Rugsville Mangolia Green Wool Carpet 5' x 8'

The tufting gun gives a designer a working tool that the pure knotted loom does not. A drawing can be developed at full scale, the colour balance can be adjusted at the last pass with the shears, and the finished piece reads as a considered work of pattern rather than a reproduction. The technique was developed industrially in the American carpet mills of the 1950s, then re-domesticated in Indian and Nepali ateliers as a craft method through the 1980s.

This piece was made in India over around five weeks by two tufters and a finisher. Wool was loaded into the gun and pushed through a stretched cotton canvas one row at a time, then sealed at the back with natural latex and a cotton scrim. The final pass was made by hand with long shears, relieving the pattern above the field by a few millimetres so the drawing reads at room scale rather than dissolving into noise. The whole rug was washed once before despatch to settle the pile.

The composition

The composition is built around a saturated green ground with the drawing brought up by a sculpted relief in the finishing pass. Yarn-dyed wool keeps the colour reading clean across the field; the relief keeps the pattern crisp at room scale; and the New Zealand staple gives the surface a faint sheen that catches the lamps in a evening room.

The piece in a room

The 5' × 8' (152 × 244 cm) format suits a primary bedroom or a medium living area. The green palette holds against warm chalk, plaster pink, or a deeper navy accent wall, and the rug pairs cleanly with walnut, oak, linen upholstery, leather without competing for the room. Layering a smaller wool or hide over a corner gives the room a second register without breaking the main field.

Care

Suction-only vacuuming on a weekly schedule. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth; rubbing pushes liquid into the latex backing. Initial shedding settles after about six weeks of use. Plan a professional dry clean every two to three years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded, cotton scrim
• Dimensions: 152 × 244 cm (5' × 8')
• Pile: 12 mm
• Hands: two tufters and a finisher, around five weeks
• Origin: India

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