What Madeline Weinrib does

Madeline Weinrib is a New York-based textile designer and sole practitioner who has produced handcrafted carpets, rugs, wallpapers, pillows, and fabrics under her name for nearly 30 years. Her design approach translates a painterly, fine-art sensibility into traditional textile techniques including Ikat weaving, hand-knotting, hand-looming, and hand-printing, executed in collaboration with artisan weavers in Pakistan, Nepal, India, Morocco, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Egypt. Core product lines include the Climbers & Ramblers hand-knotted rug series, the Sand collection of carpets and textiles, the Allemande and Moroc wallpapers, and the Velvet Ikat pillows, alongside collaborative collections such as the Flower Beneath the Foot rugs with the late poet Rene Ricard.

The business generates revenue across four streams: (1) direct sales of textile and rug products through the company's own website and former showroom channels, (2) limited-edition and bespoke rug commissions, (3) licensing and royalty income from collaborative capsule collections with luxury brands such as Manolo Blahnik, Savoir Beds, and Augarten Wien, and (4) gallery and museum-channel sales through partners including Emma Scully Gallery, Christopher Farr, Alberto Levi Gallery, Ralph Pucci International, the Met Store, NGV Design Store, Cooper Hewitt, Neue Galerie, and MFA Houston. Pricing spans from $120 per set for printed napkins to $3,000+ for limited-edition rugs and bespoke commissions, with shoes from the Manolo Blahnik collaboration retailing at $575–$775.

In 2018, Madeline Weinrib closed her vertically integrated textiles business and pivoted to a gallery-led model focused on rug design, curatorial projects, and high-profile institutional collaborations. She serves as Creative Director of the Heirloom Project at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, launched in 2022 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Met's Islamic Wing, and has extended that model to the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne (2024). She is also co-owner of El Fenn, a boutique riad hotel in Marrakech that has grown from 6 bedrooms to 41 rooms across 13 riads. Customers are concentrated in luxury residential interior design, museum retail, design collectors, and luxury brand collaborators.

Name

Madeline Weinrib

Legal name

Madeline Weinrib

Website

https://madelineweinrib.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Madeline Weinrib is a New York-based textile designer producing handcrafted rugs, carpets, and fabrics using Ikat weaving, hand-knotting, and hand-printing in collaboration with global artisans. The studio serves luxury residential interiors, museum retail, design collectors, and luxury brand collaborations through galleries and institutional partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Handcrafted Textiles and Rugs

NAICS

Textile Furnishings Mills (3141), Curtain and Linen Mills (31412)

SIC

Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Man Made Fiber & Silk (2221)

akta.pro primary industry

Woven Floor Coverings Manufacturing (Axminster/Wilton/Flatweave) (IMAOAJAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Table & Dining Textiles Manufacturing (Tablecloths/Napkins/Placemats/Runners) (IMAOAKAF)

Keywords

• Handcrafted rugs
• Ikat textiles
• Hand-knotted carpets
• Artisan home furnishings
• Collaborative textile design

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Textile and Rug Sales: Direct sales of handcrafted textiles, rugs, carpets, pillows, and fabrics through galleries, museum stores, department stores, and the company's own website. Products include hand-woven Ikat textiles, hand-knotted rugs, wallpapers, and limited-edition home furnishings.
2. Collaboration and Licensing Products: Revenue generated through collaborative product lines with partners such as Manolo Blahnik (shoes), Savoir Beds (furniture), Augarten Wien (porcelain), El Fenn (hotel products), and various museum gift shops. Includes limited-edition runs and exclusive capsule collections.
3. Gallery and Fair Exhibitions: Revenue from gallery exhibitions and design fair presentations, including solo shows at Emma Scully Gallery, Christopher Farr, Alberto Levi Gallery, and participation in events such as Collective Design Fair, Salone del Mobile, and IFPDA Print Fair.
4. Heirloom Project Creative Direction: Serving as Creative Director for The Heirloom Project at The Met Store, curating handmade accessories, fine jewelry, and housewares from global artisans. Products are sold exclusively through The Met Store, with select items available online.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Madeline Weinrib is a textile design studio that designs and sells handcrafted rugs, carpets, Ikat textiles, wallpapers, pillows, and limited-edition home furnishings. Products are developed by the founder in collaboration with artisan weavers in Pakistan, Nepal, India, Morocco, Turkey, and other countries using traditional techniques including Ikat weaving, hand-knotting, hand-looming, and hand-printing. The studio also licenses its designs through collaborations with luxury brands and serves as creative director on institutional projects such as The Met Store's Heirloom Project.

