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I had the opportunity to be interviewed by Leann Harms of Design Trade Magazine for an article about social media. Design Trade is, as its title suggests, a trade magazine for interior designers. (Their blog, headed by Leann, is actually a lot more fun.)
You can read the interview online.
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As a little diversion from my “real job”, here I’m working on the stabilization and repair of a late medieval tapestry in the textile lab at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Click to view the whole tapestry: The Ship of Virtues (MIA 42.15, 13′ x 13′, silk and wool. Tournai, about 1528-1540). The tapestry [...]
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Here we are, paying homage to the new Donegal carpet on the Battleaxe Landing.
Afterwards, we toured the castle, where Danielle got in touch with her inner princess (not much of a stretch).
More photos from the trip can be viewed here.
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While in Ireland meeting with potential investors in Dublin, we made a trip up to the northwest coast to visit the Donegal Carpets factory in Killybegs.
Here we are, at one of the original Canadian pitch-pine looms from 1898, which is still in use.
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The first coup: A licensing agreement to produce rugs for the venerable Donegal Carpets company of Killybegs, Ireland.
At the National Oriental Rug Show in Atlanta, sponsored by Architectural Digest, we were joined by Michael McDaid, owner of Donegal Carpets, to support their re-introduction of the brand in the US market.
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Updated March 10, 2009
Like so many other things in Northfield, it all started at the Goodbye Blue Monday, where Northfield’s glitterati and those with no visible means of support come to bond over lattes.
During an otherwise typical morning coffee hour in 2002, Davis and Freud were introduced by a mutual acquaintance, and the conversation quickly [...]
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