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By Nader Bolour
Old… New… Future! SECOND EDITION
A Pictorial Journal
Carpets were never just carpets. They were these breathtaking pieces of art that told a story, and as fate would have it, become a part of my life forever. It all started in 1967 as a 12 year old boy, spending my summer days as a child cleaning and admiring them. I was destined to meet Doris Blau, the reigning rug queen for more than 40 years. There was a strong connection between Doris and I the second we met. We shared the same eye and a similar way of conducting business, aesthetics and ethics with a passion. As the owner of DLB, it is with great pleasure to showcase through this catalogue a glimpse at some of the diverse eclectic art forms we have for the floor. We present to you some old, some new and as for the future… we’ll let your creativity and mind be the force that drives our future designs. — Nader Bolour, owner
The Old Antique Oriental and European carpets bring more to a room than just colour. They bring History. They bring Culture. They bring… soul. As they have for centuries, they infuse rooms with a sense of comfortable warmth and sensuality. Integrating an antique carpet into a room is easy on the one hand yet takes special flair, imagination, and vison on the other. The range of colours, materials, and textures offer an easy route to bringing a room together whether that room is Traditional, Contemporary, or Eclectic. A designer of unusual grace and wit can select a carpet that brings harmony to the overall design yet accentuates the diversity of styles within it. In the deft hand of a true craftsman, these carpets offer a pallet of unlimited potential to make a unique statement without being overpowering. Whilst it may lie at the base, an Antique carpet is the apogee of any room design.
BB5611 Chinese Rug 9’8” × 7’
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BB4530 Persian Meshad Deco Rug 22’3” × 11’2”
BB5681 Swedish Flat Weave Rug by Ingrid Desau 9’9” × 6’4”
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BB5439 Persian Tabriz Rug 16’ × 13’
BB5452 Persian Tabriz Rug 15’10” × 10’10”
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BB4087 Persian Kirman Rug 21’4” × 14’
BB3807 Chinese Rug 14’5” × 10’7”
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BB4236 Persian Meshad carpet 15’ × 9’6”
BB5699 Swedish Rug by Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom (Dukater) 10’7” × 9’
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BB5799 Samarkand Rug 9’9” × 8’9”
BB5009 French Deco Rug by Paule Leleu 9’8” × 8’
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BB5606 Persian Meshad Rug 15’2” × 12’5”
BB5626 Silk Chinese Rug 11’1” × 7’6”
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BB5814 Persian Khorassan 20’4” × 15’2”
BB5690 Persian Sultanabad Antique Carpet 10’6” × 8’9”
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BB5603 French Art Deco Rug 19’5” × 13’4”
BB5630 Chinese Rug 16’9” × 13’5”
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BB5800 Swedish Flat Weave Rug by Svensk Hemslojd 9’8” × 6’10”
BB5808 Arts Crafts Rug 15’ × 10’2”
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BB5801 Swedish Flat Weave Rug 9’8” × 6’2”
BB5156 Voysey Rug (size adjusted) 13’8” × 8’10”
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BB5816 Swedish Pile (Scholanders) by Marta Maas-Fjetterstrom 7’3” × 4’
BB5797 Arts Crafts Rug 11’7” × 9’2”
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BB5713 Persian Kirman Rug 13’9” × 9’8”
BB5285 Persian Tabriz Rug 20’ × 12’10”
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BB5739 Persian Tabriz Rug 12’8” × 9’
BB5444 Persian Kirman Rug 17’1” × 11’
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BB1853 Turkish Oushak Angora Rug 15’7” × 13’
BB5694 Swedish Flat Weave by Ingrid Dessau 12’2” × 8’10”
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BB5697 Flat Weave Swedish Rug by Sodra Kalmar 20’3” × 10’
BB5503 Antique Turkish Oushak Rug 9’ × 6’8”
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BB5601 Indian Carpet 16’4” × 11’9”
BB5689 Moroccan Rug 12’3” × 9’3”
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BB5776 Samarkand Rug 12’2” × 6’
BB5736 Persian Baktiari Rug 16’5” × 12’9”
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BB5612 Persian Tabriz Rug 7’ × 4’4”
BB5228 Persian Sultanabad Rug 17’3” × 12’2”
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BB4294 Persian Sultanabad Rug 12’9” × 13’
BB4615 French Deco 13’3” × 13’
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BB4656 Persian Malayer Rug 26’6” × 13’
BB5441 Indian Agra Rug 23’7” × 14’9”
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BB5787 Moroccan Rug (size adjusted) 8’10” x 5’10”
BB4745 Samarkand Rug 15’10” × 8’
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BB5806 Samarkand Rug 9’ × 4’6”
BB5044 Moroccan Rug 10’ × 6’3”
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BB3987 Persian Meshad Rug 13’4” × 10’3”
BB4690 Moroccan Rug 13’6” × 9’10”
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The New As DLB continues to be fascinated by the past, we are breaking free of traditional techniques to create a stylistically diverse body of work. Using reinterpreted motifs, nature and modern design trends we are determined to prove our new rugs are capable of artistic expression and the antiques of tomorrow. Prepare to be enchanted!
N11045 Cartouche 14’ × 9’8”
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N10748 Pool Tiles 21’ × 13’9”
N11025 Swedish Hemp 27’9” × 14’3”
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N10875 Jangala Rug by Eskayel 10’3” × 8’2”
N10597 Baikal Ikat 18’9” × 12’
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N10930 Ribbons 16’2” × 13’5”
N10842 The Wall-Sky Rug 12’ × 9’
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N10936 Lines Glove 15’7” × 10’5”
N10478 Bunny Williams (Taj Blue) 12’ × 9’
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N10616 Natale Cerulean Silk Rug by Eskayel 12’ × 9’
N10855 Turkish Modernist Kilim 11’ × 9’9”
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N10406 Aged Elements 12’3” × 9’
N10822 Samarkand Rug 20’ × 14’
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N10883 Khottan Rug 16’4” × 12’9”
N10907 Water 13’10” × 9’10”
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N11103 Swedish Rug 14’9” × 10’
N10913 Hive by Kim Alexandriuk 14’10” × 10’10”
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N11088 Insolite 24’ × 14’
N10919 Sultanabad 10’ × 8’7”
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N11101 Park 10’ × 8’5”
N10727 Lime Ombre Design 13’8” × 7’8”
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N10744 Reflections - Modern Rug 15’ × 12’5”
N10973 Persian Flat Weave Rug 12’ × 9’2”
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N11091 Kasuri Mohair Rug 24’9” × 18’6”
N10938 Hemp and Silk Rug 17’9” × 11’1”
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N10906 Koko 16’ × 13’10”
N11098 Monumental Rug 23’10” × 13’7”
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N10914 Moroccan Rug 14’6” × 9’9”
N11114 Lozenges 15’4” × 15’
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N10690 Berber Hills by Kim Alexandriuk 15’8” × 11’5”
N11104 Swedish Design Rug 10’ × 8’6”
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N10611 Pebbles 18’5” × 12’
N11113 Iron Gate 16’10” × 12’
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The Future! Evolving...
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