Art Deco Rugs in History and Design
Art Deco rugs encompass an infinite range of design possibilities. While other movements are defined by one overarching theme, Art Deco rugs incorporate influences from all over the world that are combined to create cosmopolitan pieces. Carpets created during the Art Deco era represent the best and most beautiful side of industrial design and globalization. By the 1920s, carpets were being made all over the world presenting buyers with an enormous selection of colorful and beautifully designed pieces that incorporated the latest innovations in construction, design and color theory.
The people who designed and wove Art Deco rugs were innovators who paved the way for mid-century designers, abstract artists and many contemporary design movements. At a time when commercial air travel was in its infancy, designers, importers and carpet traders provided a vital link between the east and west. The cultural diffusion that occurred in the early 1900s is ever present in Art Deco rugs. The creative atmosphere and historic design conditions of the Art Deco era resulted in a colorful melting pot that combined influences from all parts of the world.
The genres and styles that evolved in the Art Deco era are worlds apart. Art Deco carpets run the breadth of the spectrum from stoic masculine rugs with sharp geometry to feminine florals woven in contrasting pastels. In China, the vibrant jewel tone carpets manufactured for the explorer and entrepreneur extraordinaire Walter Nichols are in a league of their own while the rugs produced in England, Europe and Scandinavia were the pieces that led to the designation of the Art Deco or Art Decoratif term in the mid-1960s. Naturally, the influence of the British colonials in India also led of the creation of many phenomenal Art Deco rugs and installations in the country. By drawing from the past, present and future of design, Art Deco rugs embody a phenomenal combination of modernity and glamor.
In recent years Art Deco rugs, along with most other Modernist and mid-century design, has seen a resurgance especially in the interior design world. People are falling back on the reliable simplistic forms to decorate their homes and with good reason: Modernist design fuses form and function into a single beautiful work of art that is fully useable as a home furnishing yet starkly beautiful and easy to design around.
About the Author
A New York antique rug dealer since 1980, Nazmiyal has a highly specialized and user-friendly website with an extensive inventory of antique pieces of every type, size, and style. An inventory of this range and quality is based on years of experience and effort in searching out the best pieces from sources all over the world.
Nazmiyal is also a natural magnet that constantly attracts those interested in selling rugs. Even within the bustling New York rug market with its international contacts, Nazmiyal provides a major focal point or nexus, all of which is at the disposal of Nazmiyal’s clients, whether they are dealers, interior designers, or private retail customers. If you want an Oriental carpet, New York is the place to be, and within New York itself, the place to be is Nazmiyal.
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