antique and vintage rugs

April 29, 2026

How the World’s Most Serious Art Spaces Are Rewriting the Rules of the Floor and the Contemporary Home

There is a room at Hauser & Wirth Somerset; the gallery that occupies a converted farmhouse in the English countryside, where Pipilotti Rist installations have shared […]
April 15, 2026

Rooms of Power: Rugs, Art, and the Architecture of Global Interiors

Art, Architecture, Literature, and the Placement of Rare Works Across the World’s Most Refined Interiors The Room as an Act of Understanding At the highest level, […]
April 13, 2026

The Future of High-End Interior Design in the Age of Global Tariffs: Rugs, Trade Routes, and Regulation

Design, at its highest level, has always preferred to appear untouched by politics. A room in the Hamptons. An apartment overlooking Central Park. A villa along […]
April 10, 2026

Luxury Coastal Rugs: Styling High-End Interiors from the Hamptons to the French Riviera

Hamptons to Riviera Interiors, High-End Styling, Art, Architecture, and the Philosophy of Coastal Living Why Coastal Rugs Matter In these interiors, the rug is not an […]
April 2, 2026

How Mid-Century Textile Artists Rewrote the Language of Art and Space Globally: A Lineage of Design Today

There is a particular kind of interior; rare, deliberate, and intellectually composed, where a rug does not decorate, but makes it art in itself. A residence […]
March 27, 2026

A Rug & Kilim’s Guide to Rug Patterns in Interior Design: A Study of Persian, European, Scandinavian, Art Deco and Modern Styles

There are rooms – rare, disciplined rooms, where nothing is accidental. A salon overlooking Lake Como, where a 19th-century Aubusson anchors parquet floors beneath frescoed ceilings. […]
March 24, 2026

A Rug & Kilim Perspective on Boutique Hospitality, Hotels, and the Art of Living Well

Living, Collecting, and Designing at the Highest Level There are interiors that impress, and there are interiors that endure. The latter; quietly commanding, intellectually composed, are […]
March 16, 2026

Designing Across Eras: Persian, Art Deco & Scandinavian Influences for the Modern Interior

There is a quiet misconception in contemporary interiors: that rugs belong to style categories, that they serve periods, that they follow trends. At Rug & Kilim, […]
March 12, 2026

Bessarabian Rugs and Kilims: A European Textile Tradition at the Crossroads of Art, Empire and Design

In a quietly elegant London dining room, a vintage Bessarabian Kilim unfolds beneath the table like an unexpected conversation. Its geometry—subtle yet assertive—draws the eye before […]
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