Mayamo 44320 Wool Handmade Carpet

Tufting is the wool equivalent of oil painting on canvas. The wool yarn is pushed through a stretched canvas ground one row at a time, then sealed at the back with latex and a cotton scrim. The technique allows tighter shaping of motifs than knotting permits and a deeper, more even pile. The carpet that comes off the frame has the body and weight of a knotted rug at a fraction of the production time.

Two tufters and a finisher worked the rug over 4 weeks in India. The wool was gun-tufted into a stretched cotton primary backing, then sealed at the reverse with natural latex and bonded to a cotton scrim. The pile was sheared by hand with long blades to bring the polychrome field to a uniform plane, and a final pass with shears carved the motif a few millimetres clear of the ground so the pattern reads in relief at room scale.

The composition

The polychrome carries the field. The motif emerges as a tonal shift rather than a hard-edged graphic, which is the property that lets the rug sit in a composed room without claiming the eye. Up close, the carve work shows in the slight relief between figure and ground; at distance, the surface reads as a single saturated colour event.

The piece in a room

The piece sits well in a primary bedroom under a queen frame, in a study beneath a writing table, or as the central field of a medium living room. A polychrome field anchors a room with otherwise restrained palette. Pair with linen upholstery, oak or walnut flooring, and lighting that runs warm rather than cool; the wool reads at its truest colour under incandescent and warm LED light.

Care

Disengage the beater bar before vacuuming. Tufted construction is dense but the pile is held by latex rather than tied knots, so aggressive agitation is the one thing to avoid across the rug's life. Spot clean with a cotton cloth and cool water for fresh spills; professional cleaning every three to four years handles ground-in soil. Rotate a quarter turn each season so foot traffic and light age the surface evenly.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim backing
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Pile: 12 mm
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, about 4 weeks
• Wool weight: roughly 2.4 kg per square metre
• Origin: India

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