Robert Mann Rugs Reviews

About Robert Mann Rugs

In February, 1978 I began a career in the rug business as an apprentice to an Iranian man named Hamid Sharifzadeh. I had travelled extensively in rug producing countries and somehow it all made sense. Working for rug shops and dealers we did basic repairs. When rugs were dirty we would clean them in the bath tub, or out in the driveway. It was an exciting time. Based in Boulder the business grew slowly. In January 1982 I opened a small wash plant in a shop front on 32nd Avenue in Northwest Denver and hired two employees. In 1984 we moved to a large warehouse on Walnut Street and moved again in 2009 to a bigger space on Race Ct,. just north of the Denver Stockyards complex. With a staff of twenty we had become a small business. A Denver County plan to redevelop the Stock Yards caused us to move again.