From our longstanding showroom on Greenwich Street, Carini Lang has been providing interior designers and clients with one of a kind handwoven carpets for the past three decades. Although typically only open to the trade, March 2026, from the 13th to the 15th, Carini Lang transformed into a pop up tribal bazaar. Founder, owner, and designer Joseph Carini revealed his extensive collection of Tribal textiles, furniture, and objects to be purchased for the first time.
On the first evening, Fine and Dandy Archives founder Enrique Crame III debuted his carefully curated collection of WilliWear by Willi Smith, a debut years in the making and perfectly suited for this event. Also joining us was Suzani Designs, whose founder Susana collects beautiful textiles and transforms them into handmade shoes crafted in Turkey, bridging the world of textile craft and wearable fashion.
This event invited interior designers, tastemakers, fashion industry friends, and neighbors to explore extensive Indigo textiles from West Africa, ranging from the solid deep blues to the complex patterns and fine threads of royalty. In addition the collection expanded to earthy Kuba clothes, draped over the shining patina of hard wood African stools. From stacks of textiles and stools to display cases full of Tibetan statuettes and African beaded jewelry. There were beautiful, bold Navajo rugs and towering stack of hand painted and carved Tibetan tea tables, fit for an aristocrat's home.
Joseph carefully curated this collection over the past 30 years, partially on his business trips to Nepal and partially through private collections here in New York. Each item reflects his taste and standard of quality, as his purpose in collecting wasn’t to make money or to buy cheap, but instead out of an appreciation of the craftsmanship, from maker to maker. With a discerning eye, he recognizes the beauty and quality of the irregularities in the motifs, design, and dyes of each piece in the collection. Perhaps more importantly, Joseph understands the significance of these pieces and how their forms and colors elevate them to works of art in today’s context. Tribal art is so unique, and so strangely modern, serving as the influence for many of last centuries artists, such as Picasso and Matisse. In his own modest way, Carini has appreciated these items for the indirect inspiration and energy they have brought to his own designs.
Now, it is time for many of these pieces to find new homes. “Its not good for it to just sit,” said Joseph, “People could use it and enjoy it. Otherwise, it’s just hoarding, and I don’t mean to hoard”. The primordial and elemental nature of Tribal art has been a part of many interior decorators’ repertoire in the past decades, and offers us a window into a world and time that is fast disappearing.
The pop up was held at 335 Greenwich St from March 13th, 14th, and 16th from 11am to 5pm.
