Bhadohi, India
Sterling Rugs is an Indian carpet maker that grew out of a family weaving business. Its founder Nauman is the sixth generation in carpet weaving, an English graduate of Delhi University who branched the family trade into carpet manufacturing. Its main line is a transitional and modern range of Tibetan rugs, hand knotted from lanolin rich Tibetan wool that is hand carded and hand spun before it reaches the loom, often worked with silk yarns. The range is grouped into five design families called Blend, ModernArt, Earth Elements, Origami and Legacy, covering abstract naturals, modern art, geometrics, foliage, calligraphy and tribal iconography, and the company keeps a traditional range beside it. Buyers can specify custom sizes and match colour against a palette of about 1,600 shades. Sterling Rugs is a member of Rugmark, the global nonprofit working to end child labour.
Blend is one of five design families in the Sterling Rugs transitional and modern Tibetan line. Pieces are hand knotted from lanolin rich Tibetan wool that is hand carded and hand spun, worked with high quality silk yarns, and can be ordered outside the standard size run.
ModernArt sits in the Sterling Rugs transitional and modern line alongside Blend, Earth Elements, Origami and Legacy. The rugs are hand knotted by the company's weavers in hand spun Tibetan wool and silk, with roughly 1,600 custom colour shades available.
Earth Elements is one of the five design families in the Sterling Rugs transitional and modern Tibetan range. It is hand knotted in the company's hand carded, hand spun Tibetan wool, and buyers can specify sizes beyond the standard offering.
Origami is one of the five families in the Sterling Rugs transitional and modern collection of Tibetan rugs. Construction is hand knotted throughout, in Tibetan wool and silk yarns, with colour matched against a palette of about 1,600 shades.
Legacy completes the five design families in the Sterling Rugs transitional and modern line. The rugs are hand knotted from hand spun Tibetan wool with silk used alongside it, and are made to custom size on request.
Sterling Rugs keeps a traditional range beside its transitional and modern Tibetan line. These carpets are hand knotted by the same weavers in the same lanolin rich Tibetan wool and silk, and are available in custom colours and sizes.
36 recorded shipments · latest shipment Jul 2026 · buyers include Textile Trading Group