From furniture lining to cushions to
dhurries, sustainable fabrics, people are choosing home decor items that are also environment-friendly.
Kas is making a push in handmade flatweaves, has updated its
dhurries with added pile height, dimension and tassels; added a modern, brushstroke design to its machine-made, deep-pile assortment; and introduced a collection of felted wool rugs with side fringe.
From every type of rug imaginable, that includes customary Indian
dhurries to high-end designers, such as Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood, The Rug Company has it all.
Yamanashi (Japan): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday gave his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe two handcrafted stone bowls and
dhurries made from rose quartz and yellow quartz stone sourced from Rajasthan.
"Initially, Fabindia supplied hand woven textiles and
dhurries to a number of stores abroad, including Habitat.
These include some of the first opportunities in the private sector for individual textile designers like Riten Mazumdar who designed
dhurries for Fabindia (figure 7), and Romanie Jaitly who designed block-prints for Anokhi.
Distinctive Kilim woolen rugs and intricate hand- knotted silk carpets from Afghanistan,handwoven
dhurries and carpets by traditional weavers from Uttar Pradesh and Kashmir,embroidered suf,sujini and lambani by craftswomen from Gujarat,Bihar and Karnataka are a few highlights of the bazaar,along with Indian bandhini and shibori from India.
Shop for earthernware at Chunar, as well as
dhurries, carpets and brassware in Mirzapur.
Thus we see the origin of the famous song lyric "Leave your
dhurries on the warstep."
Having had success with an earlier
dhurries line called Pura Vida, the company continued with the recent introduction of its licensed rug collection with Coastal Living magazine, which had new colorways added at High Point Market.
There's now a huge choice available on the high street in stores such as Habitat, Ikea, The Pier and Argos, a growing band of rug designers, and beautiful antique Persian rugs, kilims and
dhurries.