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Tribal Moroccan rugs share the stock with antique textiles at Coin Berbère, a family carpet house on Talaa Kebira. Floare Carpet weaves double-faced wool rugs at its Chișinău mill, following the Moldovan manufacturer's founding in 1978. Its designs include classic Moldovan patterns and contemporary collections, both produced through the mill's jacquard weaving process. Fulleylove Flooring samples carpet and other flooring at its Pruett showroom, continuing premises previously occupied by Hall's Carpet Haus.
Fes Medina (Talaa Kebira)
A family carpet and antiques house on Talaa Kebira in the medina, established around 1960 and run by brothers Khalid and Abdul Bouzidi Idrissi, holding rugs from more than forty Moroccan tribes. Alongside carpets it stocks antique textiles, wooden doors, pottery, silver jewellery and caftans, shipping worldwide by DHL.
Best for Tribal Berber carpets and antique textiles
South Australia, Pukatja
Ernabella Arts, in the Pukatja (Ernabella) community on the APY Lands, was established in 1948 and is described as Australia's oldest continuously running Indigenous art centre. Artists began with hand-loomed weaving and knotted floor rugs, added batik silk painting in the 1970s and ceramics from 2003, with senior women depicting Tjukurpa, the sacred stories of Country, Culture and Law.
Best for Batik and ceramics from the apy lands
Chișinău
Established in 1978 as Moldova's first carpet manufacturer, Floare Carpet weaves jacquard double-faced wool rugs from its Chișinău mill. Its designers produce both classic Moldovan-pattern carpets and contemporary collections sold across the region.
Best for Woven wool carpets and rugs
Baytown, Texas
Jared and Debra Fulleylove bought Hall's Carpet Haus — on Pruett since 1989 — and reopened it as Fulleylove Flooring in 2022. The showroom samples hardwood, vinyl and carpet and will measure at the house.
Best for Flooring-material comparison and project consultation
Swakopmund / Namibia
Karakulia Weavers has hand-woven wool rugs and wall hangings in Swakopmund, Namibia, since 1979, now employing more than 15 local carpet-weaving experts under owner Moses Helao. Visitors can book a factory tour, buy stock carpets directly, or commission a custom design through the website.
Best for Handwoven wool carpet workshop
Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore Carpet Manufacturing Co. traces back to a nineteenth-century family carpet-trading business and was formally established in 1949 by Sheikh Ahmed Hassan, one of four brothers who inherited the trade. Now run by a fourth generation, the firm still produces its rugs under one roof, blending traditional and contemporary designs.
Best for Hand-knotted carpets
Lahore Carpet Manufacturing Co. places its formal establishment in 1949, when Sheikh Ahmed Hassan developed a family carpet business inherited with his three brothers. The company describes deeper roots in nineteenth-century carpet trading, but the 1949 date marks the manufacturing firm presented today. Four generations later, the business says it still produces rugs under one roof. That vertical arrangement is more informative than a general heritage claim because it links design and weaving through finishing within the same operation. The first-party history also describes a shift from traditional patterns toward a range that includes contemporary design. Hand-knotting remains the defining production method. Together these details establish a clear profile: a Lahore maker with a dated family succession, in-house production and a craft process that continues across changing styles. The company is not simply a retailer importing finished floor coverings. Its editorial value lies in the manufacturing chain and the continuity of the Hassan family's trade. Buyers comparing Pakistani carpets can therefore begin with construction and provenance rather than surface pattern alone.
Nakilbent Sokak, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey
Two men both named Cengiz, who met working in an Istanbul rug shop, opened Galeri Cengiz in the Arasta Bazaar in 1989 and relaunched it as Nakkaş in 2004 after moving to Nakilbent Sokak behind the Hippodrome. The gallery now holds more than 20,000 carpets and kilims, spanning antique Hereke, Konya, Kayseri, and Bergama weaves alongside contemporary pieces made with traditional techniques.
Best for Turkish carpets and kilims
Lebong, Darjeeling
Started on 2 October 1959 to resettle Tibetans who followed the Dalai Lama into exile, this Darjeeling centre still hand-knots wool carpets and carves wooden tables, frames and prayer wheels. Its shop sells thangkas, wall hangings and bronze and copper pieces, with production exported to dozens of countries.
Best for Handwoven Tibetan carpets and crafts
Perth / Online
The Perth family makers who've sheepskin-booted Australians since 1978 — and who fought and won the case that kept 'ugg' a generic Australian word. The real, Australian-made article.
Best for The original Australian-made ugg makers
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