Spotlight on Retailers & Showrooms

The Rug Source

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0600

Marcia Kahn, founder and owner of The Rug Source in Denver has had a 27-year-long fascination with textiles and rugs, believing that they can reflect the culture of a country or geographical area and its people. The designs incorporated in the textiles are a living background to the stories they represent.

Weavers Art

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Michael Pourvakil, the Iranian-born founder of Weavers Art, loves rugs. He's fascinated with the industry and with the weavers, who have the most difficult task in the creation of carpets. "They spend their lives tying millions of knots day after day, and they and their families need to be taken care of," he says with conviction. Partnering with GoodWeave is "a very direct way to give back."

Interior Resources

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0600

When Dallas-based Interior Resources opened over 35 years ago, it was solely a commercial contract flooring company. Eight years later, owners Jack and Merikay Green restructured their business into a design trade flooring showroom. Since then, they have developed into a highly respected designer resource for exclusive carpet and rug lines.

Edgar Kelly Rugs

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0600

Edgar and Kelly Podzemny are proud of their international collection of antique, contemporary and traditional rugs, and equally proud of their alliance with GoodWeave. They credit Stephanie Odegard, founder and president of Odegard Inc., for their decision to sign on. "She presented the humanitarian option, one that involved no child labor," says Edgar. "To us that was clearly the right idea."

Weisshouse

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Service to the community is a must for Stacy Weiss of Weisshouse, a Pittsburgh home furnishing and interior design company, so of course the GoodWeave certification program was a perfect fit. "I am a firm believer that people just don’t want rugs made by kids, and that’s what GoodWeave fights for," she says.

Kush Hand-Knotted Carpets

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Kush Hand-Knotted Carpets, in Portland, Oregon, is the creation of Rebecca and Brian Robins, who offer an array of GoodWeave certified rugs. Appreciating the opportunity to educate and promote fair labor practices, Rebecca says that "GoodWeave gives our gallery a voice when we purchase rugs. Much like our clients, we are voting with our dollars to encourage producers to uphold the GoodWeave standard."

Driscoll Robbins

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500

The mission of Driscoll Robbins Fine Carpets has always been to elevate the art of weaving by focusing on the most creative producers in the business. Emphasizing the weaver as artist is partly what drew Driscoll to GoodWeave. “By ensuring that certified rugs are made by skilled adult artisans, GoodWeave reminds us not to take the weaver for granted.”

Steven King Decorative Carpets

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Steven King has one of New England’s leading showrooms for new and antique carpets. Known throughout the rug community for his fine eye and extensive knowledge, Steven is consulted by collectors, connoisseurs and noted designers. By partnering with GoodWeave, King, who views hand woven rugs as works of art is able to support the weaving communities where the rugs are made.

Madison Millinger Rugs

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

"When I travel to find a rug,” says Christiane Millinger, partner in Madison Millinger Rugs showroom, “I look for the ones that really talk, the absolutely fabulous ones that go deeper than any one style." Carrying brands that treat weavers equitably, do not use child labor and pay fair wages are also important criteria that Christiane looks for when selecting rugs. The GoodWeave label is one tool that helps her convey this to clients.

Stephen Miller Gallery

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

From the looms of the world’s most creative weavers, Stephen Miller selects the unique handmade carpets on display at his gallery in Menlo Park, California. The gallery’s extensive Tibetan rug collection proudly features GoodWeave certified carpets. According to Stephen, the GoodWeave child-labor-free assurance matters deeply to his socially conscious clientele.

floordesign

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

A premier designer showroom since 1979, San Francisco’s floordesign is committed to ending child labor in the rug industry. The floordesign website features the company’s affiliation with GoodWeave and links to the GoodWeave video, The Most Beautiful Rug.

SR Hughes

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

The SR Hughes design group offers a stunning collection of classic modern furniture complemented by a selection of Odegard rugs that prominently display their GoodWeave certification. Through their affiliation with GoodWeave, SR Hughes applauds Odegard’s ongoing efforts to help hundreds of thousands of South Asian children who are exploited by the handmade carpet industry.

Emmett Eiland's Oriental Rug Company

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Emmett and Natasha Eiland deserve much of the credit for today’s vibrant Oriental rug scene in the San Francisco Bay area. They pioneered the natural dye movement and were among the first companies to bring high-quality carpets to online buyers. They insisted that child labor have no part in the production of the rugs they sell. Needless to say, their company is delighted to work with GoodWeave.