Armenian Orphan Rug , also known as the Ghazir Orphans ' Rug , is an Armenian styled carpet woven by orphans of the Armenian Genocide in Ghazir , Lebanon . The carpet took eighteen months to make and was eventually shipped to the United States where it was given to President Calvin Coolidge as a gift in 1925 . It was returned by the Coolidge family to the White House in 1982 . Its most recent public display was in November 2014 at the White House Visitors ' Center as part of the exhibition " Thank you to the United States : Three Gifts to Presidents in Gratitude for American Generosity Abroad "
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Orphan Rug