Inspired by the patriotic festivities taking over London, we have been working on a very special bespoke wallhanging to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Union Jack backgro...
When you get a ‘Royal Calling’ for a product from your company, you do everything you possibly can to deliver the most beautiful, perfect, exquisite piece, absolutely on time. Even if you think at th...
As part of Harrods’ patriotic celebrations for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, we have designed a Rug Company crown which you can see in all its majestic glory in the Harrods window until 15...
When it comes to commissioning a bespoke rug, the possibilities really are infinite. The design for this hand-knotted stair runner was inspired by the Dazzle pattern that was painted onto World War I...
As the world’s eyes turn to London and excitement builds for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics, there has never been a better time to invest in British design. Whether it’...
Day two of the shoot, and everyone is up early to make the most of the glorious desert light. A bird looks on with a mocking eye as it takes 5 people to unload the enormous Damascus Grey. The uninter...
When the time came to find a shoot location for our new Studio Collection, Suzanne Sharp and the team were helplessly drawn back to the exotic roots of our beautiful rugs. And so they journeyed to a ...
An ode to chic living, the FT How To Spend It magazine has published its biannual interiors special. Fashion and interiors collide in a suptuous shoot celebrating an enduring love affair with lace. O...
Housed in a former tie factory spazio Rossana Orlandi continues to present beautifully curated new and original design. The Beetley collection by London company Sé. The Crystal Bala hollow table is a...
We are in Milan, where the future of design takes over the old Italian city for one week every year. Here are some of our design highlights from the 2012 Salone del Mobile. Paris concept store Merci ...
The life of the legendary product designer and The Rug Company collaborator Eva Zeisel (1906 – 2011) makes an extraordinary tale. Not long before she died, at the grand age of 105, Zeisel published h...
The light, bright colour of Spring, Yellow exudes energy, vibrancy and fresh optimism. Sellarsbrook Yellow rug by Suzanne Sharp and Fantastic Journey wallhanging by Fiona Curran. Overleaf Yell...
New hand knotted rugs have arrived as part of our Studio Collection. Cable, Damascus, Rif and Square Chains are densely hand knotted rugs with bright and graphic designs, they are woven with a thicke...
This week, The Rug Company CEO Christopher Sharp is blogging daily for the Financial Times website Howtospendit.com If you’re curious about what he has been up to, click here to read his first ...
When translating the work of the world’s most creative designers into a beautiful handmade rug or cushion, the devil is in the detail. The Hummingbird cushion by Alexander McQueen is no excepti...
Some spaces require something particularly special and we often work with clients to create their own original rug commissions. The possibilities are infinite. This bespoke Houndstooth rug was design...
Blasting through the dreary months of winter with a celebration of colour and pattern, Harrods has uneveiled its alphabet themed windows for Spring / Summer 2012. Discerning shoppers passing by the K...
Beautiful Turkish Ikat cushions have just arrived exclusively at our London shops. The Ikat technique for making patterned cloth is one of the earliest known. As textiles rarely survive for more than...
Six years in the making, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art opened in November in last year. Founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton, the museum houses her impressive collection of American a...
For our Maltese showroom, we have created a bespoke hand-knotted rug using the eight-pointed cross of the Knights of St John. It was in the mid 16th century, when the Knights were based in Malta, tha...
This winter season, consider a dark and rich colour palette to bring warmth and cosiness, enhanced with luxurious textures and contrasting details. Drawing inspiration from old Hollywood glamour to q...
As the world salutes the auspicious Chinese Year of The Dragon, Vogue.com selects dragon inspired gifts to celebrate, including the Military Brocade rug designed by Alexander McQueen. Symbolising pow...
At the heart of this Victorian villa belonging to lighting artist Adam Barker-Mill lies a vast atrium that soars from the basement to the top of the house, capped by a glass roof with shards of colou...
Jaime’s Hayon’s ‘Capitone’ has been pronounced Best Rug by Wallpaper* Magazine at this year’s Design Awards. ‘Capitone’ is a sumptuous, textural rug, whose diamond design is a...
The ceramicist, industrial designer and Rug Company collaborator Eva Zeisel died last Friday, aged 105. Describing herself as a ‘maker of useful things’, Eva’s work spanned nine decades, several cont...
If you have cunningly booked a window seat and you are flying into Moscow at the beginning of December, you can be fairly sure you’re going to see vast tracts of desolate forest heaving with the whit...
Champion of witty British fashion, Giles Deacon is loved for his bold prints and sophisticated, pop culture references. These hand-drawn sketches show his inspiration for the ‘Sentinel’, ‘Lavaliere’ ...
It’s the first of December, London is turning icy and Christmas is round the corner. Our Holland Park showroom is staying cosy though, they have switched the lights on, put the trees up, they a...
We always encourage our clients to explore the boundless possibilities of custom rug design, and this project we recently finished in London is testament to what amazing things can be created from ha...
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