SAFAVIEH - Thomas O'Brien Collection Rug Item No. TOB966B Return to the Thomas O'Brien Rugs page Name: Calliope Rug Item No. TOB966B Color: Gold Calliope is the collection’s most elaborate patterned design, developed by O’Brien from etchings on a set of circa 1940 glasses by Dorothy Thorpe, one of his favorite designers. The freeform motif is like a pointillist vine that has been blown up to a large scale. The field is organized into finely proportioned stripes equivalent to the width of the wraparound border, for a keen balance of abstract linear pattern and a very traditional banded field. While such design origins may seem unusual bordering on unlikely, the result is a carpet with an artistic modernist bent, yet with all the complexity of a much earlier Oriental.   Rectangular Sizes: Runner Sizes: Round Sizes: 4' x 6' 6' x 9' 8' x 10' 9' x 12' 10' x 14' Custom sizes available n/a n/a All designs are © Safavieh 2009 unless otherwise noted.