Rugsville Plum Overdyed 12252 Wool Carpet 9' x 12'

Plum is one of the more demanding overdye registers because it sits at the intersection of red, blue, and brown, and the final colour depends on the proportion of each pigment in the dye vat. Too much red and the carpet reads warm and rosy; too much blue and it reads as a cool aubergine; too much brown and the field loses its life. A successful plum overdye carries all three values in slow tonal modulation across a single field, with the ghost of the original floral pattern visible beneath as architectural detail.

This 9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) carpet was woven by three weavers over roughly six months as a traditional Persian floral composition on a cotton foundation. Wool was hand-spun and tied knot by knot using the Persian asymmetric knot. The finished rug was washed, sheared low, and immersed in a single full-immersion dye bath tinted to plum, where the original chromatic complexity was unified into one rich colour world that retains the depth of the original weaving.

The composition

A plum field with the structure of the original floral pattern visible as tonal shifts within the colour. The plum reads warmer in the spaces where the original wool was light and cooler where the original wool was dark, which gives the surface its slow internal life. Under evening lamps the colour reads close to oxblood; under morning daylight it cools toward aubergine. The carpet behaves chromatically more like a painting than like a printed textile.

What you are buying

Overdyed hand-knotted carpets of this construction trade between $10,000 and $22,000 at Western dealers and showrooms. The piece in front of you is a contemporary weaving in the same construction at ₹1,76,099, against an MSRP of ₹4,16,000. A hand-knotted wool carpet, even one finished with a contemporary overdye, appreciates with careful use rather than depreciating. The plum will mature into a deeper, more complex value over the years.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' anchors a sitting room with a full sofa and two armchairs, or a dining table that seats eight to ten. The plum palette pairs with brass, with warm woods such as teak and walnut, with linen in stone and ivory, and with off-white plaster walls. The colour reads strongest in rooms with mixed daylight and evening lamps, where the chromatic shift through the day becomes part of the experience.

Conservation

Rotate one half turn twice each year. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Blot any spill with a clean cotton cloth and never rub. A wool-trained conservator should hand-wash the rug every five years. The plum overdye is colour-fast under professional cleaning. With this care the carpet holds for decades.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted overdyed wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 274 x 366 cm (9' x 12')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 3 weavers, ~6 months at the loom; finished by full-immersion overdye
• Pile: hand-spun wool, low
• Origin: India

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