Reading the Language of Persian Rug Patterns
A medallion, a garden, a repeating boteh. Persian rug patterns are a vocabulary, and knowing a little of it changes what you see on the floor.
Autumn Interiors: What the Season Brings Indoors
As the light drops lower in the afternoon, the same room asks for different things. Deeper pile reads warmer underfoot, and a wool rug that looked quiet in July begins to hold the room together.
Autumn is also when layering starts to make sense again — a smaller rug over a larger one, a heavier throw across a chair, and colours that have some earth in them. None of it needs replacing what is already there.
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Villaria Home is a Tehran atelier sourcing handwoven rugs and considered décor for refined interiors. Our editors write about craft, provenance and how to live with the pieces we carry.
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