Floral medallions belong to the long Persian-Mughal lineage that travelled across the subcontinent in the seventeenth century and settled into the design vocabulary of Indian workshops. The motif here keeps the central rosette and the corner spandrels of that tradition while opening the field around them so the pattern reads as a softer, more domestic descendant.

Hand tufted in India in several weeks by two tufters and a finisher. The wool was sourced from New Zealand and Indian fleece, hand-skeined and dyed before being passed through the tufting gun. Latex seal, cotton scrim, hand-shorn pile, edge bound by hand.

The composition

The medallion reads in beige at the centre. Soft scrollwork extends across the field, with smaller flower heads picked up in the corner spandrels. The borders are restrained, layered in two registers rather than five. The hand-shorn pile gives the design a slight sculptural relief that catches light along the carved edges of the pattern, so the rug reads as a low bas-relief on approach rather than as a flat painted surface. The wool used here is a blend of New Zealand and Indian fleece, hand-skeined and dyed in small batches before tufting. The beige reading sits with the slight tonal variation that only comes from yarn dyed in lots rather than mass-batched. The fibre takes light cleanly and gives the rug a depth that engineered yarns at the same price point cannot match.

The piece in a room

size as listed. Small rugs in this scale work as accents: under a single armchair, in a bathroom, in a pooja corner, or as a foreground piece on a larger plain field. Mid-tone walls in clay, lime, or warm grey hold the beige field; bright white walls cool it. The rug sits well next to walnut, teak, brass and bronze finishes.

Care

Suction-only vacuuming, weekly. Spills blotted with a clean cotton cloth, never rubbed. Initial shedding settles inside two months of regular use. Professional dry clean every three years keeps the pile in good condition. Avoid placement in direct continuous sunlight to keep the colours from washing.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Pile: hand-shorn wool
• Hands: two tufters and a finisher, several weeks
• Origin: India

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