Charity rarely goes hand in hand with fine home furnishings but Unicas Bermuda -- who sell pottery and rugs at their BAA location -- will hold a sale of fine rugs this weekend with part proceeds going to charity.

Husband and wife owners of Unicas Bermuda, Deborah Lombardo and Nathan Worswick recently donated and installed a fountain from Mexico in the grounds of Admiralty House Park in Pembroke. They will hold their rug sale this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Admiralty House.

Mr. Worswick wished to thank Unicas member Scott Stewart for his help as well as the Tulo Valley Nursery for donating plants to surround the fountain which has replaced an old stagnant pond which he said was doing nothing but attract mosquitoes.

The rug sale will feature vegetable dyed and hand spun treasures from Nepal, Afghanistan, Turkoman tribesman and other regions. Eighteen rugs from the collection will contribute part proceeds to Cultural Survival, a non-profit organisation dedicated to providing financial support to Tibetan refugees in Nepal.

The recent history of Tibet has been one of sorrow as the country was invaded by armies of the Communist Peoples Republic of China in 1950.

After an unsuccessful popular revolt against the Chinese in 1959, thousands of Tibetan Refugees fled across the Himalayan mountains to India and Nepal.

As a result, Cultural Survival, a human rights organisation headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., initiated the Tibetan Rug Weaving Project in 1992 with the intent of establishing -- in one collection -- a representation of the various sources of inspiration found in fine antique Tibetan carpets.

The weaving project is centred in Kathmandu, Nepal and only authentic regional patterns are used, all colours are derived from traditional vegetable dyes, and only hand spun Tibetan wool, or a hand spun blend of Tibetan and New Zealand wools are used.

The most important goal of the rug weaving project is to provide financial support to the Tibetan community in exile.

Proceeds from the sale of rugs are directed either toward its continued growth or toward the benefit of the Tibetan refugee community and the children of Nepali weavers.