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CONTENTS
9 FOREWORD
10 DESIGNERS
10 Christopher Farr
32 Anni Albers
40 Kim Alexandriuk
48 Kate Blee
58 Bowles & Linares
62 Michael Boyd
70 Collett-Zarzycki
78 Commune
90 Ilse Crawford
92 GamFratesi
94 Josef Herman
96 Irene Infantes
100 Kit Kemp
104 Melissa Kirkpatrick
108 David Linley
110 MLK Studio
114 Omega Workshop
120 Rifat Ozbek
122 Verner Panton
124 Jorge Pardo
126 John Pawson
128 Marian Pepler
132 Andrée Putman
134 Studio Shamshiri
148 Gunta Stölzl
154 Kim Thomé
156 William Turnbull
160 David Weeks
162 Michael Young
164 CRAFTSMANSHIP
174 BESPOKE & CUSTOM DESIGN
178 OUR MATERIALS
180 RESPONSIBLE TRADING
184 ARTISTS & EXHIBITIONS
188 CLOTH
191 INDEX
Pages 2–3: Weavers hand knotting a wool rug at a vertical loom in India. Photograph by Hashim Badani.
Pages 4–5: Lozenge, designed by Michael Boyd, off the loom and ready for finishing. Photograph by Hashim Badani.
6 Opposite page: Etch, Kate Blee, private residence, London, Waldo Works 7
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER FARR
In 1988, the artist and designer Christopher Farr founded his eponymous
company with business partner Matthew Bourne, and rapidly earned a
reputation for uniting heritage textile craftsmanship with bold contem-
porary design. In the decades since, Christopher Farr’s dedication to quality
and uncompromising pursuit of beauty has helped revolutionise rug design
and restore rug-making to the status of fine art.
Both our materials and our craftspeople are found in countries with
centuries of weaving and rug-making heritage, such as Afghanistan, Turkey
and India. Over the years, we have built up the knowledge and relationships
to source the highest-quality fibres available in these locations and beyond:
fleeces for versatile wool blends and delicate mohair; fine, glossy silks and
strong, durable jutes — whatever would be best suited to the artwork in hand.
40 Opposite page: Korčula, Kim Alexandriuk, private residence, Montecito, Kim Alexandriuk 41
42 Vulcania, Kim Alexandriuk Zadar, Kim Alexandriuk 43
44 Oztek, Kim Alexandriuk Dresden, Kim Alexandriuk 45
46 Spandau, Kim Alexandriuk Istria, Kim Alexandruik 47
KATE BLEE
100 Opposite page: Egg and Dart, Kit Kemp, Crosby Street Hotel, New York, Kit Kemp 101
102 Egg and Dart, Kit Kemp Pebbledash, Kit Kemp 103
MELISSA KIRKPATRICK
110 Opposite page: New Heights II, MLK Studio, private residence, San Gorgonio, Sara Zofko 111
112 New Heights, MLK Studio New Heights II, MLK Studio 113
OMEGA WORKSHOP
164 Opposite page: spinning wool into yarn in India. All photographs by Hashim Badani unless otherwise stated. 165
166 Above photograph by Lorenzo Tugnoli; courtesy of Turqouise Mountain. 167
168 Opposite page: weaver prepares to hand-knot a rug. 169
Opposite page: an artisan carving rug motif by hand. Above: a weaver finishing rug with bound selvedge.
170 Pages 172–173: a custom rug hand washed with wooden paddles to soften the wool fibres. 171
172 173
BESPOKE & CUSTOM DESIGN
Of all the decorative features of a room, it’s often the rug that makes
the strongest statement and ties together the overall design. A one-
of-a-kind rug, made with high quality materials, can become the soul
of a space for generations — a highly personal aesthetic expression.
At Christopher Farr, we specialise in individual rugs, designed in close
collaboration with our clients. Because everything is made to order,
we can modify existing designs from our extensive portfolio to almost
any colour, size or shape; or develop a new bespoke design specifically
to fit the intended space.
The design is only part of the story. Much of a rug’s beauty and tactility
is down to the materials from which it is made. The most beautiful pattern
on paper can fall flat if poor-quality fibres are used. For over 30 years,
we have endeavoured not only to source the finest-quality wools, silks,
jutes and other natural fibres, but also to push their material possibilities
in new aesthetic directions. Over the years, we’ve experimented with and
mastered numerous fibre blends to achieve optimum textural finishes
and explored countless methods of hand spinning to create yarns that
patinate wonderfully as they age. Increasingly, we’re investigating
the potential in recycled and sustainable fibres, so we can combine
the highest material quality with the lowest ecological impact.
