Modern carpet design, from the Bauhaus weavers forward, taught us that geometry alone could carry a floor. No medallion, no border, just a considered field. This rug works in that vocabulary, hand-knotted in India.

A small team sat at the loom across several months of continuous work. Wool hand-spun in small lots, dyed in copper vats, then knotted against a cotton warp by feel rather than count. The back of the rug carries the drawing as clearly as the face does, which is the structural test of a carpet woven properly through every row.

The composition

A composition built around a modern composition. The black ground holds the field together; the secondary tones do the figuration. The colour will not stay still over the next decade. Saturations will soften, the deeper tones will warm, and the rug will arrive at a quieter register than it begins with. That movement is the point.

What you are buying

What you are paying for is the weeks of weaver-time, the hand-spun wool, the dye work, and the design lineage. Comparable antique pieces in good condition trade well above this price in the international market. The rug appreciates with careful use rather than depreciating.

The piece in a room

At the size as listed, the rug suits a medium living area, primary bedroom, or formal sitting room. The black ground reads against ivory, warm white, or oak-panelled walls, and the geometry holds at viewing distance from a sofa or dining chair. Pairs with walnut, oak, linen upholstery, leather. Direct sunlight on the rug deepens the colour relationships; the piece is built to be lived on, not protected.

Conservation

Rotate a half turn each spring and autumn so light and traffic age the rug evenly. Vacuum weekly with suction only, beater bar disengaged. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. A wool-trained conservator should hand-wash the piece every five to seven years. Cared for this way, the rug runs eighty to a hundred years and outlives its first owners.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: a small team, several months
• Pile: hand-spun wool, sheared close
• Dye: colour-fast wool
• Origin: India

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