Armenian Orphan Rug

The ghazir rug is an armenian style rug woven by orphans of the armenian genocide in ghazir lebanon.

Armenian orphan rug. The storied rug s nearly weeklong display two blocks. The armenian orphan rug and the white house scandal. Deranian s book explores this orphan rug as a symbol of the golden rule which was honored every sunday at the white house in fact this rug was presented to president coolidge on one of those golden rule sundays by 2 armenian orphan girls who were part of the ghazir orphanage that wove this golden rule rug. It was returned by the coolidge family to the white house in 1982.

If you haven t heard of the armenian orphan rug of ghazir lebanon you aren t alone. Not many people know about this masterpiece and even fewer have had the opportunity to see it because white house officials have continually elected not to display the carpet although some politicians see it as a pariah that s best left in storage. The controversy surrounding the armenian orphan rug erupted in october 2013 when the washington post and national public radio reported the white house s abrupt and unexplained reversal of its. The armenian orphan rug is viewed inside the white house in september 1984 by activists looking to preserve its identity.

Also known as the armenian orphan rug it was gifted to president calvin coolidge in 1925 and kept in storage at the white house until being put on display in the white house visitors office in november 2014.