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RESPONSIBLE TRADING
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Label STEP — Fair Trade in Handmade Carpets
label-step.org
Christopher Farr is an active member of Care & Fair, and works with the
initiative to improve living conditions for traditional rug makers and their
families, and to ensure that the highest standards of welfare are sustained
at every step in the crafting of our rugs.
care-fair.org
turquoisemountain.org
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ARTISTS & EXHIBITIONS
Marrying the craft tradition of rug making with the creative breadth of
contemporary art has been the overarching mission of Christopher Farr
since the beginning. Over three decades, we have collaborated with a
roster of globally renowned artists and emerging talents to realise their
visions on the loom — beautiful artworks taking shape in the interplay
of threads. The rugs that have resulted from these partnerships have
been presented at headline exhibitions in some of the world’s most
prestigious galleries and institutions, including Sotheby’s, Somerset
House, the Tate Modern, Hepworth Wakefield and the Royal Academy
in the UK, the Hammer Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in the
US, and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar.
184 Opposite page: Form through Colour at Somerset House, 2014 185
186 Has the Day Invaded the Night? Has the Night Invaded the Day?, Louise Bourgeois Untitled, Anish Kapoor 187
CLOTH
Art, design, material and making define the house of Christopher Farr
Cloth, which was born from a collaborative spirit to encompass fabrics,
wallcoverings and accessories, building upon Farr’s unrivalled expertise
in custom handmade rugs and tapestries.
188 Opposite page: chairs upholstered in Drum design by Neisha Crossland. Photograph by Chris Horwood. 189
INDEX
190 191
Camino Real Child's Room Rug DRXVII Red Meander Oztek Spandau Vulcania Zadar
Anni Albers Anni Albers Anni Albers Anni Albers Kim Alexandriuk Kim Alexandriuk Kim Alexandriuk Kim Alexandriuk
Smyrna Rug Study Rug Tapestry Study Study (1926) Sithond’s Snows Fishes Water Wheels
Anni Albers Anni Albers Anni Albers Anni Albers Gillian Ayres Cressida Bell Cressida Bell Cressida Bell
Homage To The Square: Black Setting Homage To The Square: Less and More Homage To The Square: New Gate Homage To The Square: Study Leaves Rafters Rafters II Rafters III
Josef Albers Josef Albers Josef Albers Josef Albers Cressida Bell Tony Bevan Tony Bevan Tony Bevan
Homage To The Square: Yellow Eden Dresden Istria Korčula Amandaala Bar I Bar II Bar III
Josef Albers Kim Alexandriuk Kim Alexandriuk Kim Alexandriuk Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee
192 193
Bar IV Bar IV Tan Block Brush Le Reve Le Reve Multiply Left Hand Penny Falls
Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee
Brush Charcoal Brush Silver Casa Cliff Hanger Cast River Runner Rome Tree Line Three Squares
Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Sandra Blow
Chalk Circle Draw Etch Directionless Flowers Has the day invaded the night? Reverso
Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Tord Boontje Tord Boontje Louise Bourgeois Bowles & Linares
Etch Neutral Heat Herringbone Iron Banana Drift Block Runner Burgundy Mist Twist Points
Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Kate Blee Michael Boyd Michael Boyd Michael Boyd Michael Boyd
194 195
Double Arrow Lozenge N1 N2 Sitio Border Sitio Outdoor Tribal Tribal Runner
Michael Boyd Michael Boyd Michael Boyd Michael Boyd Commune Commune Commune Commune
Seafoam Curve Sonic Blue Slant Assembled Stripe Brushstroke 36-24-36 Day Garden Leopard Runner Oasis
Michael Boyd Michael Boyd Collett-Zarzycki Collett-Zarzycki Ilse Crawford Maxime De La Falaise Maxime De La Falaise Maxime De La Falaise
Dash Ink Stripe Big Plaid Kaleidoscope Black & Blue Green Circle Walters Room Asawa
Collett-Zarzycki Collett-Zarzycki Commune Commune Gregory Evans Gregory Evans Gregory Evans Christopher Farr
196 197
Boardwalk I Boardwalk II Boardwalk III Brasilia Code III Code IV Crimson Tide Crosby
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
Brean Brean Silk Caracas Chan Chan II Cuckmere Delaunay Eclipse Eothen I
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
Chan Chan III Chan Chan IV Chan Chan V Chan Chan Silk Eothen II Eothen III Eothen IV Gadara
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
Close Blue Close Saffron Close Charcoal Code II Gadara Red Black Guggenheim Guggenheim Dark Huaras
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
198 199
Huaras IV Huaras V Huaras Silk Jetty Shoreline Shoreline Black Sonar Tapa I
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
