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New York, Show Recap

Buyers Turn Out to Shop Top Names in Luxury Carpets at COVER Connect NY 2025

The annual NY boutique rug event COVER Connect sets the international trends in luxury area rug design and color palettes with buyers turning out to discover the creme de la creme of rugs heading into 2026.

Carol Tisch, Lisa Vincenti
10/8/2025
RugNews montage of buyers and rugs at CCNY 2025
Rug buyers headed to the 2025 COVER Connect New York to browse rug trends at the upper end of the market.

NEW YORK – An international coterie of the finest names in contemporary luxury carpet design gathered at New York City’s Metropolitan Pavilion for CoverConnect 2025, Sept. 13 to Sept. 15, showcasing collections that will influence design in the category for years to come.
The growing show continues to expand its boundaries, this year showcasing 46 exhibitors on three levels, and including brands that have been spied at coveted European shows from Maison & Objet to Salone del Mobile. The boutique trade event brings sought-after European names to American retailers and designers to shop in one convenient NYC location, and the fashion on display did not disappoint.

New this year was a strong movement to romantic odes to nature from finely detailed -- almost photo-realistic -- overscale floral designs to artful bird motifs floating across intricately knotted grounds. Omnipresent as well were updated takes on classic genres such as Oushaks and gabbehs; as well as geometric patterns that showcased impressive textural finesse. Color trended to rusts, greens and green blues, as well as warm neutrals, with many exhibitors boldly (and completely) overhauling their palettes for 2026 intros.


Buyers attending boutique trade show COVER Connect New York greet old rug industry friends and meet new ones.

What's more, the range of abstracts continue to stretch the bounds of creative expression in the luxury market, while several companies showed off their artistry for the floor with tongue-in-cheek graphic messages boldly splashed across canvases of wool.

Follow along with RugNews.com as we tour the people and products making fashion news in the luxury arena.

AMER


Raj Choudhary walks Michael Pourvakil, president of Weavers Art, Toronto, through the company's first
rug presentation at CCNY.


Amer Rugs showcased its growing assortment of high-end hand-knotted assortment, showcasing both
pure wool textured designs and artful wool and silk pieces. Shown, Winston
Shown, WIN-05

BANU HOME


From left: Erica Gregorio, sales/buyer, Steven King Decorative Carpets, Boston; Joe Sparicio, buyer,
Steven King; Alex Kimia, owner of California-based Banu Home; Gretchen Schwilk, sales, Steven King;
and Jackie Cox, owner, Tapis Decor, Minneapolis.

BATTILOSSI


Maurizio Battilossi gives CCNY buyers a tour of the latest designs, colors and textures available from
his Milanese studio's Nepal hand-crafted area rugs. Shown, Ondula


Bowtie pattern in autumn colorway, rugs are designed in Italy by Battilossi and hand-knotted in Kathmandu,
in Tibetan wool, in a textured Soumak-weave and Soumak embroidery.

COURISTAN



A favorite at Couristan's CCNY show debut was its Arroyo lineup, knotted of thick wool over twisted yarn.
Five new contemporary geometric motifs debuted.

CREATIVE MATTERS


Toronto-based Creative Matters introduced its new Vestige hand-knotted in Nepal of wool and silk in 100
knots per square inch -- a favorite for its earthy colors and abstract pattern.

FRENCH ACCENTS


French Accents Rugs' Worn Classics collection's Bokhara design, hand-knotted in a low wool pile, was a
hit at the fall edition of CCNY. Shown, ML1015A

HAROUNIAN RUGS INTERNATIONAL (HRI)


HRI's Diana Samuels and Greg Jordt flank Arleem Fernandez, sales, and Mercedes Lanza, Design Consultant,
of Florida's Carpet Source of Winter Park, take time for a photo op. Pictured on the ground is the high-quality
machine-woven Carlton collection, design 10 in light brown.


HRI had its best CCNY to date and its new Classic collection's Bakshaish design, hand-knotted of Afghan
wool, proved a showstopper.

KALEEN


Kaleen debuted its LUXE collection of handcrafted rugs at CCNY, and its custom-size capabilities, including
broadloom applications, were popular with show attendees.

