{"id":172409,"date":"2026-03-23T18:14:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/172409\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T18:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:14:28","slug":"persian-rugs-add-element-of-surreal-to-mw-s-office-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/172409\/","title":{"rendered":"Persian rugs add “element of surreal” to MW.S office in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

American architecture studio Charlap Hyman & Herrero has blended antique Persian rugs with modern furniture to introduce pattern across the New York offices<\/a> of Mouthwash Studio.<\/p>\n

For its expansion from Los Angeles to NYC, Mouthwash Studio<\/a> (MW.S) found a space in Lower Manhattan creative hub WSA and asked fellow bicoastal designers Charlap Hyman & Herrero (CH&H) to outfit it.<\/p>\n

\"AntiqueAntique Persian rugs cover the floor and furniture in Mouthwash Studio’s office<\/p>\n

The 237-square-foot (22-square-metre) space, which enjoys lofty views across the city and the Brooklyn Bridge, was “treated as an experiment around the intersection of antiquity and industrial design” according to the team.<\/p>\n

Antique Persian rugs are laid wall-to-wall across the floor and continue up a structural column to provide a centrepiece for the compact office.<\/p>\n

\"AA variety of vintage pieces accompany the highly patterned carpets<\/p>\n

These richly patterned carpets feature deep burgundy, navy and sand hues that form intricate patterns within equally decorative borders.<\/p>\n

The offcuts of these rugs were used to dress a sofa, throw cushions and floor pillows, adding more layers of pattern to a casual seating area and bringing “an element of surreal to the space”.<\/p>\n

\"AIn contrast, a series of stainless-steel shelves displays books and small objects<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the back and window walls are lined with a custom stainless-steel desk system fabricated by Riley Duncan<\/a>, with clean lines and shiny surfaces contrasting the richly textured carpeting.<\/p>\n

Similarly, industrial shelves are affixed to the wall beside the sofa and display a collection of books and small objects.<\/p>\n

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“Stainless steel shelving acts like a trove of curiosities with items such as antique frames, handmade ceramics, as well as a Clam Shell Lamp designed by CH&H and Green River Project,” said the team.<\/p>\n

“Other elements include a precious Victorian mirror that adorns the carpeted column, a 17th-century Venetian Baroque landscape painting by Bartolomeo Pedon, and Josef Hoffman’s Fledermaus chair sourced by Jacqueline Sullivan,” said the team.<\/p>\n

\"StructuralThe rugs continue up a structural column, forming a centrepiece in the space<\/p>\n

Another CH&H piece \u2013 a paper, plaster, and silver nitrate sculpture designed in collaboration with Shun Kinoshita for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden \u2013 is mounted on the carpeted column.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the studio completed the conversion of a former factory in Upstate New York into the Pocketbook Hudson hotel<\/a>, which comparably blends industrial finishes and antique textiles.<\/p>\n

\"AA custom system of stainless-steel desks runs below the window, with views across Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge<\/p>\n

MW.S was founded in 2019 and also recently unveiled a new office space in Los Angeles<\/a>, designed by Aunt Studio around glass-block partitions and walnut bleachers.<\/p>\n

It also collaborated on a Mexican restaurant<\/a> underneath a railway in LA.<\/p>\n

The photography is by Sean Davidson<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American architecture studio Charlap Hyman & Herrero has blended antique Persian rugs with modern furniture to introduce pattern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[32761,808,9,24,61292,56,63,65,64,49291,822,823,820],"class_list":["post-172409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-downtown-manhattan","tag-interiors","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-offices","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-offices","tag-sectionall","tag-sectioninteriors","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}