Rugs by fashion designers and artists

Hollywood glamour photography meets Manhattan street style in the Franklyn carpet by New York artist Dain Franklyn for Carini Lang. The limited edition 5-by-7-foot wool and silk piece is $12,500. 646.613.0497 :: carinilang.com
The late fashion maverick Alexander McQueen conjured Hummingbird, a dreamy Aubusson-style rug with iridescent birds woven in silk and metallic threads on a cashmere background. The 9-by-6-foot version is $20,196. The Rug Co., Los Angeles, 323.653.0303 :: therugcompany.com
Diane Von Furstenberg, queen of the animal-print wrap dress, designed the Climbing Leopard for The Rug Co. It is hand-knotted in shimmery silk and available in custom sizes, priced $288 per square foot. 323.653.0303 :: therugcompany.com
“123,456,78910,” a free-form 100-by-140-inch rug based on an original Richard Prince collage, is made from Himalayan wool and silk by Henzel Studio and runs $20,700. Austere, Los Angeles, 844.287.8373 :: austere.co
Shepard Fairey, creator of the Obama “Hope” poster, designed the Lotus for Marc Phillips Rugs. Made in Nepal of wool and silk, it's 8 by 10 feet and costs $14,400. Marc Phillips Rugs, Los Angeles, 310.652.9222 :: marcphillipsrugs.com
Woven Accents, an L.A.-based leader in artist-designed rugs, launched its One Love collection with painters including Kenny Scharf and Gregory Siff. “Spiritual Dialect,” by the Japanese-American graffiti writer and fine artist Alex “Defer” Kizu, is a limited edition of three, 5-by-8-foot, 10-inch rugs for $8,125. 310.652.6520 :: wovenonline.com
The Metro Lexington, from the Nair collection at Stark in SOCO, has echoes of Cubist compositions and torn subway posters. From $8,700 for a 8-by-10-foot wool and silk rug. Stark Carpet, Costa Mesa 714.434.0630 :: starkcarpet.com

July 31, 2015 at 7:00 a.m.

If floors really are the “fifth wall” of a room, suitable for displays of art and design, rug makers are taking note, producing hand-made couture carpets designed by fashion stars such as Diane Von Furstenberg and Alexander McQueen and limited editions by heavyweight artists. The contemporary artist Richard Prince, known for his collages of all-American imagery, used numbered baseball jerseys to create a free-form rug for Henzel Studio, above, which adds a graphic punch to any room and will certainly find favor among sports fans. Even graffiti writers and street-savvy legends like Shepard Fairey, the scourge of property owners, have had their work elevated into provocative and unexpectedly plush rugs that leave their art on the floor.