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Art For The Floor

Edward Fields Carpet Makers is a vanguard of American design and has been creating bespoke luxury carpets and rugs for eight decades.

In 1935 at the age of 23, Edward Fields married his sweetheart, Eleanor. The couple spent their honeymoon setting up a modest showroom in Manhattan with the goal of becoming a luxury custom house. Fields developed a tufting tool in the mid-1930s – the Magic Needle – which would go on to define the company’s signature hand-tufting texture and forever change carpet production.

Edward Fields invented the term ‘area rug’ and produced these pieces, which he called ‘art for the floor’, both in-house and through collaborations with the best designers and artists of mid-century America, including Raymond Loewy, Mies Van der Rohe, Phillip Johnson, Van Day Truex and Marion Dorn.

In 2005, Edward Fields Carpet Makers joined the House of Tai Ping. Continuing the brand’s legacy and modernist aesthetic, Edward Fields has gone on to collaborate with current design giants like The Alpha Workshops, Fernando Mastrangelo and Bec Brittain.

Today, the Edward Fields design archive provides inspiration for homes, yachts, private jets and high-end corporate and hospitality settings the world over.

Since 1935

Mr. Edward Fields

Mr. Edward Fields

The man was many things: entrepreneur, visionary, family man, dandy. He was nominated as one of the "Top Ten Best - Dressed Men".
Raymond Loewy Designs

Raymond Loewy Designs

In 1952 Edward Fields commissioned a series of five rugs by Raymond Loewy, considered the ‘Father of Industrial Design. Lowey’s designs were sold at Lord & Taylor and were a hit. It was upon this occasion that Fields coined the term ‘area rug’, which was immediately absorbed into the vernacular.
The Picnic Blanket

The Picnic Blanket

The most widely recognized design from the Raymond Loewy Edition is Picnic Blanket, which was ordered for the Kaufmann desert house in Palm Springs, one of the most iconic mid-century architectural marvels in the U.S. designed by Richard Neutra.
The Kaufmann House

The Kaufmann House

“Poolside Gossip” at the Kaufmann House by Richard Neutra

Photography: Slim Aarons, 1970. Gettyimages-109003242
The Kaufmann House

The Kaufmann House

Picnic Blanket, SpringsNeutra-Kaufmann Palm
The Lever House

The Lever House

The Lever House in 1952. Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. New York.
The Miller House

The Miller House

This National Historic Landmark building, is a showstopper example of Modernist classic residential architecture, known for its iconic 'sunken living room’. This architectural masterpiece was created by architect EeroSaarinen and interior designer Alexander Girard.
Edward Fields crafted the original Alexander Girard’s carpet designs, in the 1950’s, and over the years also replacements working closely with the designer, and most recently with the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Photography: Indianapolis Museum of Art
A Present for Grace Kelly

A Present for Grace Kelly

Fields famously created a carpet for Grace Kelly, the newly crowned Princess of Monaco, as a wedding present.
George Nakashima

George Nakashima

The origins of the Nakashima Edition date back to 1959, when the renowned architect and woodworker George Nakashima developed two carpet designs for Edward Fields before the project was subsequently shelved.
Realizing The Nakashima Edition

Realizing The Nakashima Edition

In 2013, Fields' Studio -recognizing Nakashima's enduring posthumous legacy -revisited the two designs in close collaboration with Nakashima's children, Mira and Kevin.
The Beverly Hills Showroom

The Beverly Hills Showroom

Elliot Fields, Edward’s younger brother, opens the Edward Fields Showroom in Beverly Hills in 1962, which becomes host to legendary cocktail parties and serves a discerning celebrity clientele —a perfect fit for the company’s individualistic approach.
TWA Terminal by Eero Saarinen

TWA Terminal by Eero Saarinen

TWA Terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport
New York, NY. Designed by Eero Saarinen

Photographed by Julius Shulman
Marion Dorn

Marion Dorn

Marion Dorn served the company intermittently as design director in the 1940's through the 60's. Christine Boydell properly called Dorn ‘The Architect of floors’ in a book dedicated to the designer.
The White House and Air Force One

The White House and Air Force One

In the 1960s, Edward Fields begins carpeting the White House and Air Force One, traditions that endure today.
The Diplomatic Reception Room

The Diplomatic Reception Room

The Diplomatic Reception Room, carpet designed by Marion Dorn.
Jacqueline Kennedy at the Diplomatic Reception Room

Jacqueline Kennedy at the Diplomatic Reception Room

Jacqueline Kennedy poses in the White House's newly refurnished Diplomatic Reception Room in 1961.

Uncredited photographer
The Oval Office in 2002

The Oval Office in 2002

The Oval Office Original Sketch

The Oval Office Original Sketch

The original sketch of the Edward Fields carpet at the Oval Office.
Air Force One

Air Force One

The Elrod House Palm Springs

The Elrod House Palm Springs

The Elrod House Palm Springs designed by architect John Lautner is one of his most famous structures and an example of his so-called free architecture, where architecture and nature are combined. The project was featured in a design book by Adele Cygelman.
In James Bond Movie

In James Bond Movie

Sean Connery as James Bond in "Diamonds are Forever" movie shot at the Elrod House.

Photography: DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER © 1971 Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation
The Edward Fields Showroom

The Edward Fields Showroom

The Edward Fields showroom moves from its original space on East 57th Street to a larger space on 59th Street in Manhattan in 1967. Fields called it his "dream" showroom.
For PepsiCo

For PepsiCo

In 1967, Edward Fields worked with Edward Durrell Stone to contribute wall hangings for the PepsiCo HQs located in Purchase, New York.
Architectural Digest Cover

Architectural Digest Cover

Tapestry at Queens

Tapestry at Queens

Tapestry for the San Diego Federal Savings Bank Queens, New York, in 1974.
Mr. Jack Fields

Mr. Jack Fields

Jack, Edward Fields' son, becomes President over the company in 1980.
Mr. Jack Fields

Mr. Jack Fields

Jack Fields on cover Detroit Times, March 1956.
Edward Fields Carpet in the Air

Edward Fields Carpet in the Air

As client demand grows, Edward Fields expands beyond residential projects to include corporate offices, retail, luxury yachts and private jets.
Joining Tai Ping

Joining Tai Ping

Jack Fields agreed to sell Edward Fields to leading custom carpet manufacturer Tai Ping in 2005, already a manufacturer of some Edward Fields rugs.

Photography: Julius Shulman
The Archive Edition

The Archive Edition

In 2007, Edward Fields Carpet Makers released its Archive Edition, which refreshed numerous archival designs. The photoshoot was done in the Cody House, Palm Springs by the renown photographer Julius Shulman.

Photography: Julius Shulman
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