Rugsville Floral Persian Ivory Black Wool&Slilk Carpet 6' x 9'

The repeating ivory-and-black floral, like a Bach fugue, gets all of its expressive weight from how the same drawn elements are reordered against one another. This is a sister composition to the previous Floral Persian Ivory Black, woven by the same workshop tradition but resolved with its own cartoon variations. The lotus and palmette vocabulary recurs but the placement, the silk distribution, and the chromatic relationships have all been redrawn for this particular carpet. No two are identical.

The loom carried two weavers across four and a half months. Pile is wool blended with mulberry silk on a hand-spun cotton foundation, with the silk distributed across the cartoon to lift specific floral elements where the drawing called for chromatic emphasis. Wool was kettle-dyed across twelve separate skein batches to support the multi-element composition without flattening any of the relationships. Persian asymmetric knots, tied by feel against the loom beam row by row.

The composition

An ivory field carries curving vine work in indigo, soft rust, faded ochre, and the sage green that walnut hull produces when it strikes iron. The black perimeter band anchors the field at the borders, wide enough to register architecturally without crowding the drawing inside it. The silk catches on the lotus crowns and the inner palmette work and shifts as you cross the room. Across the years the ivory will warm to bone and the indigo will deepen into its second-stage register.

What you are buying

Hand-knotted wool and silk Persian florals at 6' x 9' (183 x 274 cm) from workshop weavers with this level of cartoon discipline reach $7,000 to $14,000 in the New York and London dealer trade. The piece is woven on the same kind of vertical loom, in the same fibres, by weavers with comparable training, sold direct from India. A wool and silk carpet appreciates with use as the silk burnishes and the wool settles into its final patina.

The piece in a room

6' x 9' (183 x 274 cm) sets the floor for a primary bedroom, a smaller lounge, or a study. The ivory ground gives the room visual breathing space. The black border pairs particularly well with painted joinery in deep colours, stained walnut furniture, brass and aged-gold detailing. A single strong work of figurative or botanical art on the principal wall completes the composition.

Conservation

Spring and autumn half-turns for even ageing. Vacuum weekly on suction only, beater bar disengaged. Blot any spill with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. Specialist wool hand wash every five to seven years preserves the silk lustre and the integrity of the ivory ground. The carpet serves seventy to a hundred years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool with mulberry silk highlights on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 183 x 274 cm (6' x 9')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 2 weavers, 4.5 months
• Pile: 10 mm
• Origin: India

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