Extremely Large 14 Foot Heriz Style Karastan Wool Carpet. Magnificent central pattern, similar to Tabriz rugs, with cream tones throughout. Label for care and cleaning and an informational one from Karastan on the back. 

Size: 121 3/8 x 174 in. 

Karastan is an American brand of oriental rugs, made from 1928 to 2021 from worsted wool. In 1921 the retailer Marshall Field’s established a textile mill in Eden, North Carolina as part of its Homecrest Rug division. In 1928 one of its engineers, Eugene Clark, modified the Axminster broadlooms to make something closely resembling a handwoven Persian carpet. These rugs were then marketed under the invented name “Karastan” with individual names based on famous rug-producing areas in Central Asia such as Ispahan, Kirman, Sarouk, Oushak or Turkoman. The brand made a name for itself at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, when a Karastan rug was placed on the floor for 12 million people to walk across, proving its durability. The 1937 “Kirman 717” carpet became the company’s bestseller, and proved so durable that it is now also collected at a premium as an antique. In 1953 the rug business was sold to a Boston investment company and reincorporated, changing the name to Fieldcrest Mills. That company merged with the textile company Cannon Mills to become Fieldcrest Cannon in 1986, resulting in a bankruptcy as well as mass layoffs and labor disputes. In 1993 Mohawk Industries purchased the Karastan name and business assets. In 2021 it closed the Eden production facilities and ended wool rug production, consolidating its textile production in Georgia where synthetic carpets will continue to be made under the Karastan brand.

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