Kara Stan Rugs
The year was 1928. The first loom was produced by Marshall Field, the American textile manufacturer and retailer that was capable of producing a woven rug. Karastan first introduced its machine-made carpets known as “Mystery Rugs”, the counterpart to the hand-made rugs. The machine technology was so advanced that Karastan put one rug up to a considerable challenge. During the Chicago Worlds Fair, Karastan made the larger size of the Kirman pattern. This happened in 1933-34. It was just a visua
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