The all-over floral has been a default of the wool rug for four hundred years. What changes from generation to generation is the scale of the bloom, the openness of the ground, and the depth of the border. This rug pulls the bloom forward and lets the ground recede.

This rug was hand-tufted in India over 3 to 5 weeks by a small team of two tufters and a finisher. Wool was pushed through a stretched cotton canvas one row at a time, then sealed at the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim. The last pass was done by hand with long shears to bring the pile to an even height. The pile is sheared in two passes, the first to set the height and the second to relieve the relief between motif and ground by a hair under two millimetres.

The composition

A Persian-style floral repeat in grey, multi-tonal, set against an open ground. The pattern has been redrawn from an older source and the palette muted to sit comfortably in a contemporary room. The wool is New Zealand grade, slightly longer staple than Indian wool, which gives the pile a softer hand and a deeper colour absorption.

Why hand-tufted

Tufted wool work is the right tier when the room needs a hand-finished surface but does not need the multi-decade build of a knotted carpet. The wool is the same. The pattern reads the same. The hand of the pile is the same. The economics are different, which is what brings real wool work into the reach of more rooms.

The piece in a room

At the size as listed the rug is built to anchor a primary room without disappearing under furniture. The composition is scaled to read against the seating arrangement, with the front legs of the sofa and any flanking armchairs sitting on the pile and a clear margin of bare floor at the perimeter. The proportions hold for both rectangular and squared room layouts and the field reads as a single considered ground rather than as a covering. Pairing with mid-tone walls keeps the saturation honest. Direct sunlight deepens the register over time rather than washing it out.

Care

Vacuum once a week, suction setting, no beater bar. The rug will release a few loose fibres for the first several weeks of use. This is normal in any tufted construction. Blot spills with cotton cloth and arrange a professional dry cleaning every three years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim back
• Dimensions: size as listed (size as listed)
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~3-5 weeks
• Pile: 12 mm wool
• Origin: India

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