10 of the best rugs
February 11, 2009
By Hilda Allen
Finding the perfect rug for a room is usually one of the last things you do. It’s also one of the trickiest to get just right. With this in mind we have chosen a selection to help you along the way. From the weird to the wonderful here are Largom’s top ten rugs.Click Launch gallery to see the selection
Roll up from bomb design is a sitting-playing-lounging object that can be a rug, a mat, a headrest, a stool, or for that matter anything you like.This hand-knotted structure does not reveal how it was made, but there is a secret logic behind the seemingly unstructured spaghetti fabric. It´s very structure allows it to take on different sizes and measurements. Made from weatherproof Polypropylene rope it is as good for inside use as it is for the garden and outdoor spaces.
Franziska Henning & Thorsten Reuber have a passion for beautiful rugs, a deep fascination with traditional craftsmanship and an inexhaustible supply of inspiration that prompt them to create rugs. Their pieces are unique: They do not produce them on a large scale, but as individual items, every design telling a different tale.
In 1997, Bennett bought an antique Tibetan rug. He lived with it and after a few months thought, “I could make a better one.” That single idea was the catalyst for Bennett Bean Studio Rugs. He describes this experience by saying, “Making these rugs has been a little like falling in love; it starts with a chance event and then begins to take over your life. Each year you learn more and relationship becomes richer.” As implied by this quote, the rugs began as only one of a number of projects in studio.
The ‘Bennett Bean Studio’ came into it’s own in 2003 with the recognition of the “Red Zed” rug in the Metropolitan Home’s Design 100. Since that time the design and production of unique, artist-based rugs has become a main focus of Bennett’s. This focus sharpened in late 2004 when Elizabeth Rand became a part of the studio.
Rings is a simple but effective design using co-ordinating colours in a circular design. Passion is a stunning design. Each rug is tonally made of two colours with two weights of yarn. The pile is constructed of rich wool in two colours layered with a fine art silk in the same two colours. Also from woven ground Cobble is a fantastic design by Linge Pure. Rings, Passion and Cobble are all from Woven ground.
Ikea alvine triangles key features are: Wool (soil-repellent and hard-wearing), reversible (two identical sides for even wear) and all are handwoven.
The Arte Espina Gradient View Collection of modern & contemporary designer Rugs. Hand Tufted in Espirelle Acrylic, the rug has an excellent resilience and a natural 'Wool Look'. This makes this range easy to clean and maintain, up to 90% of stains can be removed with water alone. The Rugs in this unique collection are without doubt designed with passion and flair. Love them or hate them, quite literally it's a matter of taste.
The Estella collection by Brink and Campman. Funky, cool vibrant and outlandish are the only words to describe this range. Hand Tufted in India to the highest quality and is set to become one of this seasons best sellers.
Vespucci designs’ Seasons Suede Leather collection offers an original take on the shaggy rug. Excellently priced and distinctive in design.
Auto Rickshaw rug is designed exclusively for The Conran Shop by Manish Arora. His work displays an extraordinary use of colour, pattern and texture. A vibrant and vivid collection which graphically refer to images of travel, space and sea in a selection of bags, purses, kimonos and rugs.
The X module rug system.
Simply choose your favourite pattern and create your own unique module lounge rug.
Endless possibilities in a wide choice of colours, patterns and dimensions. http://www.byhenzel.com
Black Ruby contemporary rug collection designed by Calle Henzel in 'hand tufted' New Zealand Wool Colors: Black, Grey & Hot Flush . http://www.byhenzel.com/
John Pour Home is challenging the way we think of rugs. The collection is made of felt and cut out by hand. The quest to challenge the conventional as just begun.
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