Delhi Modish DLD-51 Wool Handmade Carpet

Natural earth tones this saturated only comes from over-dyeing wool in two baths rather than dipping it once, the way a glaze sits over an undercoat in oil paint. The technique is slower; the colour does not flatten under interior light. The yarn is set in the first dye lot, then taken back into a second bath that closes the tone and locks the depth.

The piece was hand-tufted in India over three weeks by two tufters and a finisher. Wool was pushed through stretched cotton canvas one row at a time with a tufting gun, then sealed at the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim. The last pass was done by hand with long shears, cutting the pile down to relieve the figure above the ground by a controlled height.

The composition

Natural earth tones carries the field. The shearing relieves the secondary tones above the ground by a couple of millimetres, which is what makes the design read at room scale rather than dissolving into noise. Undyed wool gains contrast over the years rather than dulling. The piece reads cleanly under both warm and cool lighting; the wool itself is the source of the depth, not a printed surface treatment.

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. Sits well under a low coffee table with metal legs and reads through the legs of a daybed. The natural earth tones ground stays visible at the perimeter of the furniture, which is what gives the rug its work in a room.

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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