Arshag Karagheusian and his brother Miran Karagheusian (1874–1948) fled the
Ottoman Empire in 1896 to go to
England and then to the
United States. Their family had been in the
rug trade in Turkey since 1818, and they began in the United States in 1897 as rug importers. They expanded into manufacturing in 1903. By 1927 they had 15 broadlooms and 196 single looms. They were the only manufacturers of "Gulistan Rug" carpets, a style which they developed. They were commissioned to make the carpet for
Radio City Music Hall in 1932 and for the
United States Supreme Court building in 1933. The company A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc. was headquartered at 295
Fifth Avenue in
Manhattan. The manufacturing plant was located in
Freehold Borough, New Jersey, where it operated for 60 years before closing in 1964. At its peak operation in the 1930s, it employed 1,700 people. They stopped manufacturing oriental-style carpets in 1953. Arshag Karagheusian and his wife had the following children: • Jean Karagheusian (1898–2000), who married Mr. Jean Hallaure; she was aka Alice Hallaure; • Charles Karagheusian (1903–1977), who married Artemis Tavshanjian (1904–1990) on April 30, 1927; • Marguerite Karagheusian (1904–1986), who married Mr. Oshin Agathon. Arshag Karagheusian died on September 24, 1963, in
Larchmont, New York. ==References==