Handmade Kilims

June 29, 2026

Vintage Andean Frazada Kilim and the Three Thousand Years of Living Memory Held in Its Weave

The most sophisticated rooms in America are being furnished, increasingly, with an object its makers never intended to sell. The Andean frazada, a handwoven kilim produced […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
March 10, 2026

The Ukrainian Rugs and Kilims: The Floral Carpets Designers Are Rediscovering

To speak of Ukrainian rugs and kilims is to speak of a culture where textiles were never merely decorative objects but expressions of identity, memory, and […]
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. […]
February 13, 2026

Tapestries in the Language of Contemporary Design: When Walls Speak

Tapestry is the oldest form of spatial storytelling. Before wallpaper became political, before murals were democratized, before art was framed, taxed, traded, or speculated upon, power […]
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