Couristan - Haight Street Passion/Ocean Rug

Inspired by San Francisco's popular Haight Street, famous for its chic themes and pop-art culture during the 60's, the Haight Street collection has been designed to bring an artistic flair to today’s most popular decorating schemes. The collection's relaxed and confident look, with its intriguing color blends, provides the perfect accent piece for both modern and transitional interiors. Hand-crafted of 100% semi-worsted New Zealand wool for added comfort and durability, Haight Street's extra heavy, plush shag pile, provides a soft underfoot. The felted wool, used to create this urban luxury for the floor, prevents piling and provides the collection's surface with greater appearance retention. Offering a full spectrum of today's most desired hues, ranging from a rich saffron to a neutral carmel, Haight Street's unique use of tone-on-tone colors creates a luscious, multi-textured appearance, bringing a fresh and inviting allure to any room in the home.

Features:

• Hand-crafted in India with 100% semi-worsted New Zealand wool pile
• Extra heavy, plush shag pile to ensure a soft underfoot
• Felted wool to prevent piling and provide collection's surface with greater appearance retention
• Primarily ocean featuring aqua blue and white accents
• Available in the following sizes: 3'6" x 5'6", 5'6" x 8', 8' x 11'

Category/Decorating Tip:

Casual Elegance - Bringing a splash of impresionistic art to the floor, this versatile collection works seamlessly from room to room. Add depth to your design scheme by mixing textures and fabrics. Create an inviting design statement by blending colors from the rugs' diverse palette or compliment with solids for an inspired, one-of-a-kind look.

Note: Please be aware that actual colors may vary from those shown on your screen. Accent rugs may also not show the entire pattern that the corresponding area rugs have. Additionally, rugs 8' x 10' and larger may ship Truck Freight.

About Couristan

For over 75 years Couristan, Inc. has been a powerful name in the area rug and broadloom industry. Owned by the Couri family for two generations and operated today by brothers George G. Couri, Chairman and Ron J. Couri, CEO and President, the company prides itself on having the most exquisite handmade and power-loomed floor coverings available from anywhere around the world.

Founded in 1926 by brothers Basil J. Couri and George J. Couri, and appropriately named "Couri Brothers," the company began its humble beginnings by importing fine handmade area rugs from Persia. According to Ron Couri, Couristan's CEO and President, importing area rugs from Persia was a difficult task. "I remember listening to my father and uncle's travel stories. First they took a ship to England, then another to the continent. Once in Europe they took the Orient Express and then drove through the desert to Persia. They finally arrived 32 days later. It was quite an adventure."

The first area rugs imported by the company were a few shipments of Sparta Rugs from Smyrna. At the time, the company began affixing "Couristan" trademark labels to the back of each and every rug it imported. This mark was composed from the family's surname "Couri" and the frequently used suffix "stan", referring to the region of small weaving villages in which the company imported its rugs from. The company would quickly begin to broaden its horizons, as well as its area rug offerings by importing rugs from India in 1927.

In the 1930's, Couristan began importing handmade hooked rugs from China and braided rugs from Japan. At the time nearly 99 percent of the total production of Japan's floor coverings were being exported to the United States. According to Ron Couri, Couristan was regarded as one of the country's largest importers of Japanese braided rugs from the 1930's to the 1960's. During that time there wasn't much of a market for Oriental-design products in the United States, but through Couristan's ingenuity and extensive design development, the company was able to create a substantial marketplace for handmade Oriental area rugs.