Handmade rugs
May 19, 2026
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 29, 2026
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 28, 2026
How U.S.–Iran Tensions Are Reshaping the World of Fine Rugs: From Safavid Courts to Sanction Regimes
There is a room in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where a sixteenth-century Persian carpet stops people mid-stride. Because something in the […]
March 12, 2026
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
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
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 19, 2026
Styling Tips These pieces absolutely thrive in contemporary interiors: – Medallion carpets anchor large rooms. Floral patterns soften transitional designs – Kilim styles suit minimalist and […]
February 11, 2026
The Sahara has never been short of ideas. It has merely been selective about who hears them. The Tuareg did not set out to create […]
December 17, 2025
In the most serious interiors, rugs are never decorative. They are structural, ideological, and curatorial. They anchor space, discipline movement, and quietly declare the intellectual posture […]
