Rug Tag

Two well-known British brands, Liberty and The Rug Company, have teamed up for the primary time, on Monday debuting a collaborative collection of six rugs inspired by Liberty’s vast fabric archive. “We knew we desired to work with iconic heritage patterns as a part of the gathering – ‘Ianthe’ and ‘Hera’ seemed perfect designs to launch this exciting collaboration with,” Genevieve Bennett, Liberty’s head of design, told WWD of two of the Liberty x The Rug Company’s collaborative designs. The capsule aimed to pay homage to each brands’ British heritage by incorporating prints from Liberty’s archive, dating back to 1875, and mixing each firms’ luxe materials with design elements à la the Art Nouveau period and the Aesthetic movement. Liberty x...