A M Karagheusian Rugs

It grew steadily building more factory space as it marched north up the street until it became the fourth largest rug manufacturer in the country.

A m karagheusian rugs.

Nazarian who as a representative for a. A m karagheusian last updated march 05 2019 a portion of the karagheusian rug mill as it stood long abandoned in freehold in 1990. A bit history on the maker. A vintage all wool gulistan persian style rug circa 1930 made by the a m karagheusian company in new york.

In 1896 arshag and mihran karagheusian two armenian brothers emigrated to england and then america to flee turkish massacres. Of karagheusian company opened its door selling imported oriental rugs in new york city in 1899. The faded gulistan name can be seen in the center. Was a rug manufacturer headquartered at 295 fifth avenue in manhattan.

Rug gulistan deluxe a m. Your rug is from the early part of the 20thc. They made very good quality rugs the a. Bruce springsteen wrote about the karagheusian rug mill s closing in his 1984 song my hometown.

Décor rugs and carpets. We have spent a considerable amount of space lately in rug news talking about chinese rugs. Karagheusian went to tiensin china in 1928 29. Karagheusian had started their operations in china by 1922 23.

We thought that it would be of interest to talk to mr. The faded gulistan name can be seen in the center. Their rug design draftsman and designers worked both at tiffany and karagheusian. It employed 1 700 people at its peak operation in the 1930s.

The company introduced the gulistan deluxe rug collection in 1924 gulistan being the title of a 13th century persian poem meaning garden of roses in persian. Was a rug manufacturer headquartered at 295 fifth avenue in manhattan manufacturing was located in freehold borough new jersey and operated for 60 years before closing in 1964. A m karagheusian moved into an old shirt factory on jackson street in freehold in 1904 and set up shop with some looms and weavers imported from england. By 1928 the company became.

Was a rug manufacturer headquartered at 295 fifth avenue in manhattan manufacturing was located in freehold borough new jersey and operated for 60 years before closing in 1964.