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| Date | 11/17/2010 6:04:01 AM |
| Written By | LGM & Associates Technical Flooring Services |
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| Abstract | CHICAGO—If there is perpetual life in the rug industry, it must surely be depicted by Karastan’s Multicolor Panel Kirman 791. This is the rug that Karastan put to the test at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and made a comeback recently at the Macy’s on... |
| Article | CHICAGO—If there is perpetual life in the rug industry, it must surely be depicted by Karastan’s Multicolor Panel Kirman 791. This is the rug that Karastan put to the test at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair and made a comeback recently at the Macy’s on State Street here. Last month, attendees from the original World’s Fair, including LaVerne Breisch, celebrated the grand reopening of the Macy’s Fine Rug Gallery with a special ribbon-cutting event featuring the remarkable World’s Fair rug, which was on display through Oct. 24. The Multicolor Panel Kirman 791 was introduced in 1932. The style, known as the “tree of life” pattern, symbolizes divine power and perpetual life in Persian design, said Steve Roan, vice president of Karastan Rugs. “It was part of the Karastan Rug Collection, which was labeled ‘The Wonder Rug of America.’ These power-loomed rugs were crafted of worsted New Zealand wool, woven ‘through the back’ and luster washed to simulate the hand-knotted look of the originals.” To prove the lasting quality of its rugs, Karastan wear tested the Multicolor Panel Kirman 791 at the World’s Fair. “An electric eye clocked more than 5 million visitors walking across the rug during the fair,” he explained. “Afterwards, the rug was taken to the Karastan mill in Eden, N.C., where only half of it was washed. One side remained almost unrecognizable, while the washed portion returned the rug to its original beauty of 33 skein-dyed colors.” The rug was stored at the mill in North Carolina until its recent comeback in Chicago. |