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1950s-designed Honesty Rug from John Lewis

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This Honesty Rug from John Lewis continues the on-going trend for companies going back through their archives and re-issuing designs. 

If the resulting products are as attractive as this rug, long may the trend continue! It's based on a 1953 design by Mary White, originally called 'Coppice' (I'm not sure why they changed the name). It fits in well with many of the designs being produced today, showing black outlines of plant forms against a charcoal and yellow colour scheme.

The rug is hand-tufted, costs £450 and should hopefully still be looking as attractive in another 57 years.

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CB2 Pop Art-style Grrrl Rug

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More Pop Art style with this Grrrl Rug, from CB2, the American company who also brought you the vintage style tattoo rug we featured earlier in the year. 

This rug pure 60s style and is designed by artist Matthew Lew. It features a Roy Lichtenstein-type black and white pixelated grid onto which is imposed a glamorous looking eye and pair of lips. Lew's name appears in the corner of the design enhancing the artistry of the piece. 

It's made from 100% wool so should feel good, as well as looking good, underfoot too. 

A striking piece for any room, the rug costs $349.

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Sanderson 1950s-style Dandelions design now available as a rug

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Sanderson's Dandelion design has proved to be amazingly popular. Their 1950s take on florals has itself been much imitated: in fact we mentioned it just last week in relation to the Next Alpine Meadow range.

Fans of the design will be pleased to hear that they are now producing it on a rug, a classy tufted wool number in the blue/green colour combination. 

The price? Well, you know it's not going to be bargain basement. It's available for £595 but will hopefully keep on looking stylish for years to come. 

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Padgett delft rug from the Designers Guild

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The Padgett delft rug from the Designer Guild is another design that seems to look to the 1960s and '70s in its design. The bold geometric pattern doesn't look dissimilar to some of David Hicks' numbers from that period. That's no bad thing and the Designer Guild seem to have realised that too as they've also used the pattern on a black throw and, in various colourways, on wallpaper. 

The pattern arguably looks the most sophisticated on this rug which measures 160 x 260cm and is a wool and viscose mix. The sophistication costs however: in this case £695.

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