Product overview

Madeline Weinrib is a textile designer offering a portfolio of handcrafted products centered on rugs, carpets, and textiles. The core offerings include signature Ikat fabrics, the Climbers & Ramblers rug series, and the Sand collection of carpets and textiles. The designer collaborates with artisans globally on limited-edition pieces including wallpapers (Allemande, Moroc), pillows, napkins, and area rugs. Notable collaborations include the Heirloom Project with the Met Store, Flower Beneath the Foot rugs with Emma Scully Gallery, and partnerships with Manolo Blahnik and various museums. Products are characterized by traditional craftsmanship techniques including hand-knotting, Ikat weaving, and hand-printing, with a design philosophy that favors hand over machine and tradition over automation.

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Products and services

• Climbers & Ramblers Series A series of hand-knotted and hand-loomed carpets reimagining antique Persian carpet motifs in a modern context, featuring the designer's signature convergence of traditional textile techniques with a contemporary aesthetic. Hand-loomed in Pakistan from hand-spun vegetable-dyed wool.
• Sand Collection A collection of carpets and textiles inspired by African textiles with organic, non-uniform designs, including Karoo, Kalahari, Asante, and Samba patterns. Launched in 2015 through Alberto Levi Gallery and Collective Design Fair.
• Allemande Wallpaper Wallpaper design inspired by antique French brocade, featuring visible brushstrokes and traces of the artist's hand. Launched at IFPDA Print Fair.
• Moroc Wallpaper Hand screen-printed wallpaper pairing the rich hues and patterns of traditional Moroccan embroidery with time-honored printmaking tradition. Launched at IFPDA Print Fair.
• Flower Beneath the Foot Rugs Hand-knotted collaborative rug collection developed with the late poet/artist Rene Ricard, featuring painterly designs with lush color palettes. Available in Tiffany Blue, Naples Yellow, Paper White, and Maroc Pink. Sold through Emma Scully Gallery and Christopher Farr.
• Neue Galerie Velvet Ikat Pillows 100% silk velvet Ikat hand-woven pillows with Belgian linen back, mother-of-pearl buttons, and whip-stitched suede piping. Inspired by Wiener Werkstätte archives and sold exclusively through the Neue Galerie Design Shop.
• Heirloom Project Capsule Collection Capsule collection at The Met Store including hand-embroidered linens, Kashmiri scarves, handwoven pieces, fine jewelry, and housewares from global artisans. Madeline Weinrib serves as Creative Director.
• Madeline Weinrib x Manolo Blahnik Shoes Shoe collection featuring Weinrib's Ikat fabrics on four Manolo Blahnik styles (pump, wedge, smoking shoe, sandal). Sold at Manolo Blahnik NYC and select Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Barneys New York locations.
• Art Production Fund WOW Collection Limited-edition area rugs/wall hangings and wall-to-wall carpets produced as part of the Art Production Fund's WOW series. Limited editions starting at $3,000.
• Neue Galerie Kandinsky-Inspired Napkins Hand-printed napkins designed in conjunction with the Neue Galerie Kandinsky exhibition. Made in India on 100% natural cotton, exclusively sold at the Neue Galerie Design Shop at $120 per set.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 30 years of continuous operation and press coverage in top-tier design and fashion publications
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Christopher FarrcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Christopher Farr presented 'Flower Beneath the Foot' on the West Coast at their Los Angeles showroom from May 7 to June 25, 2025, in conjunction with Design Los Angeles. The exhibition featured rugs from the Weinrib-Ricard collaboration.
• National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), MelbournecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024NGV x Madeline Weinrib collaboration launched in 2024, a curated showcase of hand-painted ceramics, hand-crafted jewellery, glassware and more from artisans across Egypt, Türkiye, Morocco, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and India, exclusively for the NGV Design Store. Provides a major platform for global makers to share their creativity, culture, and craftsmanship with the NGV community.
• Emma Scully GallerycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2024Emma Scully Gallery represents Madeline Weinrib's work and hosted the inaugural presentation of new rugs at the Collectible Design Fair in New York in Fall 2024. The gallery hosted 'Flower Beneath the Foot' in April 2025, an exhibition honoring the creative partnership between Weinrib and the late poet Rene Ricard, featuring rugs developed with Nepalese weavers.
