Smithsonian Armenian Rug

The armenian orphan rug also known as the ghazir orphans rug is an armenian styled carpet woven by orphans of the armenian genocide in ghazir lebanon the carpet took eighteen months to make and was eventually shipped to the united states where it was given to president calvin coolidge as a gift in 1925.

Smithsonian armenian rug. It was returned by the coolidge family to the white house in 1982. If the climate is simply too politicized for the rug to be exhibited. And the smithsonian is. Rug weaving has been part of the armenian culture since prehistoric times.

In the post soviet period many traditional handmade carpets scattered from armenia into private collections. Armenian carpets artifacts. The silk rug they presented was the second in a series of three that had been woven in yerevan armenia as part of a training program at the folk arts hub foundation founder levon der bedrossian co presented the session on the national mall sharing the technique and challenges behind the art of silk weaving. The armenian rugs society is a non profit organization founded in washington d c.

The 1980s saw a resurgence of interest in armenian carpets in the united states largely due to the efforts of the armenian rugs society which was founded in washington d c at the start of the. Cover art for president calvin coolidge and the armenian orphan rug by dr. These handcrafted armenian rugs honor the styles of the first known rug making culture in recorded history. During the soviet period armenians revived and industrialized rug production through a web of cooperatives and in 1963 the state controlled haygorg armenian rug production unit.

From the smithsonian folklife festival armenia. Browse our collection of decadent armenian carpets. In 1980 dedicated to the identification preservation and dissemination of knowledge of armenian rugs.