Types.
Every great weaving tradition - Persian, Turkish, French, silk - and how to know what you have.
Everything we've written on types.
The great weaving traditions — Persian, Turkish, French, silk — and how to know what you have.
The Kilim Rug: A Master Guide to Flatweaves and Their Care
The rug with no pile at all. How a kilim is actually made, how to tell a real one from a printed imitation, why flatweaves fail differently from knotted rugs, and the care they quietly demand.
The Kashan Rug: A Master Guide
The classic Persian medallion, and the one maker's name that changes what a Kashan is worth. What Mohtasham actually means, why kork wool behaves unlike any other pile, and the one thing that goes wrong on a red-and-ivory rug.
The Heriz Rug: A Master Guide
The village rug built to be walked on for a century. What separates a Heriz from a Serapi and a Bakshaish, why Sabalan wool outlasts everything else on the floor, and what a hundred years of foot traffic actually does to one.
The Tabriz Rug: A Master Guide
The rug capital of the world, and the weave that engineered the medallion. Six centuries of Tabriz, the Hajji Jalili era, the Mahi fish design, the finest knot counts in Persia, and how to care for one.
How to Identify a Real Persian Rug
Seven simple tests anyone can do to tell a hand-knotted Persian from a machine-made reproduction.
Oushak Rug Master Guide
The Renaissance carpet - Holbein, Lotto, and a 600-year tradition still woven in western Anatolia today.
Hereke Silk Rug Identification
How to spot an authentic Hereke silk - knot count, sheen, palette, signature, and how to read the back.
Aubusson and Savonnerie - The French Carpet Traditions
Tapestry flatweave versus royal pile - the two French weaving traditions that defined European decorative arts.
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Care
How to clean, store, and protect a hand-knotted rug - by the family that does it for a living.
Restoration
Reweaving, color restoration, antique wash - the slow crafts that happen on the restoration bench.
Workshop
Behind the scenes at the Cohen family workshop. A day in the life, the master artisan, the family.
Local
Northeast-specific rug care - the Hamptons, Manhattan, Greenwich, the seasonal patterns of HNW homes.
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A few of the rugs we've cared for — and the families who trusted us with them.
“They returned an heirloom Tabriz — the colors look exactly as my grandmother described them.”
“A 1920s Heriz I thought was beyond saving came back better than the day my parents bought it.”
“Our clients trust us with eight-figure homes. Horizon is the only workshop I send their rugs to.”