Arshag Karagheusian ( hy, Արշակ Կարագյոզյան December 4, 1872 - September 24, 1963) was an
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...
rug manufacturer and co-owner of
A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc. He also served as the head of the
Armenian General Benevolent Union
The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU, Eastern Armenian: Հայկական Բարեգործական Ընդհանուր Միություն, ՀԲԸՄ, ''Haykakan Baregortsakan Endhanur Miutyun'', or hyw, Հայ Բարեգործական Ընդ ...
becoming its 4th president from 1943 to 1952, after
Boghos Nubar
Boghos Nubar ( hyw, Պօղոս Նուպար), also known as Boghos Nubar Pasha () (2 August 1851 – 25 June 1930), was a chairman of the Armenian National Delegation, and the founder, alongside ten other Armenian national movement leaders, of th ...
,
Calouste Gulbenkian
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (, Western hy, Գալուստ Կիւլպէնկեան; 23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955), nicknamed "Mr Five Per Cent", was a British-Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petrole ...
and
Zareh Nubar
Zareh Nubar ( hy, Զարեհ Նուբար or Զարեհ Նուպար in Western Armenian) was son of Boghos Nubar, the founder of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) and grandson of the Egyptian Prime Minister Nubar Pasha.
Zareh Nubar too ...
.
Career
Arshag Karagheusian and his brother Miran Karagheusian (1874–1948) fled
Turkey
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in 1896 to go to
England
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and then to the
United States
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. 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
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in 1932 and for the
United States Supreme Court
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building in 1933.
The company A. & M. Karagheusian, Inc. was headquartered at 295
Fifth Avenue
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in
Manhattan
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. The manufacturing plant was located in
, 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
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.
References
External links
Monmouth County Historical Association: Coll. 51 A & M Karagheusian, Inc. Records, 1914-2001
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1872 births
1963 deaths
American people of Armenian descent
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to the United States
Presidents of the Armenian General Benevolent Union