Rugsville Chevron Ivory Grey Wool Carpet 8' x 10'

Chevron is the motif you use when the architecture is doing the work. The bands run, the colours alternate, and nothing in the field competes with whatever sits above it. That is the discipline behind every good chevron rug, and the discipline behind this one.

The pile is hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation. 3 weavers shared the loom across 4-6 months, working at roughly 100 knots per square inch. That gives a finished count of around 1.2 million hand-tied knots. The dyes were prepared in small batches and the wool was lowered into them before being washed in clean water and sun-dried over several days. Every step is done by hand because the result depends on it.

The composition

Bands run corner to corner, the angle holds, and the colours alternate at a pace the eye can settle into. The composition is not the focal point of the room. It is the considered ground that lets everything else in the room speak. The dominant tones run to ivory, grey.

What you are buying

An accessible point of entry into a hand-knotted carpet of real workshop discipline. The construction is the same as on the larger pieces in the same lineage; the price reflects only the smaller area of pile. The rug is meant to be used and conserved rather than displayed and protected.

The piece in a room

8' x 10' (244 x 305 cm) is the canonical scale for a primary living room with a sectional or two facing sofas above it. The composition is built to be read from the standing height of someone walking into the room. The ivory reading carries against off-white walls and cool stone, and it warms a room with darker timber as well.

Conservation

A spring and autumn half-rotation evens out the way the pile takes light. Vacuum weekly on suction only. Spills are blotted, never rubbed; a clean cotton cloth from the outside in lifts the liquid before it sets. Schedule a professional hand wash every four to five years. The piece outlives its first owner if treated this way.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 8' x 10' (244 x 305 cm)
• Construction: hand-tied asymmetric knot
• Knot density: ~100 KPSI
• Total knot count: ~1.2 million
• Hands: 3 weavers, 4-6 months
• Pile: 10 mm, hand-spun wool
• Dye: vegetable and low-impact mineral
• Origin: India

Free shipping anywhere in India. Cash on delivery available. 7-day exchange. Arrives crated for safe transit and re-usable for storage.