The increasing demand for the higher quality products has caused the interest in antique Oriental carpets to surge. Designers and their clients who want something very special–a work of art for the floor–are finding these indigenous expressions of distant and colorful cultures highly suitable. With the settling of most nomadic…

Sewing is sweatshop labour. Rows of machinists with hair tucked in. Blindness from Ayrshire white-work, back rooms and back pain. Low wages and exploitation. Sewing is tapestry kits, cheval sets, crinoline ladies with laisy-daisy gardens, pull-string shoe bags made at school, two left sleeves cut out of material that cost…

The architecture of today’s exemplary interiors displays a plethora of pattern, color and texture. In this supplement we have selected numerous interiors that illustrate innovative treatments of rooms with hand made carpets. The floor plane has, once again, become an opportunity for innovative design and has emerged as another canvas…