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Bahram Javadi-Babreh, proprietor of Thames Carpets in Oxfordshire, is not only an expert in his trade. “I am an artist,” he says casually, sitting in the office of his workshop, situated in the village of Wheatley. It’s a well-earned title. Born in north-western Iran, Javadi-Babreh has been weaving since the age of four. As a child, he would be hidden away when…