A Cheerful Base
In this peacefully happy NYC living space, a saturated yellow ground Chinese Deco carpet with a sage green border lays the base for a seating area that balances the bright and bold energy of pure sunshine with the soothing essence of nature. There’s something about the way that a yellow ground Chinese Deco celebrates the…
A Masculine Sense of Home
In a space that is sophisticated and minimal, eclectic and well traveled, neat and organized, and mindful of itself; a space that loves the pure essence of music and aims to capture the cleanest sound, sits the perfect braided carpet. A unique rectangular piece that contains color, but is strengthened by black, dark browns, and…
Eclectic and Earthy in NYC
Loving on this eclectic and down to earth space from our recent install in a NYC apartment. The feel is clean, modern, and minimal with natural textures and reflective surfaces juxtaposing dark accents and plush fabrics. There’s something about the way that Chinese Deco carpets pair with crushed velvet couches that has a sophisticated air…
The Whiteley, London | Kelly Behun Studio
As seen in Wallpaper Magazine, Kelly Behun was asked to design the first model residence at The Whiteley – housed in a historic former department store near Hyde Park, London – and reimagined by Foster + Partners Architects into a project comprised of 139 apartments as well as a Six Senses hotel & spa; all…
Mid 19th Century Aubusson of the Studio-Office at L’Ermitage de Pompadour
The studio-office at L’Ermitage de Pompadour is the Fontainebleau home of collector Charles de Noailles, French author and patron of the arts. The office was decorated by Georges Geffroy (1903/05–1971), who is aptly described by Mitch Owens as “the most glamorous interior designer you’ve never heard of.” Owens writes in an article in Arch Digest,…
Celebrating Masterworks
It’s no secret that we love working with the spectacular Ryan Lawson, and we’re especially thrilled to see his inspired visions in an exhibition called CELEBRATING MASTERWORKS, in which Ryan uses some of our vintage and antique carpets to help build narratives around the furniture. With Ryan’s eclectic touch, he pulls from the incredible collections of…
Bedroom at Château de Montpoupon
Montpoupon is a fortified castle destroyed during the hundred years war, and rebuilt during the Renaissance by the Prie family. The chateau has been inhabited by the same family since 1857. An open window illuminates the interior’s history and creates its own atmospheric lighting in this little bedroom. The dark wood and navy carpet combined…
Antique Indian Sampler Mat
25670 Indian Sampler Mat Northern India, possibly Lahore 2.0 x 3.10 C. 1930 All cotton foundation, with approx. 180 asymmetric (Persian) wool knots per square inch Sampler mats were created for several different purposes: to store patterns; for the weavers to consult when making larger carpets; and for the ultimate client to approve the weave,…
Mid 19th Century Central Asian NingXia Carpet
24013 Ningxia North Central China 17’10” x 17’10” C. 1850 Warp: cotton, off white, handspun, Z-4-S Weft: cotton, off white, handspun, 2 shoots alternating Pile: wool, 3 strand, handspun Knot: asymmetric, open left, 48 knots per square inch Sides: one cord, offwhite cotton wrapped End: no original finish This is a particularly large example of…
Rug Swap Fun
Here’s a fun space in London with one of our stunning and punchy antique Chinese Art Deco carpets. We absolutely adore this space, but, just for fun…Let’s switch it up and try some other options from our inventory on for size and see how it alters the look. Everyone’s taste, and interior style is different,…
Fun Find | Tiny Pricks Project
As described on their website, Tiny Pricks started as a public art project created and curated by Diana Weymar. Contributors from around the world began stitching Donald Trump’s words into textiles, creating the material record of his presidency and of the movement against it. Tiny Pricks Project holds a creative space in a tumultuous political…
Fiber Artist | Breeyn McCarney
We are just loving Breeyn’s unique work. Using a method of embroidery called tambour she builds embellishments onto mesh that jumps off the “hoop” at you. Tambour embroidery is a traditional technique that utilizes a specialist tool called the tambour hook. This tool is used to quickly create a basic chain stitch and can be…
Fun Find | Ramazan Can – To Feel at Home
“I was drawn to the works of Can at the gallery Anna Laudel’s presentation at Art Dubai 2022. A tapestry that I was later told is an original, used piece that belonged to the family of Can, was juxtaposed with neon lights, outlining some of the patterns of the carpet itself. The work was dichotomous – old…
Silvia Furmanovich | Silk Road Jewelry
“Four men tossed a silk carpet into the air, and as it floated to the ground I envisioned a pair of earrings.” These are the words Silvia said to Jill Newman of Town and Country Magazine, in reference to her impressions of the Uzbek weavers of Bukhara easily throwing silken carpets around like feathers during…
Symbols of Luck
There are many symbols found in antique carpets which are representative of luck, fortune, abundance, and prosperity. Here we offer a short list, and a few examples of rugs utilizing these design elements.
