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Handmade rugs

November 10, 2025

Rug & Kilim’s Royal Collection: The Politics of Pattern and the Poetry of Power

A lineage of beauty, power, and craftsmanship — from 16th-century courts to the ateliers of the modern age. Royalty in design is not inherited. It is […]
September 17, 2025

Rug of the Week V: A 1920s Lion Mahal Rug and Persia’s Folk-Imperial Dialogue

An Antique Persian Carpet That Refuses Silence Not all rugs whisper beauty. Some confront, some provoke, and some stand strong of their age. This 1920–30 Persian […]
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 […]
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