Jetty II Knot I Knot II Latitude I Tapa II Long Run III Long Run IV Tread
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
Latitude II Latitude IV Latitude VI Maglis Unearth Crossing Crossing Black Crossing Orange
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
Polar Bear Portal Rei Rockburne Conf 371A Conf CF 197B Untitled CF188 Untitled CF196
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr
200 201
Untitled CF7 Vanishing Point Windrush Wyld Twilight CF112 CF114 CF115
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Romeo Gigli Josef Herman Josef Herman Josef Herman
Zele Zele Smoke Untitled 219 Variations (Black on White) CF116 CF117 CF118 CF119
Christopher Farr Christopher Farr Kaffe Fassett Terry Frost Josef Herman Josef Herman Josef Herman Josef Herman
Platonism Big Bang Junior Blue Moon Equator CF373 CF374 CF39 CF41
GamFratesi Romeo Gigli Romeo Gigli Romeo Gigli Josef Herman Josef Herman Josef Herman Josef Herman
Flying East Northern Lights Star Gazing String Galaxy Stromboli Door Rug Magnolia Door Rug 1047 4036 Door Rug 2001 2007
Romeo Gigli Romeo Gigli Romeo Gigli Romeo Gigli Georgie Hopton Gary Hume Gary Hume Gary Hume
202 203
Door Rug 4022 4062 Door Rug 7026 1036 Door Rug 8123 8050 Gravitation Less Travelled Nightingale's Ode Over the River Thaelia
Gary Hume Gary Hume Gary Hume Irene Infantes Melissa Kirkpatrick Melissa Kirkpatrick Melissa Kirkpatrick Melissa Kirkpatrick
Levitation Magnetism Sevilla Anemone I Dovetail Untitled 885 Code Stripe Code Stripe Runner
Irene Infantes Irene Infantes Irene Infantes Bill Jacklin David Linley Nancy Lorenz Ptolemy Mann Ptolemy Mann
Anemone II Anemone III Anemone IV Anemone VI Red Green Landscape Violet Yellow Landscape Ladder Wire
Bill Jacklin Bill Jacklin Bill Jacklin Bill Jacklin Ptolemy Mann Ptolemy Mann Lisa Miller Lisa Miller
Anemone VIII Egg and Dart Pebbledash Favrille New Heights New Heights II Midtown Condé Nast Rush Hour
Bill Jacklin Kit Kemp Kit Kemp Melissa Kirkpatrick MLK Studio MLK Studio Sarah Morris Olly & Suzi
204 205
Pattern Design Rug Design CF954 Rug Design CF955 Rug Design CF956 M03 M05 M08 Beach
Omega Workshop Omega Workshop Omega Workshop Omega Workshop John Pawson John Pawson John Pawson Marian Pepler
Rug Design CF973 Bloomsbury Cintamani Wide Stripe Benin Fifty Forty Five Peru
Omega Workshop Omega Workshop Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek Marian Pepler Marian Pepler Marian Pepler Marian Pepler
Stripe CF234 CF235 CF238 Puebla Snow’s Hill Twenty Five Woodash
Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek Rifat Ozbek Marian Pepler Marian Pepler Marian Pepler Marian Pepler
Square Rug Tile M01 M02 Dots Five Light Squares Squares Runner
Verner Panton Jorge Pardo John Pawson John Pawson Andrée Putman Andrée Putman Andrée Putman Andrée Putman
206 207
Two Lines Earth Matters Landscape Macassar Geometric Lion Rug Pyramid Deco Simple Fringe I
Andrée Putman Michael Rainsford Michael Rainsford Michael Sodeau Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri
Walking on Water 444 447 639 Simple Fringe II Simple Fringe III Simple Fringe IV Simple Fringe V
Michael Sodeau Gunta Stölzl Gunta Stölzl Gunta Stölzl Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri
640 660 663 675 Snake & Pomegranate Tibetan Tantric Tibetan Tantric Neutral Tiger Lightening Bolt
Gunta Stölzl Gunta Stölzl Gunta Stölzl Gunta Stölzl Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri Studio Shamshiri
PL106 PL124 PL174 Constellation Springtime Venezia Gold Venezia Grey Twenty-Five Percent
Gunta Stölzl Gunta Stölzl Gunta Stölzl Studio Shamshiri Michael Szell Michael Szell Michael Szell Kim Thomé
208 209
Thistle Earth Thistle Red Thistle Stone Thistle White Skydive Blue Melda I Melda II Bulle
Timorous Beasties Timorous Beasties Timorous Beasties Timorous Beasties Georgina Von Etzdorf Waldo Works Waldo Works David Weeks
Cave Rug Untitled 1957 Rays Blue Rays Grey Bulle Grey Onda Onda Grey Hudson
Gavin Turk William Turnbull Georgina Von Etzdorf Georgina Von Etzdorf David Weeks David Weeks David Weeks Sophia Wood
Giraffe I Giraffe II Giraffe III Scarf Blue My Scarf My Scarf II Organic Fractals I Organic Fractals II
Georgina Von Etzdorf Georgina Von Etzdorf Georgina Von Etzdorf Georgina Von Etzdorf Michael Young Michael Young Michael Young Michael Young
210 211
The publishers have made every effort to trace and contact copyright holders of the illustrations reproduced in this catalogue;
they will be happy to correct in subsequent editions any errors or omissions that are brought to their attention.
Catalogue design: Keith & Co., Los Angeles, California and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. www.keith.co
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