Lapchi Rugs at Crosby Street Studios
Crosby Street Studios has just received an inventory of rugs from the new Battilossi for Lapchi collections (four collections in all) that are all designed in Italy and hand–woven in Lahore, the Punjab in Pakistan.
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Pattern Mix No. 2 wool rug in Coffee designed by Draga Obradovic for Battilossi for Lapchi.
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Pattern Mix No.3 hand-woven wool rug in Linen color designed by Draga Obradovic for Battilossi for Lapchi collection.
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Sabbia hand-woven wool rug in Orange designed by Maurizio Battilossi from the Linea collection for Battilossi for Lapchi.
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Sabbia hand-woven wool rug in Red designed by Maurizio Battilossi for the Battilossi for Lapchi collection.
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Sabbia hand-woven wool rug in Topaz designed by Maurizio Battilossi for the Battilossi for Lapchi collection.
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Sideways wool hand-woven rug in Rust color designed by Maurizio Battilossi from the Electica collection for Battilossi for Lapchi.
Lapchi LLC. was founded 2001 by, by partners Kerry Smith and Salman Khan who together developed new business models for the producing and displaying of hand-woven custom rug for clients. Lapchi uses only the highest quality of untreated materials and streamlined production methods and values the project needs of the designer client while being personally committed to improving the standards of the industry.
Known as a pioneer in the field of custom rugs with Lapchi’s insistence on a rigorous design process that includes milestone sign-offs to ensure quality and color; digital renderings and sample strike-offs to ensure satisfaction with the final custom carpet. Lapchi, like Crosby Street Studios, support GoodWeave, the nonprofit organization working to end child labor in the carpet industry and to provide educational opportunities to children in Nepal, India, and Afghanistan.
The collection is named after, Maurizio Battilossi, who began developing contemporary carpet collections in 1994 reflecting his interest in modern rug design and textile construction and building on his family heritage of antique rugs and textiles with the family-run Battilossi gallery based in Torino, Italy.
Maurizio has described his design aesthetic as one based on the concept of mixing texture and creating a collage of patterns through the eye of an artist. He has collaborated with inspired European designers like Draga Obradovic and Gennaro Avallone and sources the best raw materials and skilled craftsmanship unique to Asia.
Battilossi rugs demonstrate a sophisticated level of design virtuosity by integrating the aesthetics of edging, braided fringes, and finishes alongside pattern and color. It is Maurizio’s keen attention to detail and the weaving structure and determining of the appropriate surface shearing, that helps to create the interesting texture variations which deepen the appreciation of the design.
The Battislossi rugs are handcrafted entirely from untreated wools from both Pakistan and Afghanistan. They can be customized in size and shape following Lapchi’s production systems and range of colors. This collection includes multiple patterns a textile assemblage from Maurizio Battilossi that embodies Lapchi’s standard of innovative design and luxury rugs.