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NAVAJO-INSPIRED RUGS MAKE A STATEMENT AT JAVITS
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NEW YORK
- Southwestern designs styled for the luxury market reinforced the
importance of the lodge look at the Rug Show at Javits, which was a
canvas for showcasing Navajo-inspired motifs in updated colors by top
brands such as Art Resources, New Moon and The New England Collection.
Each company fine-tuned the look in a distinctively upscale way, whether
using indigenous undyed wool, or even Tibetan hand-knotting to replace
the traditional flatweave.
ART
RESOURCES
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Jack
Simantob, partner, Art Resources with Marc Maghsoudi of Gallerie
One of Chicago shows off a rug from the new South West
collection.
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Art Resources premiered its take on tribal with the introduction of the
South West collection inspired by traditional Navajo textile designs.
Notes the company's Jack Simantob, "the look has been popular in cabin
and Southwest style interiors, and is also being used by our clients in
modern settings as well." Crafted in Afghanistan of hand-knotted wool,
the range features nine designs, in traditional shades of red, black and
off-white.
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Art Resources introduced a South West collection with nine
designs hand-knotted in Afghanistan.
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A
vignette at the Art Resources booth at the Rug Show at Javits
featuring a graphic South West collection rug.
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NEW
ENGLAND COLLECTION
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Renata Stredl-Fishman of The New England
Collection created an impressive display with the Four Corners
collection.
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Also highlighting the Navajo look, the New England Collection showcased
its new Southwest-style Four Corners collection with 14 new patterns
updated with a palette of grey, black, white and red ($48/square foot).
"We wanted to show off Four Corners at the Javits show because we have
had excellent results out west and down south," said Renata Stredl-Fishman,
sales and marketing director of the New York firm. The flatweave wool
rugs are made only with natural dyestuffs.
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New Navajo-inspired flatweave wool rugs from the Four Corners
line by The New England Collection.
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NEW MOON
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"Customers
are seeking a luxe lodge look for second or third homes." -
Erika Kurtz.
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New Moon,
which has offered Southwest style rugs for about 15 years as part of its
Mesa collection, saw dealers perusing the line for customers seeking a
luxe lodge look for their second or third homes, according to New Moon's
Erika Kurtz. The Delaware-based company, which makes all its rugs in
Nepal, introduced new Mesa collection designs - all in un-dyed Tibetan
wool, or colored with natural vegetal dyes blended with undyed wool.
"This is something newer we have introduced: the designs tend to lean
more geometric and contemporary than our usual tribal." Kurtz said a
new soft weave pile replaces the traditional flatweave of typical
Navajo-inspired carpets, resulting in a more luxurious carpet.
In
addition to the Navajo-inspired style LW50B in natural, other new lodge
styles include the updated African Kuba cloth motifs in natural colors.
New Moon has recently introduced a complete range of Mesa collection
decorative pillows with South Western motifs hand-printed on hand-woven
linen.
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The new Navajo-inspired New Moon rugs feature natural dyes and a
soft pile texture.
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The Kalahari rug, also part of New Moon's Mesa collection, is an
updated take on African Kuba cloth.
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New Moon completes the Southwestern theme with hand-crafted
decorative pillows.
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