Bryson Persian Medallion Handmade Blue Wool Carpet

A hand-tufted rug starts as a drawing on stretched cotton canvas. The maker pushes wool through the canvas with a tufting gun, building the pile one row at a time, then seals the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim. The result has the thickness of a knotted rug at a more democratic price, and the design freedom of a pencil sketch rather than the grid-locked pixel logic of a knotted ground. This blue reading of a persian composition holds together at room scale and reveals its drawing on close approach.

This rug was hand-tufted in India over 4 weeks by a team of two tufters and a finisher. The pattern was drawn onto stretched canvas, the yarn was driven through with a hand-held tufting gun row by row, and the back was sealed with natural latex and a cotton scrim that locks every loop in place. The last pass was done by hand with long shears, cutting the pile to even depth and bringing the persian drawing into relief. The pile is New Zealand wool, picked for its long staple, even crimp, and clean colour, which keeps the pattern crisp once the carving pass relieves one tone above another.

The composition

A blue ground holds the persian composition with no competing borders or guard bands. The eye moves across the field rather than landing on a single feature. The yarn was over-dyed in two baths rather than dipped once, which is why the colour carries a faint tonal shift across the surface rather than a flat mill evenness.

The piece in a room

size as listed works as an anchor under a sofa and chairs, with the front legs landing on the field. The blue pile sits well on oak and walnut floors and pairs with linen, leather, and brass without competing.

Care

Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Every tufted rug loses a little fibre to a beater bar regardless of price. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. Light shedding for the first six weeks is normal as loose fibres work out of the pile. Professional dry clean every two to three years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted New Zealand wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Pile: 12 mm
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~4 weeks
• Origin: India

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