Safavieh Extends Lines

By Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 1/8/2007 12:00:00 AM

New York —

Safavieh has created five new collections for debut at the International Area Rug market in Atlanta in mid January.

The five new Safavieh collections are:

• Gandhara, a reinterpretation of classic Peshawar designs hand-tufted of 100% hand-spun wool;

• Safari Tibetans, designed in line with current furniture trends and constructed of Tibetan wool and colored with vegetable dyes;

• Jewel of India, a cashmere and silk group featuring new pale-toned designs patterned after a mid-19th century Persian Farahan Sarouk;

• New Asian Tibetans, a Tibet-made wool collection of updated Asian-inspired themes like cherry blossoms and bamboo grass;

• Oushak Star, a collection of 100% wool authentic Oushak-knotted rugs.