Martin Patrick Evan, Ltd.

Martin Patrick Evan, Ltd. sits a few floors above Third Avenue in the Upper East Side’s rug corridor—Saturday browsers sometimes wander in by accident. Vintage Sarouk runners, fresh-cut Tribal kilims and modern Scandinavian flat-weaves stack on gridded tables, letting color and texture do most of the talking. Clients arrive chasing specific silhouettes or keep an open brief; the team handles both with equal measure. Cleaning, dye touch-ups and reversible-hide stretching wrap small projects in four-to-five days, while wall-to-wall jobs slot into an eight-week rhythm. Consultations twist into in-home takeoffs that yield to laser-cut templates for bound edges, and entire flights of wool are vacuum-packed for balcony storage when owners head north. Putting a rug in the right light remains the final hurdle, and the store’s window bay on 59th Street doubles as a daylight viewing tunnel free of café glare. Find the entrance at 979 3rd Ave #507, New York, NY 10022. Before the elevator opens, press 507 and, once inside, the back wall is usually where the newest arrivals live. Shipping odd tapestries to Boston or London is arranged same-day when flights line up, and rush fees stay below flat-rate air-freight caps. Talk to the desk about on-floor measurements—tight stairwells mean a second appointment half a mile uptown. More than a single showroom, the floor functions like a library of lengths; pages are turned with soft boxes and gloves. Before leaving, grab the map on the way out: directions home require no complicated turns.