Hand-knotted Rugs
October 27, 2025
In an era where art and design often chase the ephemeral, Hannah Ryggen (1894–1970) remains a force of permanence. Her tapestries — complex, moral, and defiantly […]
October 15, 2025
In the long arc of design history, there is art that merely follows a style, and there is fine art that redefines the geography of taste. […]
September 19, 2025
The story of modernism in textiles is often told through architecture, painting, and furniture. Yet, some of the most radical ideas of the 20th century were […]
September 11, 2025
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 5, 2025
When the name Aubusson appears in a conversation among connoisseurs, it evokes an institution: five centuries of tapestry production that has furnished the courts of France, […]
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
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 14, 2025
How Rugs Frame and Define the Modern Open Interior: Defining Spaces From Palace Halls to Loft Living
The open-concept space is the modern equivalent of the grand hall and the ceremonial courtyard—a place where boundaries dissolve, yet zones must still be understood. In […]
August 7, 2025
There are objects you acquire, and there are objects that acquire you. This tapestry by Schneider is of the latter kind—an inheritance of ideas, forged in […]
