When I retrieved my items, I discovered that six handmade Egyptian kilim rugs were destroyed, and a leather sofa and chair were severely damaged. The loss totaled over $20,000.

The rug business, he said, has moved East during his time in the trade: from India to Pakistan, China and Afghanistan. Because of the tense political climate in these places, his acquisitions of the ...

Photographer Nour El Massry captures ethereal images of Egyptian landscapes, interiors and architecture in one of the world's largest megacities.

In June, Ms. Armstrong, who is based in Boston, opened up her first pop-up shop, in Nantucket, selling one-of-a-kind loafers made from vintage kilim rugs, which she sources from rural Turkey.

Question: In my dining room, I have a kilim rug that's about 8 feet by 11 feet. When I had it cleaned, the warp threads shrank, as they often do in handwoven fabrics, and the rug became so rippled ...

The latest Dezeen competition offers one reader the chance to win a Capas rug designed by Mathias Hahn for Nanimarquina.

Otherwise, we run the risk of just sweeping problems under the rug, where they will fester and eventually be used and abused probably even worse by bigots.

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To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Egypt's young fashion designers cut a rug ...

The CubeSmart storage facility Alex Packer rents has a small problem. He claims that mice ate several kilim rugs — and a leather sofa and chair. Will the company fix the damage?