CaravanSerai
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Casey Waller & CaravanSerai
CaravanSerai is home to a unique collection of handmade Central Asian textiles. Our inventory is the product of owner Casey Waller's selective taste from over 40 years of trips to Central Asia, Persia, and Turkey. There he selects his choice favorites from thousands of handwoven Carpets and Kilims, as well as textiles from Armenia, Uzbekistan, and the Caucasus, plus an extensive array of Central Asian dowry jewelry and collectibles from
Northern Afghanistan and the Amu Darya. In the early 70's Casey traveled to the Near East for the first time for an American oil company. There he encountered the woven artworks of the region which would become a life-long passion. Abandoning the oil fields, he opened shop in Austin in 1976 and began traveling throughout Central Asia three to four times a year searching out the best examples of carpets, textiles, and jewelry to stock his store, now located at the Traveler's Market.
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