"We were clueless," said the owner of this fine, handmade silk rug from Turkey. "Now this rug is the centerpiece of our home." (Photo from Christina Fong.) I love my readers for so many reasons. But ...

The folk craftsmanship of handmade silk carpets in Cangxi county, Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, has been listed among Sichuan's provincial intangible cultural heritage. Craftswomen ...

I love my readers for so many reasons. But topping the list are the wonderful stories you send me, tales that often parallel my own adventures and misadventures, like my recent wacky sojourn through ...

While it’s all too easy to buy a rug nowadays (simply Google the word “rug” to see thousands of links to purveyors), and many of them are certainly high-quality and will inject style into a space, ...

At one of Shanghai’s luxurious interior decoration exhibitions last year, Cai Shengwei learned — to his undisguised indignance — that a handmade silk rug made in Kashmir sold for more than 100,000 ...

A view of Nanzhao county, Nanyang, Henan province. [Photo/nanzhao.gov.cn] ZHENGZHOU - While hand-stitched Iranian rugs are known globally for their exquisite craftsmanship, a little-known fact is that ...

Unique carpet designs by the two visionary architects will be offered at 20th Century & Contemporary Phillips Art Day Sale in London today, on June 28th. Pritzker Prize-winning architects Toyo Ito and ...