May 2008 Archive

• Rug Fun

  12 Wacky Animal Rugs and Critter Carpets

  05.29.08 | 6 Comments

  Nine mammal, fish and bird rugs. Two bonus mythical creature rugs. And the last one, you decide.

• Israel Carpets

  Carpets of Israel: Bezalel Rugs of Jerusalem’s Arts and Crafts Movement

  05.28.08 | 3 Comments

  Israeli carpets of the Bezalel school in Jerusalem display a unique blend of Jewish, Persian, Turkish and European styles in designs that focus on the Holy Land…

• India Rugs, Oriental Rugs Today

  Rugs of India: Black Mountain Looms

  05.26.08 | 1 Comment

  Teddy Sumner and George Jevremovic were the first people to make Oriental rugs on a commercial scale in modern India with natural dyes and hand-spun wool.

• India Rugs, Oriental Rugs Today

  Rugs of India: Jaipur Tea-wash Carpets

  05.22.08 | Comment?

  Tea-wash rugs from India, specifically the so-called 9/9 Jaipur carpets, have become immensely popular in the U.S. oriental rug market. Here’s the story.

• India Rugs, Oriental Rugs Today

  Rugs of India: Gertmenian Carpets

  05.18.08 | 2 Comments

  The Henry Gertmenian Company of San Francisco is one my favorite importers of what we call mainstream Indian rugs. These are handmade Oriental rugs with mostly Persian designs, good synthetic dyes and machine-spun wool, and a typical knot-count of between 100 and 200 knots per square inch…

• India Rugs, Oriental Rugs Today

  Rugs of India: worth a second look

  05.13.08 | 5 Comments

  The rugs of India have gotten leagues better in the past quarter century. Oriental rug lovers everywhere have started to notice.

• Oriental Rugs Today, Pakistani Rugs

  Pakistani Rugs: I.M. International

  05.06.08 | Comment?

  I.M. International is a major force in the oriental rug world, contributing scores of designs - all superior to ordinary Pakistani natural-dye carpets.

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