Rugsville Elham Persian-Style Floral Ivory Handmade Wool Carpet 8' x 8' Square

The floral all-over motif works at this scale because nothing competes with it. Lay it across a floor and the rest of the room arranges itself around the geometry instead of fighting for the same attention.

The piece was hand-tufted in India over 4 weeks by a team of two tufters and a finisher. New zealand wool was pushed through a stretched cotton canvas one row at a time with a tufting gun, then sealed at the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim. The last pass was carried out by hand with long shears, dropping the pile to 12 mm and lifting the pattern into low relief above the field.

The composition

The composition runs in ivory and warm cream. The contrast deepens over the years rather than dulling because the wool is dyed in the fibre rather than printed on the surface. The pile holds the colour evenly through the body of each tuft, which is why the carving stays clean at the boundary between two tones rather than feathering at the cut.

The pattern was drafted by the in-house design team and approved at full scale before any wool was hooked. Each row of tufts is anchored into the cotton canvas by the loop of yarn pushed through it, then sealed at the back so the pile cannot be pulled out by foot traffic. The finishing pass with hand shears is what separates a considered tufted piece from a generic one.

The piece in a room

A round at 8' Round (244 cm diameter) drops under a circular dining table or anchors the centre of a sitting room. The ivory pile reads warm against pale floors and pulls a seating arrangement into focus. The piece sits well in a meditation room, a foyer, or a bedroom where the bed is centred against a wall and the rug fills the remaining floor.

Care

Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Every tufted rug loses some fibre to a beater bar regardless of price. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub; press down to absorb rather than pulling across the surface. Expect light shedding for the first six weeks of use as loose fibres work themselves out of the pile; the density of the body of the rug is unaffected. Professional dry clean every two to three years. Use a non-slip underlay to extend the life of the backing.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted New Zealand wool, latex bonded with cotton scrim backing
• Dimensions: 8' Round (244 cm diameter)
• Pile: 12 mm
• Hands: 2 tufters and 1 finisher, approximately 4 weeks
• Origin: India

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