Rugsville Arts and Crafts Neutral Wool Carpet 5' x 8'

The Arts and Crafts carpet traces to William Morris and his circle in late-Victorian England. Morris and his daughter May rejected the machine-loomed medallion carpets of the period for hand-knotted rugs in slow, plant-derived colour and stylised botanical pattern, drawn from the medieval English garden rather than from Persian sources.

The work occupied Two weavers and a finisher across six to seven weeks. The pile was tufted face-down on a stretched frame, with each loop pulled through the canvas one at a time. After the tufting was complete the back was sealed with natural latex and reinforced with a cotton scrim; the surface was then sheared by hand and washed to bring the dye to its final saturation.

The composition

The palette is built around a neutral palette, with the secondary tones held back so the principal colour does the work. The slight tonal shifts in the ground are the trace of small-batch dyeing, where each vat carries its own register and no two areas of the field read identically. Up close the irregularity is visible as life; from across the room it gathers into a single considered colour. The composition is read as a whole. The piece reads differently against morning light than against evening lamp; the saturation lifts in daylight and tightens after dusk.

The piece in a room

5' x 8' sits naturally under a six-seater dining arrangement, or beneath a medium sectional in a living area. The rug is sized to be visible from above when the family is seated and from the side when guests walk in. The geometry resolves at standing distance and the colour deepens under the wash of overhead light.

Care

Vacuum once a week with the beater bar disengaged. Blot any spills immediately with a clean dry cloth, then a slightly damp one; do not rub. Initial shedding for four to six weeks is normal and does not affect the body of the pile underneath. Have the rug professionally dry-cleaned every two to three years to preserve the surface and clear the latex backing of accumulated dust.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded with cotton scrim
• Dimensions: 5' x 8' (152 x 244 cm)
• Construction: hand-tufted through stretched canvas, sheared finish
• Hands: 2 tufters and a finisher, six to seven weeks
• Pile: 12 mm, hand-spun wool
• Origin: India

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