Anatito Anati10 Blue Wool Handmade Carpet 6'6" x 9'

The graphic language of this rug sits in the long tradition of village and tribal weaving across the Asian belt that runs from the Balkans through the Caucasus and into northwest India. The neutral reading edits the source for a contemporary interior.

Production took a team of two tufters and a finisher around 5 weeks of bench time on a stretched primary canvas. Wool was pushed through a stretched cotton primary canvas one row at a time with a hand-held tufting gun, the colour separations followed off a paper cartoon pinned behind the frame. Once the field was complete, the back was sealed with natural latex and laminated to a cotton scrim that locks the tuft loops in place. After the latex set, a finisher worked the surface with long shears for the better part of a week, lifting and trimming the pattern field by hand to give the design the depth the loom does not produce on its own. The relief catches the slow rake of evening light.

The composition

A blue ground carrying the design in a slightly raised relief. The wool sits between matte and lustred depending on how the light falls on it; in north light the field reads cool, in evening light it warms toward the deeper end of the palette. The figure work holds at room distance and reveals itself only on approach, the way a good painting does the same thing in a gallery.

The piece in a room

The piece sits at 6'6" × 9' (198 × 274 cm), sized for the central area of a living room or a guest bedroom. The blue reads quiet under direct daylight and saturates in the evening when the lamps come on. Pairs with walnut and oak as readily as with darker timbers, and with both linen and leather upholstery.

Care

Suction-only vacuuming weekly. Beater bars pull at the tufted base and shorten the working life of the rug. Blot spills immediately with clean cotton, never with paper towel which leaves fibre behind. Expect six weeks of light shedding from new as the loose ends of the cut pile work themselves clear. A professional dry clean every three years keeps the surface from compacting.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted New Zealand wool, natural latex bonded, cotton scrim backing
• Dimensions: 6'6" × 9' (198 × 274 cm)
• Construction: hand-tufted, hand-carved finish
• Pile: 13 mm
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~5 weeks
• Backing: cotton scrim over natural latex
• Origin: India

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