The modern composition in this rug grew from a contemporary studio working in conversation with classical textile sources. The pattern is graphic without being noisy, the saturation is held in a tight band, and the field reads as one composition rather than a tile that happens to repeat.

The rug was hand-tufted in India over about 4 to 5 weeks. A team of two tufters and a finisher worked wool through a stretched cotton canvas one row at a time with a tufting gun, then sealed the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim. The final pass was done by hand with long shears to relieve the pattern across the surface, cutting the figure proud of the ground by a couple of millimetres so the design reads from sofa distance.

The composition

The neutral surface is built to read as a single considered ground rather than a busy graphic. The modern sits on it the way a watermark sits on paper, present without dominating, and the eye can land on it or move past it depending on what the rest of the room is doing.

The economics

Hand-tufted wool sits between flatweave and hand-knotted on the price ladder, and at this scale it is the most economical way to bring a serious wool surface into a room without committing to the years and the budget that hand-knotting requires. The rug uses the same New Zealand wool that sits on the higher tiers; what you save is loom time, not material.

The piece in a room

At the listed dimensions the piece is built to anchor a single point in a room rather than to cover a primary living area. A flexible ground for most palettes; pairs comfortably with both cool and warm rooms. The rug sits well on either side of a bed, in front of a dresser, or under a writing desk.

Care

Vacuum weekly with the beater bar off. Blot, do not rub, on any spill, and address it within an hour where possible. Shedding tapers within six weeks of first use as the loose fibres work themselves clear of the pile. A professional dry clean every three years preserves the pile and the colour together over the long life of the rug.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: as listed (as listed)
• Pile: hand-sheared wool
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~4 to 5 weeks
• Origin: India

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