cc-tapis CORNERS handmade rug by Eny Lee Parker

Eny Lee Parker is a contemporary New York City designer who makes forward-thinking creations via a thoughtful and traditional process. All of her floor lamps, stools, wall mirrors and other furniture and decorative items are made by hand, typically out of clay. Her work is often described as playful and organic, but Parker refuses to be relegated to just one style.

Parker was born in São Paulo. In high school, her mother recognized her knack for drawing and pushed her to pursue art. Parker moved to Georgia and studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she felt pulled toward interior design, launching her own design business while still in college.

Today, she works out of her Brooklyn studio. Among her most popular designs is the Oo lamp, a hybrid floor/table lamp with a double-pronged and curving shape. “The shape of the Oo lamp is supposed to resemble the curvature of our bodies," she explained to Introspective magazine, "while the texture is similar to the imperfections of our skin.”

Like many of Parker's creations, the Oo lamp is made from clay. However, she is constantly exploring new materials and mediums to continue growing as a designer, often using glass and textiles in her work.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Parker also undertook her first foray into rugs. The resulting floor coverings represent a collaboration between Parker and her best friend, print designer Spencer Malinski, with whom she was living at the time.

In 2022, Parker announced a collaboration with lighting brand Mitzi on a line of affordable lighting fixtures for the average consumer. "I loved the idea of designing something that has more of a democratic price point and is more accessible to the mass market," she told Architectural Digest. From avid collectors to everyday consumers looking to upgrade their home interiors, there are Eny Lee Parker designs for everyone.

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The cc-tapis rug company creates deep-piled, lustrous Himalayan wool rugs and carpets in a dizzying variety of modern designs, shapes and colors. Each intricate piece is hand-knotted in Nepal by expert Tibetan rug artists over several months. 

The cc-tapis tagline is “Born in France. Designed in Milan. Produced in Nepal.” Its founders — Fabrizio Cantoni and Nelcya Chamszadeh — met while studying hospitality management in Switzerland. While they pursued careers in the hotel industry, they ultimately decided on a change. Chamszadeh’s father owned a traditional Persian carpet shop in Strasbourg, Germany, and the idea for cc-tapis took shape. 

Their first shop opened in Strasbourg in 2001. They later relocated the company to Milan, Italy, in 2011. Cantoni enrolled in a master’s course in interior design and met fellow designer Daniele Lora. Lora became the couple’s business partner and the company’s creative director. Together, the three created the brand name; “cc” is the couple’s surname initials, and “tapis” is the French word for carpet.

At the company’s eponymous laboratory, the cc-tapis design lab, the trio’s love of experimentation allowed them to reach outside of the carpet-making world and promote the imaginations of designer Faye Toogood and architect Patricia Urquiola. Collaborations with designers Sabine Marcelis, Mae Engelgeer and Philippe Malouin also pushed the company into the interior design spotlight.

Today cc-tapis continues to partner with contemporary designers and draws on a broad base of expertise and creativity to make stunning rugs that are the embodiment of furniture as art.

On 1stDibs, find cc-tapis rugs and carpets, wall decorations and more.