Fine Hand-Knotted Rugs
From the category archives:
A 17th-century carpet previously in the renowned collection of Martine Marie Pol, Comtesse de Béhague, set a new world record at auction last month.
The de Behague carpet, made in the Kirman region of south Persia, was hammered down at Christie’s for £6.2m (about $10m USD), almost doubled the previous record set by the [...]
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At New York Fashion Week in February, designer Anna Sui’s show paid a stunning and creative tribute to the Arts and Crafts Movement. I was intrigued to see the values and aesthetics of the movement re-interpreted in a completely different genre. I had planned to write about this when it was hot off the [...]
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The GoodWeave spring newsletter is now online. The newsletter features updates from the GoodWeave industry partners (including Guildcraft Carpets, of course), industry events, and details on the progress of various GoodWeave programs and campaigns, as well as other forms of encouragement.
Thanks again to all our friends at the RugMark/GoodWeave organization for their continued support and [...]
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Choosing a GoodWeave certified rug is not only the right thing to do, it’s a design trend for 2010, says Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor-in-Chief of Natural Home.
Seeing the clear connection between beautifully designed, high-quality rugs and the hands that wove them, she says:
Purchase chic rugs from socially responsible companies. Look for the Goodweave label [...]
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Here’s a four-minute video about the work of GoodWeave (formerly RugMark) in its efforts to bring about an end to illegal child labor in the carpet industry. By purchasing a GoodWeave-certified carpet, you help support the work of rehabilitation, schooling, and training of former child slaves.
We’ve always been strongly committed to the GoodWeave organization [...]
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There was a web piece on MSNBC last week about the work of the GoodWeave organization. In addition to being happy every time the work of Goodweave is noted in the media, I was also pleasantly surprised to see that the piece also included some words of wisdom from an old friend, John Howe, who [...]
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We believe in pricing our rugs fairly and delivering great value, so we don’t offer general discounts or have funny-money sale prices. But there’s a first time for everything, and we decided to test-drive the idea of a “recession special” through the end of the year.
So, from now until December 31, we are reducing [...]
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