All Posts in: The Renaissance

• The Oriental Rug Renaissance - Recap and Timeline

  12.03.07 | Comment?

  New Turkish kilim, in natural dyes and handspun wool. It was imported by Paul Ramsey of Denver, who takes a hand in designing the kilims he imports.

  Oriental Rugs Today: Chapter 1 Part 7
  Summary
  To summarize, then: The renaissance was stimulated by a renewed interest in Oriental rugs that began in the ’60s and increased over the […]

• The Oriental Rug Renaissance

  11.21.07 | Comment?

  A Yuruk woman working on a kilim. She is using a heavy comb-like beater to compact the wefts. Turkish village, 1985. (Chris Walter.)

  Oriental Rugs Today: Chapter 1 Part 2
  These days I survey new rugs and carpets as they come available, and I find myself unable to suppress that old competitive, acquisitive feeling familiar from earlier […]

• A Renaissance of Oriental Rug Weaving

  11.13.07 | Comment?

  This is a new carpet that easily could be mistaken for an antique. It’s a new Turkish runner by Woven Legends, one of the rugs that company calls Euphrates.

  Oriental Rugs Today: Introduction to Chapter 1
  The best Oriental carpets woven today, are more beautiful and of better quality than any woven in the previous seven decades. […]