Dard Hunter was born in 1883 in Steubenville, Ohio. He inherited his pursuit of artistic and cultural activities from his father, William H. Hunter, newspaper editor and partner in the Lonhuda Pottery firm. Interest in book design led him to study at the Roycroft Shops in East Aurora, New York, followed by Vienna and London. The designs produced during these years are among the best and most sought after work of any Roycroft artist. This eventually instilled in him an abiding interest in handmade papers and book production. After traveling over 200,000 miles to remote regions of the world, writing 18 books on the subject and establishing the American Museum of Papermaking (formerly the Dard Hunter Museum), he came to be acknowledged as the world's leading authority on paper. He died in 1966, in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Rugs in the Dard Hunter collection are available in custom sizes, three knot densities and your choice of over 400 colors. Each carpet will be woven of  handspun Tibetan wool (click here to view a worker preparing yarn by hand in Nepal).

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