This exuberant rug, part of Elliot Steel's Zingara collection, borrows from a nomadic group's traditional embroidery and beadwork. You're right to suspect a bohemian connection: Zingara means "gypsy" in Italian. The Axminster version is 80 percent wool, 20 percent nylon; the hand-tufted, cut-loop rendition, wool with silk accents. Select up to 12 colors per design-out of a mindboggling 392. 212-979-2233; more
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