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November 6, 2026

Understanding Aubusson Rugs: French Heritage and Timeless Luxury

The Enduring Language of Aubusson Rugs in Global Design  Among the great weaving traditions of Europe, few names carry the artistic prestige and cultural significance of […]
November 4, 2026

A Guide to Axminster Rugs: History, Craftsmanship, and British Design Heritage

The Enduring Language of Axminster Rugs in Global Design  Among the most influential carpet traditions to emerge from Europe, Axminster rugs occupy a distinguished position within […]
November 2, 2026

Understanding Art Deco Rugs: Modernism, Luxury, and Timeless Style

The Enduring Language of Art Deco Rugs in Global Design  Few rug styles have influenced twentieth-century interior design as profoundly as Art Deco rugs. Emerging during […]
October 30, 2026

Navajo Rugs: History, Art, Design & the Legacy of Diné Weaving

Navajo rugs occupy a singular position within the history of American textile art. Woven by Diné artists across the American Southwest, these textiles represent far more […]
October 30, 2026

The House the European Stuycks Kept: Madrid’s Royal Loom, Goya’s Cartoons, and the Spanish Carpet

On the Real Fábrica de Tapices, the family that saved it, and a monumental Savonnerie that belongs to the same imperial conversation There is a building […]
September 9, 2026

On the Changing Nature of Money, and a Quiet Shift in How the World’s Great Collections Are Built

Something has changed in the psychology of collecting, and it has changed quietly. For most of the modern era, the serious collector acquired for love, for […]
September 3, 2026

The Evolution of Floral Motifs in Antique Rugs and Kilims: Mapping the Pomegranate, Tulip, and Carnation

We had a tapestry acquisition unfolding itself in the studio a while ago. Josh and the team just stood there, silently admiring the way the light […]
August 28, 2026

The Total Art: Vienna’s Century, From the Gold Frieze to the Contemporary Era

In the dining room of a banker’s house in Brussels there is a wall of gold. Klimt designed it; the Stoclet Frieze, a tree of life […]
August 19, 2026

Christian Bérard, Jean-Michel Frank, and the Making of Nelson Rockefeller’s Most Personal Room

From the Rug & Kilim editorial and curatorial archive In April 1939, the SS Normandie docked in New York Harbor carrying, somewhere in her hold, a […]
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