Nominee Benjamin Button's Nolan House Carpets

Golden Globe and Academy Award Nominee "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchette: 

"Benjamin Button" Nolan House Rugs

In the Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana sits a beautiful house built in 1832, then expanded in 1872 and again in 1907. While it has been a beautiful structure from the very beginning, The Nolan House is now know world wide thanks to the 2008 film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." The Nolan Family generously and proudly opened their doors to the film and its crew, and understandbly so: their "simple home" became a fixture and, as some say, a supporting character. We were interested to find that not only was the structure beautiful, but the furnishings as well (namely the carpets of course). Below we look at a couple of the Nolan House pieces.

Below: The carpet shown here is not atypical of Peking-style carpets that would have been produced in China around 1900. These were perhaps the first "Oriental" carpets that most in the industry would accept as mass-production of rugs for a specific consumer-driven market/export. While many call these carpets "art deco," the reality is Peking-style carpets (such as below) were actually predecessors to Deco. Peking-style carpets are easily identifiable by the following: the use of different satuaration levels of indigo blue, an "open back" construction, and the use of symbolism. PS- HGTV "Dream Home GiveAway" featured a similar Peking-style carpet in 2009's give away (don't forget to register!).

Below: What appears to be an antique Kerman style design with medallion. It is not uncommon for Kerman carpets of the early 1900s, or before, to feature large corner spandrels, often the edges of  which converge along the length of the rug creating a diamond-shaped field and accentuates the medallion. 

To view a video interview of Ted Nolan's Family home, and find out how it came to be in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

For anyone interested in submitting movie rug & carpet suggestions, feel free to contact us

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* We have taken on the task of identifying oriental rugs and Carpets from one photograph, and one photograph only!  Bear in mind, the names and key terms provided below are simple insight and suggestions as to what the rug or carpet at hand may be, not necessarily definitive information.  Proper identification of an Oriental Rug or Persian Carpet by a professional should be done in person, or at least with the Rug Rag standardized Oriental Rug Identification Sample Photographs.  If you have additional insight on these rugs, or have taken a particular liking to any one, feel free to comment in the field at the bottom of this entry!   

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