Karastan is an American brand of oriental rugs, made from 1928 to 2021 from worsted wool.
In 1921, the retailer Marshall Field's established a textile mill in Eden, North Carolina, as part of its Homecrest Rug division.
In 1928, one of its engineers, Eugene Clark, modified the Axminster broadlooms to make something closely resembling a handwoven Persian carpet.
[1] The brand made a name for itself at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, when a Karastan rug was placed on the floor for 12 million people to walk across, proving its durability.
[1] In 1953, the rug business was sold to a Boston investment company and reincorporated, reusing the name Fieldcrest Mills.