Archive No. 023 · Rugs & textiles
Vintage Karastan Malaren “Scantic Radiance” Shag Area Rug
A dramatic Karastan Malaren rug with a red-orange Scandinavian sunburst radiating from a bright center.
- Maker
- Karastan
- Design
- Malaren
- Color
- Scantic Radiance
- Collection
- Sandy Springs Estate Sale
The object
A detail worth
remembering.
Radiating from its bright center, the rug connected the room’s mustard chairs and vivid floral upholstery. Its scale and color made it less a backdrop than the visual center of the entire space.
A vintage Karastan Malaren Scantic Radiance shag area rug featuring a saturated red, orange, and gold Scandinavian sunburst design.
Estate provenance
Sandy Springs, Georgia
Mid-century · circa 1960s
This object was documented during Astral’s Sandy Springs estate project. The archive preserves the collection and gives remarkable objects a lasting place in its story.
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