Rugsville Cailyn Bohemian Multi Southwestern Carpet 5'2" x 7'8"

The pattern in this rug grew out of contemporary studio work that draws on both European graphic discipline and the older textile vocabularies of South and Central Asia. A multi composition, calibrated so the field reads as one piece rather than a repeating tile. The cartoon was worked at scale before being committed to loom.

The composition holds at a distance and resolves into its details on approach. The asymmetry is what keeps the eye moving rather than landing in one place.

The studio worked the cartoon in chalk and ink at half scale before approving it for the loom. The proportions were tested against a sample run and corrected three times before commitment to production. The discipline behind a loom-finished rug sits in the front-end design work rather than in the weaving itself.

The Cailyn cartoon was the studio's pick of the season; it carried into production with no revisions to the original graph.

The fibre

Heat-set polypropylene. The yarn is engineered so the colour is locked in by temperature rather than by surface dye, which is why the saturation does not fade under direct sunlight the way pigment printing fades. The fibre resists staining at the molecular level: spilled drinks, oil, and coffee lift with a damp cloth before they set. The pile stays flat under furniture and does not shed.

The composition

The field reads as multi from across the room and resolves into multiple lots of the same family on approach. The lots were prepared in matured baths over several weeks. The dye sat in the wool long enough to settle into the fibre rather than the surface, which is why the colour matures over time rather than fading. The borders are kept narrow so the eye is not pulled to the edges; the design holds in the field where it belongs. Under raking light the pattern lifts a fraction above the ground; under flat overhead light it settles into a single plane. Both readings are intended.

The piece in a room

5' × 8' (152 × 244 cm) is the canonical scale for a small living area, a primary bedroom, or under a four-seat dining table. The multi composition holds the room without claiming it. Mid-tone walls let the field settle; bright walls push it forward.

Care

Weekly vacuum, spot clean as needed with a damp cloth and mild detergent. The pile recovers from compression with light brushing. The colour is heat locked at the fibre level and does not fade under interior light or under the periodic exposure to sunlight that an inland Indian climate brings.

Reference

• Medium: heat-set polypropylene, jacquard-woven
• Dimensions: 152 × 244 cm (5' × 8')
• Pile: 10-12 mm
• Origin: Turkey

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