Until recently, many rugs made by Armenians were thought to ... of Armenian dyes as profitable export items. One, known as "Armenian red," was made from the cochineal insect, called ordan in ...

“These rugs were mainly used for personal reasons ... drawn in deep rich colors that make liberal use of a red made from the Armenian cochineal, a scale insect native to the Armenian highlands.

Reporting from Washington — A rug woven by orphans of the Armenian genocide -- and the subject of modern-day political controversy -- may be put on display after years in White House storage.

That’s because the rug surpasses mere decoration. Measuring somewhat more than 11 feet by 18 feet, the rug contains more than 4 million hand-tied knots. Armenian girls in the Ghazir Orphanage of ...

They also make vast rugs, some reserved for momentous ... In ancient times, Armenian carpet weavers obtained red dye from the cochineal insect, a type of red beetle. Today, she adds, cochineal ...

President Obama should allow a public display of the so-called Armenian Orphan Rug, a carpet woven by orphans of the genocide and presented to President Calvin Coolidge in 1925. In a pattern ...

The rug was woven by orphans in the 1920s and formally presented to the White House in 1925. A photograph shows President Calvin Coolidge standing on the carpet, which is no mere juvenile effort ...

a look at broadloom from Nourison Home and some new rugs from Rug’Society. According to Lizzy Vartanian of the Armenian Weekly, the Rug Code is a collective of Armenian weavers, dyers, artists, ...

So Bedros Keljik, a 15-year-old Armenian thirsting to emigrate to America ... After stints on the East Coast, Keljik opened a downtown St. Paul rug cleaning and repair shop in 1900.