Rug introductions for the July Atlanta market

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, July 8, 2007

All prices suggested retail for an approximate 5 by 8 size unless otherwise noted.

Amer Rugs

5C6

• Tuscan collection is made of hand-spun hard-twist Ghazni wool. Hand knotted in 9/9 quality. Made in India, $2,699 in 8 by 10.

• Villa collection is made of hand-spun hard-twist Ghazni wool. Hand knotted in India in 13/16 construction, $4,799 in 8 by 10.

Amici Imports

6F11

• Pienza collection is hand knotted of wool in 14/14 construction. Made in Pakistan, $2,299 in 6 by 9.

• Ponte Vecchio collection is hand tufted of wool with faux silk viscose accents. Made in India, $399.

Capel

6F2

• Heirlooms collection consists of four traditional Oriental rug designs. Part of the Biltmore for Your Home licensed collection. Hand knotted of wool in 3/8-inch pile. Made in India, $3,499 in 6 by 9.

• Sweet William is inspired by a large-scale Art Nouveau design. Machine woven in Belgium of acrylic blend yarns, $399.

Chandler Four Corners

9C17

• Series of hand-hooked rugs designed by Vermont artist Laura Megroz and made of New Zealand wool in India.

• Winterflake depicts five different snowflakes, $290 in 30-inch by 96-inch runner.

• Frosty is a classic snowman image, $125 in 3-foot round.

• Snowdog design features Man's Best Friend cavorting in the snow, $95 in 2 by 3.

• Flexible recreates everybody's favorite Flexible Flyer sled, $290 in 30-inch by 96-inch runner.

Colonial Mills (CMI)

5A6

Sunbraid collection is an indoor-outdoor CableLock braided texture rug. Made of soft polypropylene/polyester yarns; mildew, stain, fade and bleed resistant, $419.

Couristan

6D11

• New broadloom residential collections, including Canberra, featuring a French tapestry-inspired leaf and vine pattern; and Queensland, based on 18th and 19th century textiles. Both power loomed of wool.

• Bauhaus rug collection is inspired by traditional floor covering motifs, interpreted in a modern mood. Made on 14-color power looms of heat-set Courtron polypropylene with viscose faux silk highlights in 1.5 million-point construction, $299.

• Rhythmia collection includes several abstract designs, of 80% wool with viscose faux silk highlight. Hand knotted in dense construction, $1,099.

• Persian Romances is a group of hand-tufted rugs inspired by classic Oriental rug designs. Made of space-dyed wool to create an antique abrash effect, $349.

• Zen Garden is a group of hand-loomed rugs featuring natural, organic colors. Woven of a blend of undyed New Zealand and Bikaner wool. Hand-carved detailing creates an embossed, hi-lo effect, $359.

Delos

6F9

• Delos Styles, an Ian Wallace collection from Forte Cloth, is inspired by reference fabrics from an English design studio. Transitional, $799.

• Footprints line is doubling to 14 pieces, addressing the specific styling and color needs of the growing coastal population, $799.

• Bloom collection consists of three large floral designs, $799.

• Rovos collection is African inspired. A portion of the proceeds from this collection will be given to the World Global Fund, $799.

• Simplicity collection consists of coastal, botanical and transitional designs that employ both textural variations and carving, $319 to $539.

• Delos Shags are available in several textures and fibers, including puckered wool, two- color wool with viscose highlights, polyester, and four-color "eyelash" polyester that has the look of mohair, $319 to $539

Dynamic Rugs

3C5

New collections are styled by Posh Fashionation.

• Royal Garden collection is inspired by the legacy of 17th century antique Persian carpets. Machine woven on Wilton looms of New Zealand worsted wool pile, $450.

• Fantasia is a kids and juniors collection consisting of bright colors and pop florals for girls, and camouflage motifs for boys. Hand tufted of wool, $300.

828 International

6F1

Laguna collection is a group of 12 rugs power loomed of heat-set soft-touch polypropylene. Point-on-point construction with drop-stitch weaving gives a multi-dimensional quality, $299.

Ebisons Harounian

5F5

• Turbo, Tribeca and Chelsea are contemporary designs hand knotted of wool pile in transitional designs, $799 in 6 by 9.

• Kabul consists of replicas of 19th century Turkish carpets. Made of vegetable-dyed, hand-spun, over-twisted yarn. Hand knotted in China, $1,499 in 6 by 9.

• Oushak collection is an adaptation of 18th and 19th century antique oushak patterns. Hand tufted of vegetable-dyed New Zealand wool, $699 in 6 by9.

• Antique Serapi collection consists of replicas of 19th century Persian serapi and heriz rugs. Hand tufted of hand-spun wool, $799 in 6 by 9.

• Tibetan Dreams consists of four contemporary designs in autumn colors. Made of Tibetan sheep wool. Hand tufted in China, $299.

• Golden Horizons is a programmed group of Sano Persians in 160-, 200- and 230-line constructions. Hand tufted, $599 to $999 in 6 by 9.

Feizy Rugs

5B1

• Iota collection, part of Feizy Home, is hand tufted in India of wool and faux silk pile with multi-textures. Contemporary, $350.

