LIMO Junior LMJU33 Modern Wool Handmade Carpet

The modern composition in this rug grew from a contemporary studio working in conversation with classical textile sources. The pattern is graphic without being noisy, the saturation is held in a tight band, and the field reads as one composition rather than a tile that happens to repeat.

Two tufters and a finisher worked the canvas in India for 4 to 5 weeks. The wool was pushed through a stretched cotton primary with a hand-held tufting gun, anchored with natural latex on the reverse, and finished with a cotton scrim. The final shear was done by hand to give the pile a uniform plane and to relieve the pattern from the field by exactly the depth needed for the drawing to read at the right scale.

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

A hand-tufted wool rug at this scale is the practical step between a machine-made starter and a hand-knotted heirloom. The wool is natural, the construction is honest about its method, and the design carries the studio thought without the decade-long timeline that knotting demands.

The piece in a room

At the listed dimensions the piece is built to anchor a single point in a room rather than to cover a primary living area. A flexible ground for most palettes; pairs comfortably with both cool and warm rooms. The rug sits well on either side of a bed, in front of a dresser, or under a writing desk.

Care

Vacuum weekly with the beater bar off. Blot, do not rub, on any spill, and address it within an hour where possible. Shedding tapers within six weeks of first use as the loose fibres work themselves clear of the pile. A professional dry clean every three years preserves the pile and the colour together over the long life of the rug.

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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