OUR ROUND-UP FROM THE

FRONT LINES OF DESIGN:

TRENDS, PRODUCTS, STYLES,
BOOKS AND EVENTS

The ARt of Carpet

bids adieu to Mumbais influential Gallery Maskara, with a wall-to-
wall installation of the finest rugs from India
Stylist Samir Wadekar . Photographer Kuber Shah

1. Black Diamond hand-tufted carpet, Imperial Knots.

2. Rosetta Flower rug, Cottons & Satins. 3. Crane (pink
and orange) cotton dhurrie, Safomasi.com. 4. Silky hand-
tufted rug, Qaaleen. 5. Indo Hichli Parda carpet, The
Carpet Cellar. 6. Stella (emerald) rug from the 88 Secrets
collection by Nika Zupanc, Scarlet Splendour.

Peace, 2015, marble blast stones, suspended sculpture

by Prashant Pandey.

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1. La Palma rug, Abaca. 2. Langur rug, Safomasi.com. 3. Tehran rug, Blue Loft. 4. Taza wool rug,
Therugrepublic.in. 5. Jama-Khan (blue) handwoven cotton rug, Tiipoi.in. 6. Merlot carpet by Ashiesh
Shah from the Chand LC collection, Cocoon Fine Rugs. 7. Sarah (Mexican jade) dhurrie, Shyam Ahuja.
8. Shah Khorassan (blue/ivory) carpet, Obeetee.

Untitled, 2015, acrylic on canvas by Parag Sonarghare.

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1. Moss (green) rug, Shyam Ahuja.
2. Kotan Samarkand carpet, The
Carpet Cellar. 3. Saar Norbu (ivory/
navy) carpet, Obeetee. 4. Black cotton
rug, CAC. 5. Diamond banana fibre
mat, CAC. 6. Jama-Khan handwoven
cotton rug, Tiipoi.in. 7. Raindrops
(rouge) rug from the Raindrops
collection designed by Matteo Cibic,
Scarlet Splendour.

Evolution, 2014, enamel on canvas by

T Venkanna.

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1. Jiddu rug, Freedom Tree. 2. Monalisa hand-tufted rug, Qaaleen. 3. Hair-on-Leather carpet, Cocoon Fine Rugs. 4. Floral
Arabesque rug, Cottons & Satins. 5. Multicolour Turkish hand-knotted carpet, Imperial Knots. 6. Laguna woven straw rug,
Abaca. 7. Marrakesh rug, Surprise Home Linen. 8. Hemp and cotton woven dhurrie, The Upper Gallery.

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1. Vintage Turkish (blue) carpet from
the Scarlet Eclectics collection,
Scarlet Splendour. 2. Blue Birdy
woollen dhurrie, Rugs and Beyond.
3. Rangeela wool rug, Jaipur
5 Rugs. 4. Circular rug from the
Premiere collection, Cocoon Fine
Rugs. 5. Zaara woven wool
dhurrie, Fabindia. 6. DB 3 Multi
4 rug, Sarita Handa.

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1. Erased Silk carpet, The

Carpet Cellar. 2. Herati
(true blue) hand-knotted
sari-silk rug by Mishcat Co, 1
at Sarita Handa. 3. Afrikan
Craft cotton dhurrie, Rugs
and Beyond. 4. Wool and
cotton kilim, Various at
Dhobi Talao. 5. Kasbah
carpet, Surprise Home Linen.
6. Hemp and cotton woven
dhurrie, The Upper Gallery.
7. Orlin (natural/blue) jute
rug, Therugrepublic.in.

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1. Chowkri wool and viscose
runner rug, Jaipur Rugs.
2. Flair rug, Abaca.
3. Chidiya rug from the
Artisan Originals collection,
Jaipur Rugs. 4. Carpet from
the Erased Luxe collection,
The Carpet Cellar. 5. Patina
carpet, Surprise Home
Linen. 6. Multi patchwork
kilim, Sarita Handa. 7. Cotton
dhurrie, The Upper Gallery.
8. Pamir carpet, Obeetee.
9. Noor Modified (cream/
blue) dhurrie, Shyam Ahuja.
10. Manhattan rug, Blue Loft.
11. Wool and cotton kilim,
Various at Dhobi Talao.
12. Tribal Design rug, Cottons
& Satins. 13. Carpet from
the Mughal Jali collection,
The Carpet Cellar. 14. Hemp
and cotton woven dhurrie,
The Upper Gallery. 15. Icon
(cobalt fuchsia) hand-
knotted wool with sari-silk
carpet by Mishcat Co, at
Sarita Handa. 16. Chevron
rug, Freedom Tree.
17. Carpet from the Erased
Luxe collection, The Carpet
Cellar. 18. Orange cotton
rug, CAC.

Balancing Act, 1996,

suspended installation by
Max Streicher.

Production: Temple Road

Productions.

For details, see Stockists

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