Rugsville Ikat Red Wool Carpet 6' x 9'

Ikat traditions run from the Andes to Uzbekistan to Indonesia, and each one solves the same problem in its own way: how to put pattern into thread instead of into cloth. The result is a graphic with edges that breathe, a quality no print and no embroidery can imitate. This rug translates that thread-level event into pile.

The pile is hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation. 2-3 weavers shared the loom across 4-5 months, working at roughly 100 knots per square inch. That gives a finished count of around 777 thousand 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

The motifs feather at every edge, the way an ikat always does, and the colour shifts where the dye took unevenly across the bound yarn. Read as a flat graphic the field is symmetric. Read at close range it is full of small chromatic events. The dominant tones run to red.

What you are buying

What you are paying for is several months of weaver-time on a loom, in wool of a specified micron, on a cotton foundation that has to outlast every soft fibre tied into it. The price reflects the labour rather than a brand premium. The piece compounds in value over a domestic ownership cycle.

The piece in a room

6' x 9' (183 x 274 cm) anchors a generous sitting area or a dining room under an eight-seater table. The field carries weight at room scale without losing its detail. Holds against both cool whites and the warmer browns of older interiors.

Conservation

Treat the rug as the long-lived object it is. Suction-only vacuuming, weekly. Twice-yearly rotation to balance light and footfall. A wool-trained hand wash every five years. Spills blotted, never rubbed. With that routine the piece appreciates rather than depreciates, the way every well-kept hand-knotted weaving does.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 6' x 9' (183 x 274 cm)
• Construction: hand-tied asymmetric knot
• Knot density: ~100 KPSI
• Total knot count: ~777k
• Hands: 2-3 weavers, 4-5 months
• Pile: 10 mm, hand-spun wool
• Dye: vegetable and low-impact mineral
• Origin: India

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