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Antique rugs

September 17, 2025

Rug of the Week V: A 1920s Lion Mahal Rug and Persia’s Folk-Imperial Dialogue

An Antique Persian Carpet That Refuses Silence Not all rugs whisper beauty. Some confront, some provoke, and some stand strong of their age. This 1920–30 Persian […]
September 11, 2025

Where Do Gallery Runner Rugs and Kilims Belong Today?

Design applications of long, narrow rugs in modern homes, lofts, and commercial spaces ~ Gallery runners—those elegant, elongated rugs once devised for palaces and townhouses—have never […]
September 8, 2025

A Walkthrough of Legacy, Design, and the Art of Understated Luxury with Sina Nazmiyal

Not many people walk away from an early legal victory to begin again. But for Sina Nazmiyal, the triumphs of successful advocacy never stirred his soul […]
September 4, 2025

The Politics of Color in Rugs and Kilims: Empire, Trade, and Exchange

Color in rugs has never been neutral. The shades that suffuse carpets — indigo blues, cochineal reds, madder browns, saffron yellows — are more than decorative […]
August 29, 2025

The Art, Politics, and Design of Peking Rugs: From Qing Palaces to Contemporary Interiors

To engage with an antique Peking rug is to step into a dialogue between art, politics, and spatial philosophy. Unlike their Persian or Ottoman counterparts, Peking […]
August 29, 2025

Signatures and the Art of Attribution in Luxury Rugs: Collecting with Provenance and Prestige

A Picasso or a Lalique needs no introduction — the signature itself becomes shorthand for genius, provenance, and prestige. In the world of collectible textiles, authorship […]
August 29, 2025

Rug of the Week Series III: Power, Pattern, and Politics in French Needlepoints of the Second Empire

There are objects that decorate, and there are objects that define. This mid-19th century French needlepoint rug—handmade in wool between 1850 and 1860—is firmly of the […]
August 21, 2025

Rug of The Week Series II: Jean Lurçat’s L’Homme and the Political Resurrection of Tapestry

Some works enter a room as objects; others arrive as events. Jean Lurçat’s L’Homme does not merely hang—it presides. It does not wait for you to […]
August 18, 2025

The World of Period Piece Rugs and Kilims: Provenance, Style, and Collecting Masterworks

In the world of fine art and design, the term period piece is not a casual descriptor—it is an assurance of historical integrity, stylistic authenticity, and […]
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