Kanika Bakshi KhuranaInterior Designer/Owner, Kanika Design · Interior Designer & Founder, Kanika Design

I found beautiful antique rugs in Milan

25 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief vlog, the creator visits Mirko Cathay, an antique rug shop in Milan after spotting it on the street. The speaker showcases two 19th‑century rugs—one from China and another from the Middle East—highlighting their natural colour palettes and distinctive colour‑blocking designs. A notable point is the shop’s salesperson noting that achieving a green dye in that era was especially difficult, making the rug’s green hues particularly rare and valuable. The video serves as a quick, enthusiastic tour of the shop’s standout pieces, offering viewers a glimpse into historical rug craftsmanship and the challenges of historic dyeing techniques.

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Welcome to Mirko Cathay. It's an antique rug place, and I was wandering the street of Milan, and as I was walking by, it caught my attention, and it's very beautiful. Let's check out some very beautiful antique rugs made in China, in the Middle East, and let's go. So let's talk about this one. This guy is from the 19th century. It has the uses of the most beautiful natural color. I was talking to the saleperson and he— and she said that the use of green is very difficult from that time, so it's a very special rug. Absolutely stunning with all the beautiful color blocking on it. And then this guy right here is also from the 19th century. Beautiful Chinese rug.