LIMO Junior LMJU12 Modern Wool Handmade Carpet

Modern patterns work on the floor because they ask nothing of the eye and give the room a quiet ground to build on. The drawing in this weaving was tightened until each repeat sat without competing with the next, the boundaries pulled in to the point where the figure feels measured rather than insistent.

Made by hand in India over 4 to 5 weeks. A tufter pulls each row of neutral wool through cotton canvas; a finisher seals the back and shears the surface. The pile reads denser than the inputs suggest because the shearing relieves the pattern by a couple of millimetres, which is what makes the figure carry across a room rather than collapse into the field.

The composition

Neutral grounds the field. The modern pattern holds the centre. The shear depth is calibrated so the figure sits two millimetres above the ground, which is what makes the pattern legible at sofa distance. Up close the relief reads as a quiet sculptural surface rather than as a flat graphic.

The economics

Hand-tufted wool sits between flatweave and hand-knotted on the price ladder, and at this scale it is the most economical way to bring a serious wool surface into a room without committing to the years and the budget that hand-knotting requires. The rug uses the same New Zealand wool that sits on the higher tiers; what you save is loom time, not material.

The piece in a room

Built at the size as listed, the rug suits a kid's room, a study, a reading corner, or a small bedroom. A flexible ground for most palettes; pairs comfortably with both cool and warm rooms. The neutral field pairs comfortably with painted wood furniture and fabric headboards.

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 a few weeks of light shedding while loose fibres work themselves out of the pile, after which the rug settles into its working surface. A professional dry clean every three years preserves the pile and the colour together.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: as listed (as listed)
• Pile: hand-sheared wool
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~4 to 5 weeks
• Origin: India

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