Handmade rugs

September 5, 2025

Rug of the Week IV: Mandaroux’s Le Carnaval — A Mid-Century Aubusson Tapestry in the Age of Postwar Reinvention

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, […]
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 1, 2025

Rug & Kilim Went to Italy: Tapestries and Art That Still Shape the Rooms We Build

There are a few moments in a designer’s life when the past speaks with such authority that it stills the noise of our modern age. On […]
June 20, 2025

Palatial Rugs as Centerpieces in Salons, Galleries & Embassy Homes

Palatial rugs as oversized Persian and Mughal rugs, spanning over 1000 square feet of sumptuous weave, are not just luxurious floor coverings—they are monumental declarations of […]
June 16, 2025

Rugs, Tapestries, and the Return of Sacred Interiors: The Fifth Wall of Heirloom Textiles

Enter a collector’s Renaissance salon, where gilded light grazes the shoulder of a Ghirlandaio Madonna and the stillness of a sculpted torso speaks in the silence. […]
June 2, 2025

The Art and History of Stairway Rugs in Modern Interior Design

Stairways are often the most overlooked spaces in a home or institution. Yet, they hold immense potential for aesthetic transformation. From grand entryways to minimalist modern […]
May 20, 2025

The Collector’s Wall: Why Tapestries Are the New Fine Art

The tapestry is not a reproduction—it is a creation. Once relegated to the periphery of fine art, tapestries are undergoing a powerful renaissance. No longer viewed […]
May 1, 2025

100 Years of Art Deco: The Enduring Desire of Ornament, Opulence, and Order

Modernity was never a rupture—it was a rehearsal. A hundred years on, Art Deco remains the world’s most disciplined dream—a global love affair between ornament and […]
April 20, 2025

Why We Fell for the Floor: The Soul of Rug & Kilim

— From all of us at Rug & Kilim, where every thread is a gesture of wonder. ~~~
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