• Adding to the Onon collection. Hand knotted in Nepal of Tibetan wool and silk blend in a Tibetan weave, $2,800.

• Taylor collection, for the casual lifestyle, features a lush, free-flowing pile. Contemporary, in wool. Hand tufted, $390.

Harounian Rugs International

6A1

• Eden Park collection is hand tufted of wool with viscose highlights in a modern Nepalese design. Made in China, $399.

• Mahal collection is hand knotted in India of wool, replicating classic Indian designs, $999 in 6 by 9.

Hellenic

6G12

• Candice Olson collection adding 16 rugs in 160-line, hand-tufted construction, in wool and silk, $799.

• Transitional rugs, made of wool and silk in 160-line, hand-tufted construction. Made in China, $799.

• Adding designs to the traditional Wonders of the World collection. Made of wool in India, $349.

• Adding contemporary designs to the Ultimate Shag collection, $299.

Homefires

6E6, AmericasMart 1, 225

• April Cornell collection, by designer April Cornell, adding several area and accent rugs, hand hooked in soft acrylic and washable, $399.

• Carefree collection by designer Sara England consists of two novelty dog-and-cat designs with summer motifs. Hand hooked of soft acrylic fiber and washable, $40 in 2 by 3.

• Jellybean line of indoor-outdoor accent rugs adds two styles by designer Sara England, both hand made of polypropylene and acrylic fibers. Washable, $30 in 22-inch by 34-inch.

Homespice Décor

9D18

• Fractur Memories, designed by Monika Jones, is a hooked rug collection consisting of Pennsylvania Dutch-style 18th and 19th century folk art drawings featuring birds, hearts, tulips and stars, $1,400.

• Hooked rug collection by designer Deborah Dubina features flowers based on folkloric patterns, $159 in 2 by 3.

Jaipur Rugs

3C15

• Blue collection features small geometrics and bold curves in organic shades. Hand tufted, $429.

• Poeme is a transitional collection that interprets classic Oriental Rug motifs in contemporary and transitional designs. Hand tufted of hand-spun New Zealand wool, $429.

Janelle Style

7J11

Lollipop is a kids collection of braided texture accent rugs. Braided from a mix of poly/cotton fabric and polypropylene yarns, $399.

Jaunty

First floor lobby

• Metro collection is hand tufted of wool pile with mercerized cotton faux silk highlights, loop pile. Made in India, $399.

• Ultimo collection is hand loomed of hard-twist wool yarns. Made in India, $399.

• Expressions collection features a multi-textured wool pile. Hand tufted in India, $449.

• Estates collection is a multi-textured tufted construction with hand carving. Made in India, $399.

Kane Carpet

6C6

• Central Park is Wilton woven of Eurolon polypropylene fiber and features a shrunk-yarn system that creates the effect of silk highlights. Made in Turkey, $349.

• Legacy collection is Wilton woven of Eurolon polypropylene. Made in Turkey, $299.

• Proprietary Eurolon yarn system is a heat-set polypropylene that resists staining and also has antistatic, antimicrobial, hypoallergenic and non-shedding properties.

Karastan

3A1

• Plum Blossom is an addition to the hand-tufted Artworks collection, in cut-and-loop construction. Part of the Studio by Karastan series, $499.

• Sedona is a relaxed traditional pattern of palmettes and vine motifs. Power loomed of Wools of New Zealand wool, $899.

KAS

4D2

• Capri collection is hand tufted in India of hard-twist wool with luster-washed finish, $499.

• Isabella is a machine-made collection of transitional styles. Made of New Zealand wool with hand finishing. Made in China, $399.

• Legacy collection is machine made of space-dyed polyester/acrylic blend fiber with hand carving. Made in China, $299.

Merida Meridian

9E13

Viewpont Dimensions collection features pattern-on-pattern rugs in tone-on-tone colors and cut-and loop-textures. Machine made in Massachusetts of New Zealand wool, $1,275 in 6 by 9.

Momeni

5B4

• Nolita collection, named after the New York City neighborhood, consists of patterns in oversized contemporary motifs. Power loomed of New Zealand wool on a 10-frame loom, and finished with hand-carved details and hand-serged edges, $439.

• Ladiz collection is inspired by rare Turkish antique rugs. Made of over-twisted New Zealand wool enhanced with abrashed effects and hand-serged edges, $479.

Nourison

3F2, 3S1

Showing broadloom carpeting and rug collections.

• Fantasia collection is a group of hand-loomed shag texture rugs in organic colorations. Made in India of 50% wool/30% cotton/20% polyester, $599.

• Horizon Twines collection is hand loomed in India using a blend of jute, paper, artificial leather, felted wool and cotton, $499.

• Summit Point collection is based on classic Persian designs. Hand hooked in India of wool, $499.

• Broadloom introductions are power loomed in China. Inspirations is made of New Zealand wool in a high-density Wilton construction. Grand Textures is woven of New Zealand wool in a dense cut-pile construction.

