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Nazmiyal Staff among Veranda Magazine team with New Moon personnel: From left to right: John Kurtz - of New Moon, Sara Wells, Lady from Veranda team , Christina Davis, Erika Kurtz, Ned Baker, Sara Moores, Omri Schwartz, Padi Nazmiyal, Jason Nazmiyal, Denise Kuriger, Sasha Lanka, Montana Timchula, Angela from Veranda, Deborah Sanders, Katie Brockman and Veranda team

This past Thursday the Nazmiyal Collection hosted an opening celebration at its Manhattan gallery for a new line of contemporary Tibetan rugs, produced by the renowned carpet firm, New Moon. Made in Nepal and designed by John Kurtz, New Moon has in recent years established a new standard of quality in the production of contemporary Oriental rugs and carpets. Known for their crisp, clean design with roots in traditional patterns as well as cutting-edge modernism, New Moon represents the very best in terms of weaving technique and materials, and unparalleled quality control. The event featured a special presentation by Veranda’s associate editor-at-large, Catherine Davis. Great carpets have always been all about wool and color, and New Moon has broken new ground by managing to uphold this traditional principle, while also asserting an aesthetic of modernist simplicity in which “less is more.” Said gallery founder, Jason Nazmiyal, “We couldn’t be more pleased about working with New Moon. For over twenty years we at Nazmiyal have striven to provide discriminating clients with the very best in antique carpets, and now we will be able to offer them the very best in new carpets as well.”

John Kurtz of New Moon with Catherine Davis (Associate Editor of Veranda Magazine), and Jason Nazmiyal

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The term tribal or nomadic rugs immediately conjures up images of exotic Middle Eastern or Central Asian ethnography. In terms of design we tend to think of nomadic rugs as having a complex ornamental repertory of intricate geometric patterns, expressed in a palette of dark, deep colors. One group of rugs and carpets, however, challenges all such assumptions and pre-conceptions – the rugs produced by the nomadic Berber peoples of the Atlas Mountain region of Morocco.

In terms of geography Moroccan rugs can hardly be classed as Middle Eastern or Oriental. While the Berber tribes converted to Islam already in the seventh century, and while their tradition of pile rugs was inspired, initially at least, by Middle Eastern carpet production, one can hardly apply an Eastern or Oriental terminology to these carpets, which were woven well to the west of Paris. In terms of design and color as well, Moroccan carpets hardly fit the Oriental nomadic mould. In place of the deep, reserved coloration of Nomadic Asian rugs like Turkomans or Baluches, some Moroccan rugs have riotously bright colors, while others have a cool neutral palette that that would delight the most sophisticated contemporary designer. And in place of the finely detailed and highly organized geometric repetition of Central Asian nomadic rugs, Moroccan weavings display enormous freedom and spontaneity of design, with a flair for bold graphic expressiveness, and, at times, an almost Modern sense of simplicity. Continue Reading »