The photographer-turned-rug dealer, who opened a Los Angeles showroom in 2020, is deeply knowledgeable of and respectful toward the late 19 th and early 20 th century Persian and Armenian rugs ...

“If I’m going to produce something, I want it to be unique and I want it to stop people in their tracks,” Kennedy says of the bespoke offering, which he spent two years developing.

Most of the reds that you see in oriental ... was finding rugs at antique shops and flea markets, selling them to rug dealers in search of treasures collectors started to find me.

Some buyers are empty nesters who want to move out of large homes in places like Coral Gables in favor of a condo with hotel-quality service from the Mandarin Oriental staff and near their offices ...