Press &Events

Events

Obeetee Nakshatra Collection

February 26, 2026 – Italian Embassy Cultural Institute, Delhi, India – Our Founder launched her second collection of knotted rugs with India's oldest and most prestigious rug producer.

GI Summit Delhi

August 5, 2026 – Ministry of Textiles, Government of India – Our Founder was invited by the Handloom Export Council as a guest speaker on an expert panel discussion: "Leveraging GI Handloom Products in the International Market".

Vikram Goyal Consultancy

January 26, 2026 – Launch of Viya’s flagship store at Trafford House, Mumbai, India – Our Founder consulted on the production of  repurposed sari silk, 100 knot Persian rugs for Vikram Goyal's designs.

Obeetee Carpets Store Launch

June 24, 2024 – Pune, India – Our Founder launched her first collection of knotted rugs with India's oldest and most prestigious rug producer.

Past Editorial

Slide showing a collage of editorial clippings from 2010–2015 featuring  Lavor Ombra rugs and textiles styled in various European magazines, highlighting layered kilims, vintage furniture, and warm Mediterranean light.

2010 - 2015

Multiple editorial international feature of Lavor Ombra rugs.

2016 - 2025

Collection of editorial feature of Lavor Ombra from 2013 - 2015 for Crate & Barrel

2013 - 2025 | Crate & Barrel

Books

A book cover with an image of a warm colourful home

Vivid

A hardcover book published by Hardy Grant. International Publisher in 2021 in London, Australia. It is an interior six-page feature on the Via Valverde Palermo home that features rugs and textiles.

A book cover wth pink peony flowers in clear glass vases

Verdant Flower Merchants

A book, “Flowers At Home,” published in 2004 by Murdoch Books in Sydney/London, with global circulation.

A book cover with image of a quaint staircase

La vita é bella

Published in 2014 by Ryland Peters & Small, is a lifestyle interior book featuring the Palermo home in Via Tommaso Lo Cascio, showcasing rugs and textiles

PRESS

Obeetee Carpets

Obeetee Mediteranean Memory collection

Australia 2024

Crate&Barrel

Feature Fall Campaign and social media

Catalogue USA/Canada 2018

Elle Decor Greece

Kilms featured in Clare’s summer home in Filiculdi

Greece 2018

Elle Decoration

Editorial feature on Via Valverde Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

April 2016

Gourmet

8-page spread on Palermo with Mariella Ienna as the lifestyle and cultural ambassador

August 2016

Elle Decoration Taiwan

Front cover and editorial feature on Via Valverde Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

Taiwan 2016

Belle

Editorial, Via Valverde Palermo home, featuring rugs and textile

April 2016

House & Garden

Front cover and editorial Via Valverde Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

April 2016

Belle

Feature on Oritop Kilms

July 2013

Inside Out

Editorial feature on summer house in Filiculdi

Australia Jan 2013

Schöner Wohnen

Editorial on Summer House in Filicudi showcasing rugs and textiles

Germany June 2013

Domotex

Kilms in Carpet XL Magazine January

Oritop Austria 2013

Elle Decoration

Editorial Via XX Septembre Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

Thailand 2013

Marie Claire

Editorial Palermo home Via Tommaso Lo Cascio showcasing rugs and textiles

Italia December 2012

Elle Decoration

Editorial Palermo home Via Tommaso Lo Cascio showcasing rugs and textile

Winter/Luxe issue UK 2012

D Magazine

Editorial on Summer House in Filicudi showcasing rugs and textiles

La Repubblica Italy, July 2012

Magazine Spécial Déco Printemps

Front cover and editorial featuring Via XX September Palermo home, showcasing rugs and textiles

2011

Kartell Italy Magazine

Editorial, Via XX Settembre Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

2010

Residence Magazine

Editorial Via XX Settembre Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

2010

Hatchette Home

Editorial Via XX Settembre Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

Italia’s 2010

D MAGAZINE

Editorial Via XX Settembre Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

Casa, La Repubblica Italy 2010,

Vogue

Verdant Flowers Merchants, front cover and editorial feature

Aug/Sept 2003

Vogue

Front cover w/ Cate Blanchett and flowers by Verdant Flower Merchants

Jan 2006

Vogue

Editorial via Settembre Palermo home, featuring rugs and textiles

Living Feb/March 2010