Rugsville Channing Persian Style Brown Handmade Wool Carpet 2'6" x 16' Runner

Hand tufting moves a wool yarn through a stretched canvas one tuft at a time using a hand-guided gun, then anchors the back with latex and a cotton scrim. The result lies between a knotted carpet and a painting, with the colour discipline of a textile and the gestural freedom of a brush. This brown wool piece works that translation in the figure, drawn first as a cartoon and then transferred line by line onto a stretched canvas.

It was hand-tufted in India over 5 weeks by 2 tufters and a finisher. Wool yarn was pushed through a stretched cotton canvas one stitch at a time, sealed at the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim, then carved by hand with long shears to relieve the figure from the ground. The pile sits at twelve millimetres, which is the height that gives wool both spring underfoot and depth of colour at the surface.

The composition

Saturation was the first decision. The brown was built up across multiple dye baths to reach a depth that printed pile cannot match. The figure is then relieved by hand-shearing so it sits on the field rather than blending into it. The wool carries a faint sheen that comes from the lanolin retained in the fibre during a controlled wash, which is what gives a hand-tufted rug its quiet glow under lamp light.

The piece in a room

2'6" x 16' (76 × 488 cm) is the working scale for a primary bedroom under a queen frame, a medium living area, or a square dining setting for six to eight. The brown pairs cleanly with walnut, oak, brass and linen; it works against both painted plaster and exposed brick.

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. Expect light shedding for the first six weeks of use as loose fibres work themselves out of the pile; the structural density of the rug is unaffected. Professional dry-clean every three years to lift accumulated soil from the latex backing.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: 76 × 488 cm (2'6" x 16')
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, ~5 weeks
• Pile: 12 mm
• Origin: India

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