• The Met Store / Metropolitan Museum of ArtflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Madeline Weinrib serves as Creative Director of The Heirloom Project at The Met Store, a capsule collection celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Met's reimagined Islamic Wing. The project curates handmade accessories, fine jewelry, and housewares from artisans across Egypt, India, Morocco, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Lebanon, all inspired by the Met's Islamic collection. Products are sold exclusively through The Met Store with select items available online. The project began during COVID-19 to support artisans globally.
• Turquoise MountaincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Turquoise Mountain, a nonprofit working with artisans in Afghanistan, participated in The Heirloom Project. Syrian refugees working in Jordan with Turquoise Mountain created evening purses using traditional wood marquetry and inlay techniques for the Met Store collection.
• Mehry MucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Mehry Mu, a Turkish handbag brand founded by Güneş Mutlu, collaborated with Turquoise Mountain on bags for The Heirloom Project at The Met Store. The bags feature mother-of-pearl inlay and were made by Syrian artisans through Turquoise Mountain in Jordan, with final assembly in Istanbul. Mehry Mu's founder connected with Weinrib via Instagram.
• Cristina Grajales GallerycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2019Following the closure of her textiles business in 2018, Madeline Weinrib continued her rug design through a collaboration with Cristina Grajales Gallery in 2019, presenting new rugs with the gallery.
• Savoir BedsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Madeline Weinrib collaborated with luxury bed manufacturer Savoir Beds in 2018 on a bespoke bed design featuring her signature textile patterns.
• El Fenn MarrakechcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Madeline Weinrib is co-owner of El Fenn, a pioneering boutique riad hotel in Marrakech, Morocco. She has been a partner since 2017, contributing to the hotel's design direction including art installations (Hassan Hajjaj bar installation) and the hotel's continued evolution as a gallery-like space for cutting-edge Moroccan crafts. El Fenn has grown from 6 original bedrooms to 41 rooms across 13 riads.
• Museum of Fine Arts, HoustoncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017MFA Houston hosted a pop-up in their gift shop in conjunction with the exhibition 'Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats' (March-June 2017). Additionally, MFA Houston later hosted a pop-up of The Met Heirloom Project products.
• Augarten WienminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Limited edition Orientalist dinnerware collaboration with Augarten Wien, one of Europe's oldest and most renowned porcelain manufactories. The collection was a homage to the oriental carpet and was only available during the Barneys pop-up in 2015.
• Barneys New YorkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2015Barneys New York hosted Madeline Weinrib's 'World of Influence' pop-up in Fall 2015, featuring her collaboration with Augarten Wien on limited-edition Orientalist dinnerware along with other products.
• Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Madeline Weinrib was invited in 2014 to create a custom rug for the Cooper Hewitt Trustees Room, using her Brooke design (first made in 2004), which exemplifies her use of Eastern motifs combined with contemporary Western design.
• Manolo BlahnikcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Spring 2013 collaboration featuring Weinrib's fabrics on four Blahnik shoe styles (pump, wedge, smoking shoe, sandal). Exclusive to the U.S. market, available at Manolo Blahnik NYC, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Barneys New York. Retail prices ranged from $575-775 per pair.
• Alberto Levi GallerycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2012Alberto Levi Gallery in Milan hosted the European debut of the Climbers & Ramblers series in April-May 2012, concurrent with Milan's Salone Internazionale del Mobile. The gallery also hosted Weinrib's new 'Sand' collection textile body in 2015.
• Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Multiple collaborations with BAM: custom carpet for BAM Rose Cinemas (2010, commissioned for the cinema's 10th anniversary), custom carpet for BAM Fisher Building (2013), and carpet design for BAM Opera House (2014). Each design is unique and inspired by the venue's motifs and architecture.
• Sebastian + BarquetcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2010Sebastian + Barquet gallery presented Madeline Weinrib's work alongside landmark mid-century furnishings reimagined through her textiles. Exhibitions held in New York (September-October 2010) and Southampton (August 2012), featuring collaborations with Vladimir Kagan, Gio Ponti, Alexander Girard, Osvaldo Borsani, and Ico & Luisa Parisi.
