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Turquoise Mountain
A new collaborative project between the World Bank, LabelSTEP, and Turquoise Mountain seeks to empower women while simultaneously moving the Afghan...
Trailblazer | Tantalizing Tweed
As textural and familiar as a coarse and nubby couture tweed, as richly hued as a radiant sunset reflecting sea and shore, the perpendicular striae...
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WOW! Factor
What is it about a carpet that inspires an exuberant ‘Wow!’? Is it the color? The design? The material? The construction? Maybe it is as former rug...
A Change in Perspective
The oriental rug trade has changed tremendously over the past two decades, to the point where the description is no longer even politically correct. It has...
The Rugs and Carpets of Fallingwater
Inviting visitors to walk on the rugs and carpets of an architecturally significant home may seem at odds with preservation, but as Rug Insider...
The WRIGHT Look – Mimicking the look or the essence?
When researching ‘The Rugs and Carpets of Fallingwater,’ for our Summer 2018 issue, it immediately became apparent that given the current popularity of...
(Re)defining A Style Mid-Century Redux
Though Alicia Keshishian comes from an Armenian rug family well steeped in the trade of quintessentially ‘oriental’ carpets, her aesthetic is...
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Modern Love
Mid-Century Modern is a style that spans several decades and whose iconic aesthetic remains relevant even in this time. True period carpets differ...
InDEPTH | Märta Maas-Fjetterström
Iconic and inspirational, the work of Swedish textile firm Märta Måås-Fjetterström is synonymous with the resurgent popularity of Mid-Century...
Carpet and Rug News
DOMOTEX USA 2019 #whyidomotex Spotlights Director of Merchandising at Floor Coverings International
Hannover Fairs USA, the organizer of DOMOTEX USA, today announced that it has published an interview with Neil Daley, director of merchandising at Norcross, Georgia-based Floor...
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