Over 25,000 textures.
All processes in-house.
MIRZAPUR · ISFAHAN · BIKANER · MAZAR-I-SHARIF · BHAKTAPUR-KATHMANDU VALLEY
15+ acres of integrated mills · 10,000+ artisans at work
ARES creates more samples and textures than the rest of the Mirzapur-Bhadohi carpet belt combined.
— Josh Nazmiyan,
FOunder, Rug & Kilim NYc
RAW MATERIAL
Ranbir Sahani has spent decades scouring the old world for the finest fibres. Lanolin-rich wool from Iran, Turkey, Tibet, Mongolia and Afghanistan. Mohair from South Africa. Natural silk from East and South India. Cashmere from Afghanistan. Jute from Eastern India. Hemp from Nepal. Cotton from Egypt.
Years of research and a deep understanding of how fibres behave led us to develop our own blends. From a library of over 500 yarn types, we combine wool, silk, cashmere, jute, cotton and hemp using different spinning techniques, creating yarns that exist nowhere else. We have also pioneered the use of recycled materials converted into yarn for rug making.
Wool. Sourced by the founder personally.
DYEING
Colour. From pomegranate shells and walnut rinds.
We hold every dye we use to the highest standards of colorfastness and sustainability. All yarns are mordanted before dyeing to ensure the colour bonds permanently to the fibre. We offer over 100 natural colours, sourced as carefully as the fibres themselves - madder from Yazd in Iran, pomegranate from Afghanistan, indigo from India.
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Where the brief demands it, we also work with chrome, acid and VAT dyes. Every colour decision is made in-house. Not one stage of this process leaves our hands.
THE MILL
Woven, washed, finished. All under one roof.
All our yarns are hand spun and hand carded, strengthening the fibre, building a natural patina, and producing the abrash and organic character that machine spinning cannot replicate. We have developed our own hand carding machines to achieve a spin that was last common several centuries ago.
Our weavers work across 150 oversized looms, entire generations of expertise on every piece. The finishing recipe for each texture has been individually chronicled, dusting, clipping, washing, stretching, binding, fringing. Most rugs are washed three to four times. The process is complete only when the finished object matches exactly what was proposed.
The Art of Manufacture
Our complete vertically integrated facilities give us the ability to customise and control quality at every level-
fibre selection, yarn construction, colour, texture, scale. There is no stage of production we do not directly control, which means there is no request we cannot accommodate. If you can describe what you want, we have the infrastructure and the techincal knowlegde to build it.
Confidentiality
A design made for one client is never duplicated for another customer.
It is simply how we work, and the reputation we have built this business on.
Integrity
We will never approach your customers directly and we do not work with competing retailers.
Every relationship we have is built on the understanding that your trust is not transferable.
Transparenct pricing
We will transparently communicate with you the cost of raw materials used, and work with you to lower costs if needed.
Once people work with us, they tend to stay.
Christopher Farr · Hermès · Ralph Lauren · Chelsea Hotel NYC · WWF × Ai Weiwei × Anish Kapoor · Turquoise Mountain · peter doig
A R E S
Artisan Rug Engineering by Sahani
People
Ranbir Sahani
FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR
An Indian, born in Iran, citizen of the Unites States is fluent in Farsi, and has grown up in persian culture.
- IIT Roorkee Mechanical engineering
Ranbir handpicks raw materials at source, from shepherds' pastures to spice markets. His vision of silent luxury drives every thread.
Manavbir Sahani
DIRECTOR
With a background in Fortune 500 operations, Manav ensures that every stage of the process, from weaving to washing, meets the uncompromising global standards.
UC San diego, studying Human computer Interaction, Artificial Intellgience and Business.