I was looking at site this evening for Stowell related info and saw a blurb about a Smyrna rug - which I thought rather odd as I'd never heard of such unless perhaps it came from Smyrna, NY. Seeing as I've always thought of 'our' Smyrna as farming based rather than industry based I started searching for an answer. A Google search revealed that the ancient city of Smyrna was a very important rug making city. http://www.richardewright.com/9005_smyrna_t.html I hadn't really thought about what 'our' Smyrna was named for and/or what its ancient city predecessor was famous for until this evening. The things one learns while looking for other stuff! Tim