WITH leading European artists already branching out into ceramics, stained glass and tapestries, it was only a question of time before their art would wind up on the floor. Last week Chicago's Art Institute was offering a look at that brightly decked future: 13 limited-edition (ten copies of each) rugs designed by such artists as Pablo Picasso, Joán Miró, Jean Lurçat, the late Fernand Léger and U.S. Mobile Sculptor Alexander Calder.
The artists' prompter in this case was Manhattan Gallery Owner Madeleine Chalette-Lejwa, who commissioned their sketches, had them woven by Provençal weavers. Her one predictable surprise: Picasso had thought...
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