WINNERS OF AMERICA'S MAGNIFICENT CARPET AWARDS

Handmade, under $12 ft.: Steve Bentley, center, accepts award on behalf of Couristan. Presenters are AmericasMart execs Kevin Malkiewicz, left, and Chas Sydney.

Power-loomed under $200 for 5x8: Kas Oriental Rugs

Hand-Made $12 to $23: Jonathan Kashanian accepts award
 on behalf of FJ Kashanian.

Stephen Loloi, center, makes his second trip to the winner's podium. This time for Power-Loomed design in the $200 to $400 retail range.

Hand-made rug winner in the $23 to $35 sq. ft. range was Ebisons Harounian. Brothers Michael and Maurice Harounian accept the award.

Allen Robertson, vice president of sales for Capel, accepts award in the $400 to $1,000 Power-Loom category.

Jay Nehouray of Caravan Rugs accepts award in the
$35 to $46 sq. ft. Handmade category.

Joyce Lowe of Nourison accepts award in the $1,000+ Power-Loomed category.

Monika Chaudhry Gupta and husband Tanuj Gupta of Amer Rugs accept award for Hand Made rugs in the $46 to $56 sq. ft. price range.

Michaelian & Kohlberg was the winner of the $56 to $65
sq. ft. Hand Made category. Ali Chaudry accepts the award from AmericasMart execs Kevin Malkiewicz, left, and Chas Sydney.

Baki Ildiz of the Creative Touch accepts award for Hand-Made rug in the iver $65 sq. ft. price range.

Winner of the Best Contemporary rug was Tibet Rug Co. Accepting the award was Jim Weber and Brian Neal.

Buyer's Choice Award is accepted by Roshan Bhattarai of Paramount Nepal, Inc.

All of the entries in the America's Magnificent Carpet Awards were display in the Museum of Introductions on the Fourth Floor of AmericasMart Rug Center.

Winners All: The evening's winners gather for a celebratory picture. But we all know that EVERYONE who came to the Atlanta International Rug Market was a true winner.

WINNERS OF
VISUAL MERCHANDISING AWARDS

Steve Roan, center, vice president of Karastan Rug, accepts Third Floor Visual Display Award from AmericasMart execs Kevin Malkiewicz, left, and Chas Sydney.

Stephen Loloi, center, accepts Fourth Floor Visual Merchandising Award from AmericasMart executives.

 Marcella Fine Rugs received the Visual Merchandising Award for the Fifth Floor of the AmericasMart Rug Center

Jim Curtin, vice president of sales for Shaw Living, accepts Visual Merchandising Award for the Sixth Floor of the AmericasMart Rug Center.

 INDUSTRY PEOPLE HAVING FUN AT
MAGNIFICENT CARPET AWARDS


Oriental Weavers' Jonathon Witt, Pat Muschamp and
Butch Kives enjoy industry fellowship at Americas Magnificent Carpet Awards reception.

Clowning Around: Parviz Beikzadeel of Parviz Oriental Rugs, left, and Mustafa Caglak of Grand Bazaar, Scottsdale, AZ, found themselves suddenly surrounded by Cirque clowns at reception prior to the America's Magnificent Carpet Awards ceremony.

Jenny Cocuzzo and Joan Cocuzzo of Flooring America in Franklin, MA, NEVER miss a market.

Maurice Harounian, left, and Michael Harounian, principals
of Ebisons Harounian, with Dean Jerrehian of Jade Industries

David Lew of Bokara Rugs, left, and Jeffrey Soleimani of Renaissance Carpet & Tapestry.


Tyler Horne, left, of Liberty Oriental; Tarah Horne of United Weavers amd Ralph Long of United Weavers. Tyler is a newcomer to the rug industry and mom Tara is real proud of him. (At least he didn't grow up to be a cowboy)

Sayeed Hasanzadah, left, president of Merrifield Oriental
Rugs, Fairfax, VA, with Mary Lynn Landgraf, who heads
 the U.S. Commerce Department initiative to promote the Afghan rug industry.

Standing tall: Lissa Wyman, center, editor and publisher of www.Rugnews.com, finally grows up. She joins industry shorties Steve Roan, vice president of Karastan, and Carolyn Roan at the Magnificent Carpet Fete.

See the full listing of Magnificent Carpet Award Winners,
click here

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