Two to three weeks of work for a small team of tufters and a finisher in India. Wool was pushed through stretched cotton canvas one row at a time with a hand-operated tufting gun, then sealed at the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim. The shearing pass was done last, by a finisher with long steel shears, cutting the pile down to bring the figure into relief above the ground.

A pair of tufters worked this rug for two to three weeks in India, a finisher took it through the shearing and binding stage. Wool over cotton canvas, latex-bonded, scrim-backed in the conventional way for tufted carpets. The binding tape on the perimeter was applied last, by hand, so the edges sit flat against the floor without curling.

The composition

The palette holds natural earth tones, with the over-dyed wool carrying a faint shift at certain angles the way a glaze sits over a pigment in oil paint. The geometry is open enough to live with patterned upholstery and graphic enough to carry a quieter room on its own. The pile is sheared at a single height across the field, so the eye reads the colour rather than the construction.

The piece in a room

The size as listed works inside its room cleanly without claiming a wall. The rug rewards a balanced furniture plan and steps back when a single architectural detail wants to lead. At any scale the construction holds the same character: the wool sits with the same hand, the dye carries the same depth, and the surface ages the same way over years of use. Pairs with both contemporary upholstery and older leather without forcing a register. The rug holds a slow conversation with whatever sits on top of it rather than insisting on a single decorating direction.

Care

Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Every tufted rug loses fibre to a beater bar regardless of price. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. Expect light shedding for the first six weeks of use as loose fibres work themselves out of the pile; the body of the rug is unaffected. Professional dry clean every three years to keep the pile lifted and the colour fresh.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim back
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Pile: 12 mm wool
• Origin: India

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