Rugsville Floral Beige Wool Carpet 8' x 10'

The tufting gun gives a designer a working tool that the pure knotted loom does not. A drawing can be developed at full scale, the colour balance can be adjusted at the last pass with the shears, and the finished piece reads as a considered work of pattern rather than a reproduction. The technique was developed industrially in the American carpet mills of the 1950s, then re-domesticated in Indian and Nepali ateliers as a craft method through the 1980s.

The work was carried out in India over six weeks. Two tufters pushed wool through stretched cotton canvas, the back was sealed with natural latex and a cotton scrim, and a finisher took long shears across the surface to bring the drawing into relief. Done well, the technique keeps the pattern crisp for years and the saturated colour reads cleanly across the field even as the room around it changes its lighting through the day.

The composition

The composition is built around a saturated beige ground with the drawing brought up by a sculpted relief in the finishing pass. Yarn-dyed wool keeps the colour reading clean across the field; the relief keeps the pattern crisp at room scale; and the New Zealand staple gives the surface a faint sheen that catches the lamps in a evening room.

The piece in a room

A 8' × 10' (244 × 305 cm) format works as a full living area with a sectional or a six-to-eight seat dining table. The beige field gives the room an axis. Walnut, oak, linen upholstery, leather sit comfortably on it; the geometry pairs poorly with strongly patterned upholstery, where the rug expects to be the only graphic element holding the floor.

Care

Suction-only vacuuming on a weekly schedule. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth; rubbing pushes liquid into the latex backing. Initial shedding settles after about six weeks of use. Plan a professional dry clean every two to three years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: 244 × 305 cm (8' × 10')
• Pile: 12 mm
• Hands: two tufters and a finisher, six weeks
• Origin: India

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