Art Deco

July 17, 2026

Zeki Müren and the Carpet as Self-Portrait: The Pasha Who Designed His Own Floor

In the showroom of Hüseyin Kaplan, in the Sultanahmet quarter of Istanbul beneath the minarets of the old city, there are more than five hundred carpets […]
May 19, 2026

What William Morris, Paul Poiret, and the Bauhaus Each Understood About the Rug and What French Art Deco Proved

In the winter of 1883, William Morris stood before a room full of wool merchants, manufacturers, and assorted Victorian worthies in a lecture hall in Birmingham […]
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 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 2, 2026

Rugs, Books, and the Fine Art of Living with Intention: Rug & Kilim’s Dialogue with Art and Literature

A great house is measured not only by what lies underfoot, but by what rests within reach. At Rug & Kilim, The Royal Collection and Volumes […]
February 27, 2026

The Art of Appraisal: Inside Rug & Kilim’s Culture of Connoisseurship

There is a difference between owning a rug and stewarding one. At Rug & Kilim, appraisal exists at the intersection of scholarship, diplomacy, and design history. […]
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