Rug Styles and Trends: Decked Out
Bold patterns set rugs ablaze with eye-catching graphics in sizzling style.
Lindsey Hughes -- Home Accents Today, 7/1/2009
Bold patterns set rugs ablaze with eye-catching graphics in sizzling style. Surfaces are decked out in animal print, ethnic-inspired motifs, bursting botanicals and swanky shapes, signaling that ornamentation is on the rise. Visually stimulating is an understatement.
Swirls of caramel and gray cascade down the Black Prism View rug from KAS Rugs, made of 100% wool from the Signare Ctuontemporary Collection ($599, 6×9).
Exotic influences from Russian garments are combined on the Tamara rug from Company C. Floral motifs and ikat prints dance across the tufted design in warm caramel, bright magenta and grass green ($630, 4×6).
Oversized red and white shapes lined in a thick coat of black overlap on the Martini Collection rug from Foreign Accents. Made in India, the design is hand-tufted of multi-fiber yarns with high-low detailing ($298, 4×6).
The Pink Dancefloor hand-hooked rug fuses bright colors and striking shapes, designed by Anna Maria Horner for Peking Handicraft ($160, 3×5).
Thom Filicia's Hiawatha rug for Safavieh is hand-tufted of New Zealand wool with viscose highlight yarns to create an abstract zebra design ($825, 5×8).
Contrasting black and white stripes meld in urban jungle fashion to create a glamorous zebra motif on the Pool & Patio rug from Capel, made in Egypt of 100% olefin ($119, 5×7).
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