FEATURED PRODUCTS THIS SPRING

Did you know we have a Spring colorway in our Rug collection? Well we do and we hope you'll remember it.

The product for this month featuring our Spring colorway is the Hand Tufted Swirl Rug - Spring Colorway. . Filled with movement, color and texture, our bi-level Swirl rugs with cut pile accents are striking additions to any interior. Made from the highest quality New Zealand wool, the Swirl rugs are hand-tufted in the USA by experienced craftsmen, and feature natural hemp backing. Slight variations in color and design are normal. Our Rug Recycling Initiative applies to all dps rugs.

Enjoy!

Each of our rugs is a complete work of art and to give you a fun fact about rugs, we found this quote from Nejad rugs that will bring this detailed work into perspective: "with the average weaver able to tie 10,000 to 14,000 Turkish or Persian knots a day, several weavers working together can only complete one or two inches of the carpet a day." Now you know why these rugs are so amazing!

To view our full catalog please go to our site.

For any inquiries please call 212 308 9091.

A GLIMPSE INTO OUR NEW COLLECTION

"BETWEEN THE LINES"

We like to carry on with traditional techniques, wood carving being one of them. Our Vine Chair was received so well last season we decided to expand the collection with three new patterns this year, taking the art form of Wood Carving to a whole new level.

We will also introduce a desk with wood carved panels at this year's ICFF, May 15-18th at the Javitz Center. We will also debut our new rug designs which reflect the patterns in the chairs.

If this collection caught your eye then you must read the next article.

SOME FACTS ABOUT WOOD CARVING:

From the remotest ages the decoration of wood has been a foremost art. The tendency of human nature has always been to ornament every article in use. Just as the primitive man, to say nothing of his more civilized successor, has from the earliest times cut designs on every wooden article he is accustomed to handle.

The North American Indian carves his wooden fish-hook or his pipe stem just as the Polynesian works patterns on his paddle. The native of Guyana decorates his cavassa grater with a well-conceived scheme of incised scrolls, while the savage of Loango Bay distorts his spoon with a hopelessly unsuitable design of perhaps figures standing up in full relief carrying a hammock. Figure-work seems to have been universal. The carving to represent ones god in a tangible form finds expression to in numberless ways. The early carver, and, for that matter, the native of the present day, has always found a difficulty in giving expression to the eye, and at all times has evaded it by inlaying this feature with colored material.

Wood carving is the process whereby wood is ornamented with any design, by means of sharp cutting tools held in the hand. The term can also be used to refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures, to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery.

Though wood carvings can still be found anywhere, the pieces of fine craftsmanship like those done by craftsmen of former days are rare. Nowadays, wood-carving is a work done against time, and this results in less elaborate and less graceful products.

Via EF

No wonder we love using carvings in our furniture. We see our furniture as pieces of art and while modern furniture is leaving this technique aside we keep implementing it coming up with new and modern designs to apply.

See you at ICFF!

May 15-18 / Jacob K. Javits Center

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-the studio