• Neue GaleriecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2009Ongoing collaboration since 2009. Madeline was invited to design exclusive pieces for the Neue Galerie Design Shop, including Velvet Ikat cushions (inspired by Wiener Werkstätte archives), Tibetan carpets, Kandinsky-inspired napkins (for the Kandinsky exhibition 2013-14), and Opium Kimonos (2012). Research conducted at Wiener Werkstätte archives in Vienna.
• Art Production Fund (APF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2007APF launched its WOW (Works on Carpet) series at the Madeline Weinrib Atelier at ABC Carpet & Home in 2007. The project invited leading visual artists to create area rug/wall hanging editions using cutting-edge printing and manufacturing techniques. APF collaborated with Durkan Hospitality for production. Weinrib also designed limited-edition napkins for APF in 2013.
• Ralph Pucci InternationalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2006Ralph Pucci International showcased Madeline Weinrib's 'Climbers & Ramblers' series at ICFF 2006 in New York, and subsequently in Los Angeles alongside Christopher Farr. The collection was also presented at the gallery in 2006.
• BOMB MagazinecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005From 2005 through at least 2018, Madeline Weinrib designed the decor for BOMB Magazine's Annual Gala. She also wrote an Artist on Artist column for BOMB Magazine in 2012, profiling Catherine Howe.
• Art in GeneralcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Madeline Weinrib co-curated the 'Crossing Lines' exhibition at Art in General (November 1998 - January 1999) alongside Denyse Thomasos, featuring nine artists exploring different surfaces and media. Weinrib also designed the Mistletoe carpet exclusively for Art in General in 2004.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Christopher Farr: London-based rug and textile designer represented through eponymous galleries in London and Los Angeles; directly comparable to Madeline Weinrib as a design-led, gallery-distributed maker of high-end contemporary rugs and textiles with similar Ikat and artisan-production aesthetics.
• The Rug Company: Global luxury rug retailer and designer representing a roster of leading artists and designers, with flagship galleries in London, New York, and Los Angeles; comparable in serving interior designers and collectors seeking artist-designed rugs, though at a larger scale.
• Patterson Flynn Martin: New York–based luxury rug and carpet maker known for designer-edition and custom weaves, distributed to interior designers through trade showrooms; directly comparable in offering bespoke, design-forward floor coverings to the same HNW residential and contract clientele.
• Doris Leslie Blau: New York gallery and source for antique, modern, and contemporary hand-knotted rugs, including custom and artist-designed editions; directly comparable as a New York gallery distributing hand-knotted luxury rugs to designers and collectors.
• Mansour Modern: Los Angeles–based purveyor of modern hand-knotted rugs reinterpreted from antique Persian motifs, founded by a multi-generational rug-dealing family; comparable in positioning hand-knotted, contemporary-aesthetic rugs at the designer and collector level.
• Fort Street Studio: Design-led maker of high-end hand-knotted rugs and textiles working with artisan weavers globally, distributed to interior designers; closely comparable in production model (artisan collaboration, hand-knotting) and customer base (luxury residential designers).

Broad incumbents

• Stark: One of the largest US luxury carpet and rug companies, offering designer and custom lines through trade showrooms; comparable as a high-end woven-floor-covering producer in the same channel (interior designers, luxury residential) but at significantly greater scale and broader product breadth.

Emerging players

• Stephanie Coutas: Paris- and London-based luxury interior and textile designer with her own fabric and wallpaper collections in saturated palettes; comparable as an independent textile designer operating at the same luxury residential and design-trade level with a painterly, hand-finished aesthetic.
• Lisa Fine: New York–based textile designer known for painterly, India-produced printed fabrics distributed to interior designers through showrooms; closely comparable as an independent designer producing artisanal textiles with a similar hand-painted, Indo-influenced aesthetic for the same interior-design trade.

Others

• Galerie Diurne: Paris gallery and design resource representing and producing limited-edition textile art, rugs, and objects from contemporary designers; comparable as an adjacent gallery channel helping independent textile and rug designers reach collectors and interior-design trade clients.

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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