.
The Rug Connection is run by Richard Ringrose, who has over 50 years in the rug trade, operating at every level from retail, wholesale, import and, more recently working in Afghanistan on behalf of USAID. Throughout his life in rugs, Richard has travelled extensively to programme and source rug stocks in every rug weaving country you can imagine, even Mongolia!
