Michael Pourvakil of Weavers Art in Toronto (and a judge at the 2016 Domotex show) catches up with Jack Simantob of Art Resources in front of a new Emerald Collection rug.

Steve Cibor and Ned Baker of Tamarian Carpets with  Rebecca Lurie of Kush Handmade Rugs, Sarah Nadolny  and Driscoll Robbins of Driscoll Robbins Oriental Rugs in Seattle, Ryan Higgins of Tamarian and Brian Robins of Kush Handmade Rugs in Portland.

The Tamarian exhibit space.

Tanuj Gupta of Amer Rugs with a Mount Route collection rug (left) among its showcased hand-knotted offerings.

A full view and detail of the Mount Route collection rug in dark grey.

Hasan and Mahmud Jafri of Dover Rug & Home in Natick and Boston, Mass., flank Akbar Azad of Los-Angeles-based Azad USA.

Ali and Aria Momeni flank the team from Sara Nathan of Lima Peru, Vivian Nathan, Walter Nathan and Sarah Nathan.

Jay Nehouray of Caravan with buyer George Haroonian of the Rug Warehouse in Los Angeles.

Rebecca and Shahram Nazar of Tibetano with HRI's Lee Harounian, Deo Jugmohan and Bobby Shamsian.

At HRI the best-selling collections (back row left to right, Vogue, Elegance, Elite.  In the foreground an Elegance rug is being flipped.

Matt Peterson and Jeff Odell of Jaipur Rugs stand in front of hand-knotted rugs, from left to right Chaos Theory by Kavi, Yasmin collection, and Project Error by Kavi.  Below is the Chaos Theory rug, YAS02.
 

Nader Nasiri at his booth with Michael Mandapati of Warp & Weft.

Sue and Gabriel Nalbandian showed their Nalbandian collection rugs and Rugzy restored and upcycled pieces.

Thibault Van Renne of Belgium at with fellow exhibitor Adam Corson of Modern Tribal Arts in Newtown, PA.  Modern Tribal reps Van Renne in the US, and the companies exhibited side by side at the show.

Edward Verdiev, general manager and Beni Isfahany, principal of Pasargad of Greenvale, NY are standing in front of a new bamboo silk and Brazilian cowhide chevron rug, made in India.

Jacqueline Mathers, Terry Flamant and Ellen Vervenne of Louis de Poortere, showed a range of collections including the popular flat woven patchwork Deco collection of wool and cotton.

David Nourafshan of Lawrence of La Brea in Beverly Hills stands before a handsome kilim one of four new designs of wool made in Morocco.

Christopher Frederick of Organic Looms in Chicago reviews London-based K. Michelle Evan's line for Ayka Design which he says is selling well in his gallery.

Gabriel Vaknin and Jan Soleimani of Bokara Rug in Secaucus NJ, show off the Canvas Art Select collection of 12/12 silk and wool hand spun wool made in Pakistan.

Natasha Ebrani, Sheida and Jasmine Hakimian at the Woven Concepts booth front of the popular  Desnos rug in Wasabi.

Ali Azad shows off a pale transitional update of an Old World classic motif, and buyers review his newest offerings at the Rug Show at Javits.
 

Umi Gunturk, sales executive and Suat Izmirli principal of Anadol, showed a range from classic Angora Ushaks to colorful upcycled over-dyed Turkish rugs.
 

Kashif Aslam, president/CEO and Bob Kirby, executive vice president of Kashee with their newest selection, which includes the Crystal collection, a designer-oriented line finely hand-knotted of Ghazni wool.

David and Malcom Samad flank Steven King and Tricia Maclelland of Steven King Decorative Carpets in Boston.

Melanie Hayim of Concepts Internationals and John Uva of Prestige Mills) displayed the Parsa collection of four designs made in Nepal of recaptured silk yarn.

Ariel Basalely and Solomon Basalely of Eliko said buyers liked the diversity of offerings on display, from antique Oushaks, to sari silk sheared rugs, to the Star and Botteh designs of the new Afghan collection.

Alex Kimia of Banu Home was pleased with response from buyers at his first Rug Show at Javits. Kimia shows rugs from 10 different countries, including Thailand, Nepal, India and Pakistan.

Ramin Mobayen, a director of the Rug Shows in New York and L.A., at the  Javits show opening night party by left to right: Rohini Barreto, Renee Cocke of Krisma Fine Rugs and Décor in San Francisco, Elizabeth Vehko of Shaver-Ramsey in Denver, CO and Irena Hernandez.