KNOTS RUGS


Knots Rugs' Bonnie Sutton debuts artist and interior designer Sara Bopp's first area rug design, Lily, in
collaboration with Knots Rug at CCMY. They are seated in front of Audrey and sitting on Lilly, both hand
knotted of wool and silk in Nepal.

LAPCHI


Lisa Slappey of Pride of Persia Rug Co. & Postmodern Traditions, Houston, Texas, with Lapchi’s Nathan
Tucker (far left) US director, and Pankaj Subba, client services manger, who is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
They are seated on Lapchi's Heiwa from the Yoso collection, handcrafted of wool and silk in Nepal.


Crafted of 55 percent silk and 45 percent wool, Lapchi's Leh design, from its Toro series, was a favorite
for its abstract motif, understated colors and lush texture.

MOMENI


Momeni brothers Ali, left, and Aria, right, take a break for a photo op with Kurt Kammeyer, owner Rug
Masters, Charleston, South Carolina. They are standing on a contemporary hand-knotted one-of-a-kind rug.

NEW MOON


Erika Kurtz of New Moon catches up with Brady Anthony, The Scarab, Minturn, Colorado, in front
of a contemporary bird design.


New Moon presents its new Cadmus design in indigo, which is hand knotted of a blend of Tibetan wool,
Chinese silk and natural nettle fibers.

OLKER RUGS


From, left, Okler Rugs' Josh Sunnanonta, with brothers Irfan, Adnan and Noman Nasim of Olker, meeting with
Nabeel and Adele Malik, partners, Amara Rugs (Torrence, California). Pictured on the floor is Maghreb-60
in truffle crafted of 100 percent natural hand-spun wool in Afghanistan.

REBEL CARPETS


Rebel Carpets introduces its new indoor-outdoor India collection which showcases a vibrant blend of
colors woven into horizontal stripes, crafted of solution dyed polypropylene collection.

RUG & KILIM


From left: Ryan Moghadasian, Rug & Kilim; David Truett, Truett Fine Carpets & Rugs, Dallas; Brittany
and Cyrus Nazmiyal, Rug & Kilim; and Hasan Jafri, Dover Rugs & Home, Natick, Massachusetts.

SAMAD


Shea Dunigan, left, and Nazy Zavvar, Floordesign Rugs, San Francisco, with David Samad, admire
Samad's Monet design from the Botanical collection, which sold out in the first fifteen minutes of the show.

S&H RUGS


From, left: S&H Rugs' Ori Wilbush greets Ercan Nalkiran,The Rugman of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
and Fazli Solak, Fazli's Rugs, Albany, California.


S&H Rugs' Oushak design sh10311 in beau blue features a trending mint green ground and is hand
knotted with a soft pile and denser weave.

TAMARIAN


From left; Kalli Calvin, Paige Albright Orientals, Birmingham, Alabama; Beth Asif, Rug Chic; Fred Lomax,
Tamarian; Paige Albright, Paige Albright Orientals; Ned Baker, Tamarian. Pictured is Swedeco PW in clover


Beau Presnell, center, owner, The Rug Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, shops CCNY to refresh his stock, stopping to
meet with Tamarian's Jesse Kohler and Fred Lomax. They are pictured in front of an abstracted floral.

VIA STAR


Roni Melamoude and Yoel Melamoude introduce Via Star, a Brazilian custom area rug specialist to the
US market with their CoverConnect New York debut.

WOOL & SILK


From left, Wool & Silk's Anka Tezcan, The Scarab's Jane Can Rohr, co-owner, Tara French, Brady
Anthony, project manager, and Erbil Tezcan, Wool & Silk. They are pictured in front of Fractured Garden.


Wool & Silk showcased a new floral motif called Lotus pairing trending blue tones and soft greens. 

ZOLLANVARI


Carmen Carbone Andonian, center, introduces her new rug collection, The Pacific Northwest by Zollanvari,
with daughters Chiara, left, and Coco. Pictured, her Columbia River rug. In the rear hangs, Zollanvari’s
Abstract & Modern Gabbeh, left, and Iris Meadow, right.
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