Peking Handicraft

7M07

• Exotic Flower wool hook rug in free-flowing floral designs. Made in China, traditional to contemporary, $160 in 3 by 5.

• Bamboo Flowers hook rug has an overall floral design against a black background, bordered by a bamboo edge design. Made of wool, $150 in 3 by 5.

• Chelsea Garden hook design features an overall floral pattern in a chintz-like design, $270 in 4 by 6.

• Shaker Alarm is a novelty crowing-cock design. Hand hooked, $100 in 34-inch by 47-inch.

• Be the Ball coir mats are made of coconut fiber. Indoor-outdoor, $20 in 18-inch by 30-inch.

Rizzy Rugs

AmericasMart 1, 7th floor temps, K-28

• Forest collection is hand knotted in a mix of New Zealand and semi-worsted wool. Patterns range from hard and soft contemporary to transitional, $599 in 6 by 9.

• Puria collection features a blend of New Zealand and semi-worsted wool. Hand knotted in India, $1,699 in 6 by 9.

The Rug Market

5A8, 1309 Gift Mart

• Olympia is hand tufted of wool and silk pile, $690.

• Ornate Fleur features over-scaled patterns. Hand tufted of wool and silk, $690.

• Wheat is hand tufted of wool pile, $598.

• Outdoor/Indoor collection is made of nylon fiber to withstand abrasion. Also resists water, mildew and fading, $260.

Rugs America

3E13

Best known for imported room-size rugs, company is launching a collection of washable accent rugs, hand hooked in China of acrylic with faux silk outlining, in lifestyle and contemporary designs, $25 in 21-inch by 34-inch.

Safavieh

4C1

• Bohemian collection is made of a blend of organic materials, including hemp and aloe. Soft yarns are vegetable dyed for an eco-friendly product. Hand knotted in India, $595 in 6 by 9.

• Organic collection is hand knotted of natural jute. Twenty designs are available in loop- or flat-pile versions, as well as multi-textural loop, flat and cut-pile designs, $499 in 6 by 9.

• Adding nine designs to the Thomas O'Brien rug collection. Hand knotted of wool, and wool and silk, $3,000 to $7,000 in 6 by 9.

Shaw Living

6A2

• Modernworks collection is machine woven using Shaw's EverTouch nylon. Contemporary designs, $589.

• Transitions collection consists of transitional and contemporary designs. Machine made of olefin fiber, $379.

• Impressions collection features modern designs from organic to geometric, with sculptured effects. Made of olefin yarn, $499.

• Accents collection adds 18 rugs for a total of 55, in transitional and contemporary looks. Machine made of olefin fiber, $199.

Sphinx by Oriental Weavers

3A2

• Bentley collection is hand tufted in a dense construction using hand-spun wool yarn. Hand finished with a special luster wash to achieve both formal and casual looks, $799.

• Warhol collection additions are influenced by Warhol's broad career as a graphic artist, illustrator and artist. Strong contemporary looks and transitional florals. Machine made, $299; hand tufted, $499.

Surya

6A7

• Transitions collection features casual contemporary designs. Machine woven in Egypt using cross-weaving technology. Made of dense polypropylene with 11-meter pile height, $349.

• Earth collection offers traditional designs in updated colors. Machine made of synthetic heat-set polypropylene fiber; fade and stain resistant. Made in Egypt, $299.

• Timeless collection is hand knotted in India of New Zealand hard-twist wool in Persian styles, $1,749.

• Shibui is a Tibetan weave collection, hand knotted in India of semi-worsted New Zealand wool and silk, $1,499.

• Sonora features simple patterns and soft colors. Hand knotted in India of semi-worsted New Zealand wool, $1,249.

• Sonoma brings an updated look to the traditional soumak weave. Hand woven in India of hard-twisted wool, $1,199.

• Jewel Tone II is a hard-twisted flat-weave collection featuring a series of Southwestern patterns. Reversible. Hand woven in India of wool pile, $379.

• Flor collection features floral and transitional designs. Hand hooked of wool. Made in China, $379.

• Manhattan collection offers a version of shag with less shedding and crisp, clean lines. Hand knotted in India of ultra-dense, New Zealand wool pile, $699.

• Tao collection consists of pared-down contemporary designs. Hand tufted in China of wool, $499.

• Studio Rowe collection features rugs designed in conjunction with Rowe Furniture's gallery design team to compliment Rowe fabrics and styles. Contemporary and transitional patterns. Hand tufted in India of New Zealand wool, $449.

• Bombay collection is hand tufted in India of hand-spun and twisted New Zealand wool. Hand washed and hand finished, $499.

• Atlantis collection consists of animal skin-inspired designs. Hand tufted of wool and leather in India, $799.

• Safari consists of animal skin-inspired designs. Hand tufted in India of New Zealand wool. Hand washed and hand finished, $449.

• Caspian collection mixes the sophistication of a hand-knotted rug with a casual look and feel. Hand knotted in India of wool, $499.

Trans Ocean

6C9

Spello collection of indoor-outdoor area rugs, designed by Liora Manné, carry the Every Wear label. Hand tufted in China of polypropylene and modacrylic fibers, $290.