Game Boards on Chinese Rugs
In the world of Chinese rugs we find a subgrouping in which seemingly inanimate objects are pictorially portrayed in a couple of ways. Wether these objects float around the field, or are visually arranged as a still life, it is clear that their continued usage over time pegs them as not inanimate, but rather objects…
In the Beginning There Was Necessity
In the history of material culture we find ourselves studying the evolution of art through utilitarian objects – furniture, woven goods, pottery, etc. all fall into this category. It was not merely enough to make something useful – humans from cultures around the world were compelled to make objects that served a purpose, but were…
Pantone Color of the Year 2021 Inspiration
After such an intense year in 2020, we couldn’t be more excited to accept the statement made by Pantone regarding the pairing of two colors as the color of the year for 2021. Not only do we agree 100% with the idea of encouraging solidity and optimism, but we look forward to working with designers…
Rudolf Stingel | Venice Biennale Art Fair – Palazzo Grassi Exhibit
Rudolf Stingel is an artist who focuses on exploring the relationship between art, space, and the viewer. He wants his installations to be interactive; to evoke emotion and depth of thought.
His synthetic rendition of antique carpet is fabricated in larger than life scale, and covers every surface of every room in the building,…
Sweet Textiles
Alana Jones-Mann, baker and designer, is well known for decorating cakes that resemble shag rugs – but her love for textiles and patterns shines through on the occasional treat which resembles other woven arts (such as antique rugs or cultural tapestries).
Mann’s attention to detail when creating these delicacies is noteworthy – replicating the length…
Peking Chinese Silk and Metal Thread Rug
This rug looks to be taken directly from a Buddhist thangka hanging scroll. It was clearly designed as a wall-hanging, and displays none of the usual symmetries of even the most luxurious Chinese dragon silks. There are the remains of hanging loops on the upper plain-weave end band. The main red border shows tilted flowers…
Braided Woolen Rag Carpet
Among the most desirable of American antique braided carpets are those with a strong circular bull’s eye design alternating light and dark rings concentrically, converging to a central disc. This striking piece in excellent condition admirably meets all the desiderata.
North China Main Hall Carpet
It has been asserted [fn. Hongqui] that students/workers from Matuo Akhun’s shop in Ningxia migrated to, among other places, Suiyuan in the early 18th century to establish their own carpet ateliers. They would have taken learned shop practices with them, modifying them to fit differing materials and clienteles. The hand never lies: the actual production…
Persian Formal Garden Carpet
A stunning and easygoing Persian formal garden rug with neutral tones, which successfully represents elements of earlier and more elaborate antique garden carpets by use of specific design elements.
The field is segmented by one vertical channel and two horizontal ones which break up the garden into six sections of framed flowers and trees.
La Musique Tapestry by Francois Boucher
La Musique (Music) No. 9 of a set of 14 panels “Fetes Italiennes” or “Italian Scenes”, showing peasants and working-class folk with a few panels displaying members of the upper classes at play. “Music” is one of these. This was Boucher’s first tapestry design commission for the Beauvais factory. His other work includes the “Nobles…
Variation of Mandarin Nine Lion Dog Carpet
As with our other examples, this nine dog main hall carpet was probably woven to the order of a successful Mandarin administrator. Each of our large lion dog carpets seem to originate in a different shop, although 20853 and l8355 may be more clearly related than the others. The extreme technical uniformity across the entire…
One Directional Royal Hunting Carpet
This carpet is basically a royal hunt with a variety of hunters, animals, background flora, and small vignettes from other Persian tales. The individual figures (and groups) are taken directly or otherwise from miniature paintings. Both the field and border have the same style of hunter on horseback and are unified by the dark blue…
NW Persian Interpretation of Indian Prototype
This antique gallery format carpet is a particularly fine example of a select group of Kurdish carpets accurately interpreting a 17th century Mughal Indian Agra prototype. How a classic Indian carpet got to Kurdistan to copy is one of the many unsolved rug mysteries. Add in the Turkish style minor borders and one has a…
Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds
This extremely attractive verdure tapestry panel has a densely forested summer landscape in shades of blue and green occupying the right half. Sunlight dapples the foliage. A large and realistically rendered hawk dominates this part of the scene and is perched on a branch at the extreme right. On a nearby branch is a long-tailed…
Needlepoint Carpet with Roman Catholic Design
This mosaic floor pattern wool needlepoint carpet was clearly a special commission for a high-level Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, bishop and then archbishop / cardinal as indicated by the hats with tassels in the corners. Each of these corners surmount a shield of arms, one of which displays the cross, another with a wreath bearing the…
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