Rugsville Heriz Blue Rust Wool Carpet 4' x 6'

The Heriz tradition belongs to north-western Persia, where village weavers translated the floral courtly idiom into a tougher, more graphic vocabulary built for everyday use.

Around 414,720 Persian-asymmetric knots, hand-tied to a cotton foundation by a single weaver over 4 months. The wool was washed, carded, and spun by hand before it ever met dye. Dovetailed selvedges and original fringe, finished as the weave came off the loom.

The composition

The composition centres on the rust field, with the drawing arranged so the eye moves rather than landing on a single point. Every element is sized to read at the scale of the room rather than the scale of the loom. Dye saturation moves slightly across the field, the way hand-spun yarn always does, and the variation reads as breath rather than as flaw. Hand-trimmed pile holds the drawing tight. Look across the rug in raking light and the rust ground reveals the slow lateral variation of dye that only a hand-spun fibre carries. What the rug is now is the starting condition. The patina is the long-term composition, and a well-made hand-knotted carpet is engineered to gain rather than lose through that process.

What you are buying

A hand-knotted wool rug at this price is a bargain by every standard the trade uses. The same loom, the same knotting, the same materials a buyer would expect at twice the figure. The rug holds its value through use.

The piece in a room

4' × 6' (122 × 183 cm) sits well under a hallway, a smaller bedroom, or a defined seating nook. The rust ground holds against painted walls in chalk, plaster, or warm white, and against natural wood joinery. Painted walls in chalk, plaster, or warm white hold the saturation. Direct sunlight refreshes the colour. A low underlay extends the life of the rug and keeps it from creeping on a polished floor. Choose a felted underlay rather than rubber to avoid trapping moisture.

Conservation

Two rotations a year, suction-only vacuuming, immediate blotting on spills, and a conservator wash every five to seven years. The pile will mellow with use rather than wear away.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 4' × 6' (122 × 183 cm)
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Total knot count: ~414,720
• Hands: a single weaver, 4 months
• Pile: hand-spun wool
• Origin: India

Free shipping across India. Cash on delivery available. 7-day exchange. The rug ships crated for safe transit.