Interior designer Francois Gilles is the UK’s most respected importer of Moroccan rugs. He has over 30 years’ experience in Morocco and sources his rugs from all over the country. His Chelsea showroom holds a vast collection of up to 300 rugs ranging from the small and affordable to large vintage pieces – collectors’ items dating back as far as the 1930s. There is also a new range of ‘Merzouga’ rugs woven in the desert in the south of Morocco from recycled wool and Francois also stocks a range of beautiful antique and one-off pieces of fabric that he has collected on his travels as well as a new range of contemporary Moroccan fabrics.