International Arts&Crafts Exhibition and Crab Tree Farm
Michael McDaid flew over from Ireland to join us for the debut of the GuildCraft Voysey Collection of Arts & Crafts carpets in Chicago. Danielle and I then drove down to the Indianapolis Museum of Art to see the Victoria & Albert Museum’s International Arts&Crafts Exhibition. (The IMA was one of only two venues in the U.S. housing the exhibition.) After enjoying an excellent brunch at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant, we toured the exhibition, and were particularly inspired by the rug designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Little house (seen on wall at left). But even more impressive was our visit to Crab Tree Farm north of Chicago, where a…
Davis, Freud, and Donegal Carpets
The first coup: A licensing agreement to produce rugs for the venerable Donegal Carpets company of Killybegs, Ireland. At the National Oriental Rug Show in Atlanta, sponsored by Architectural Digest, we were joined by Michael McDaid, owner of Donegal Carpets, to support their re-introduction of the brand in the US market.