Rugsville Antiquity Wool Green Runner Carpet 2'6" x 10'

Tribal weaving from the Caucasus and east Anatolia gave geometry its honest face. Diamonds, latch-hooks, stepped polygons, drawn from memory rather than from a cartoon. The asymmetries are not accidents; they are the signature of a weaver who is making decisions at the loom rather than executing a plan drawn by someone else.

This rug carries that vocabulary into a contemporary tying. The shapes are recognisable to anyone who has spent time with old Caucasian weaving, but the proportions have been opened up and the palette tuned to a present-day room. The drawing reads at the scale of a sofa group rather than at the scale of a tent.

The piece was knotted in India by a single weaver on a vertical loom over 2 to 3 months. The pile is hand-spun wool, dyed in small lots before it reached the loom, then tied row by row against a cotton warp and weft. The piece was washed after cutting from the loom and finished by hand-shearing to even the pile and bring the drawing forward at the right relief.

The composition

Green carries the field with a depth that only comes from wool taken through multiple dye baths. The pattern resolves at the scale of a room, not at the scale of a sample. The colour shifts by a perceptible degree from one end of the rug to the other, the signature of plant-based dyeing rather than a fault in the work.

What you are buying

This is a hand-knotted wool rug at a working price for the format. Comparable construction through retail channels carries a meaningful premium. The rug is an entry into the medium rather than an investment piece, but the construction is genuine and the wool will age the way wool ages.

The piece in a room

2' 6" × 10' (76 × 305 cm) sits comfortably as a bedside runner, an entry mat, or a defined corner inside a larger room. The green palette reads against both warm wood floors and cool stone, and the small format lets the drawing carry without needing to anchor a furniture group. The piece works particularly well in a position where it is seen from above on approach, an entry hall or a landing, where the figure resolves at standing height.

Conservation

Rotate end-for-end every six months so traffic and light age the rug evenly. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged, suction only. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, work from the outside of the spill toward the centre, never rub. A trained wool conservator should hand-wash the piece every five to seven years. Cared for this way, the rug runs sixty to a hundred years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 76 × 305 cm (2' 6" × 10')
• Construction: asymmetric knot
• Hands: 1 weaver, 2 to 3 months
• Pile: 8 to 10 mm hand-spun wool
• Dye: colourfast wool dye
• Origin: India

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