Leidel LEID-1 Wool Handmade Carpet

Studio carpet design in the second half of the twentieth century pulled from the abstraction of European and American painting and put it back through the loom. This piece is a direct descendant of that mid-century studio conversation.

This rug was hand-tufted in India over roughly 5 weeks by a team of two tufters and a single finisher. Wool was loaded into the tufting gun one colour at a time and pushed through a stretched canvas in long passes that follow the cartoon transferred to the back of the frame. Latex and scrim were applied at the end to lock every loop in place. The carving step took a finisher about a week with hand shears, cutting the pattern into a low relief that pulls a millimetre or two of shadow into every motif edge. The piece behaves differently in lamp light than in north light.

The composition

The neutral field works as a quiet ground for a pattern that reveals itself on approach. Furniture sits on the rug without competing for attention. The colour is built up from two passes of dye on the same wool rather than a single dipped bath, which is why the saturation reads as depth rather than as flat surface.

The piece in a room

size as listed anchors a primary bedroom, a medium living room, or a sitting area in a larger flat. The neutral pairs cleanly with walnut, oak, teak, and warm stone floors and answers both white and mid-tone walls. Position the front legs of seating onto the field and leave a frame of bare floor around the perimeter so the rug reads as a defined object rather than as wall-to-wall coverage.

Care

Vacuum once a week, suction only, no rotating brush. Blot any spill with a dry cloth and follow with a barely damp cloth if needed. The first month or two will produce some loose fibre from the freshly cut pile, which is expected and stops on its own. A specialist dry clean every three to four years keeps the surface fresh and lifts the dust the household vacuum cannot reach.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted New Zealand wool, natural latex bonded, cotton scrim backing
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Construction: hand-tufted, hand-carved finish
• Pile: 10 mm
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~5 weeks
• Backing: cotton scrim over natural latex
• Origin: India

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