Article: FRUIT OF THE LOOM.(Madeline Weinrib, carpet designer)

Byline: Elisa Lipsky-Karasz

NEW YORK - Rug and textile designer Madeline Weinrib is a natural-born saleswoman - as well she should be considering her grandfather, Max Weinrib, founded Union Square institution ABC Carpet & Home.

"I come from a long line of carpet people and I can't deny that," she jokes. Right now, however, she's uptown at Barneys New York, where she's checking on her summer-long boutique set up in the store's home department, Chelsea Passage. And the customers can't stay away: One woman examines the stacks of brightly colored pillows, while another is literally on her knees, running her fingers through a $1,900 Turkish shag carpet, ...

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