that is the name of a company that produced (and might even still be producing) machine made lower end rugs with persian designs.
This Karastan is not displayed in any museum. The design is a remake of museum Persian (Kirman pattern) pieces. The karastan rug which was displayed in 1933 and 1939 is now at a Karastan facility in Georgia, USA according to Karastan specialists at AreaRugsClub.com.
Karastan area rugs can be purchased from various retailers, including department stores, online retailers, specialty rug stores, and directly from the Karastan website.
looking for matching contour rug
Walter Guinan who created the Karastan brand would love your question. He created the name Karastan on a bar napkin because he wanted to create a line of carpet & rugs to sell through department stores that people would believe were something hand made and exotic. There is not nor was there ever a land or tribe called Karatsan. Pakistan, Tajikistan or Afghanistan, yes; but no Karastan. Today Karastan carpet & rugs are all mass produced, made on machines in a plant in exotic North Georgia, by the second largest carpet mill in the world, Mohawk Industries. They are neither exotic nor unique, just sold that way. A true oriental rug will be hand made & will have some intrinsic value. Sadly the world is so awash in fine Orientals that even genuine Orientals don't hold their value and seldom increase as antique rugs did.. Many a Karastan rug has been sold by a great salesman that told the buyer that it was an investment,, they were just selling the dream, Karastan rugs hold no such value.
Karastan Carpets & Rugs have been selling carpets and rugs since 1928. Karastan is the largest processor of wool rugs and carpets in America and the only company that makes worsted wool products.
Karastan Carpet stores can be found in numerous locations throughout the United States of America. To find your nearest store, the Karastan website provides an excellent store locator or you could consult your Yellow Pages.
28 per sq ft
Karastan rugs can be bought at Macy's, Overstock, LampsPlus, WayFair, and Amazon. The average price ranges from $880 to around $1,300, though some rugs are more expensive.
Manufacturing of the Karastan rugs was started in North Carolina during 1920's by the company Marshall Field & Co and are still made in the same place today.
Scatter rug or throw rug
The origin of rug means where (in the world) the rug was made
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