Rugsville Designer Silky Shag Rust Carpet 5' x 8'

The long-pile rug has its origins in the Anatolian winter room, where the tulu and yatak weavings were built deep enough to function as both floor cover and bedding. The form moved into European interior design through the Scandinavian houses of the 1950s and into California through the modernist beach-house tradition that followed.

The piece occupied Two for six to seven weeks. Yarn was hand-spun and dyed in small batches before any of it reached the warp. The composition grew row by row from a charted plan worked out in the studio, then washed at finish to bring the surface to its final register and settle the dye against the foundation.

The composition

A rust register is the working colour of the field. The geometry is built to read across distance and to reward close approach in equal measure. Small-batch vat dyeing produces a slight tonal drift that gives the surface its sense of life; from any standing position the rug reads as one quiet ground rather than a tile that repeats. Across the first year the saturation will tighten and the field will deepen by half a stop as the wool oxidises against ambient light.

The piece in a room

At 5' x 8' the rug carries a six-seat dining table or a medium living arrangement. It expects a clean field of floor around it, two to three feet of margin to the wall, so the composition is read whole and the proportions of the room are not crowded. Pale walls push the colour forward; mid-tone walls let the rug settle.

Care

Vacuum weekly on suction only. Reverse the rug end for end twice a year so both faces age in step. Spot treat any spill with cool water on a clean cloth, working from the perimeter of the spill toward the centre. Schedule a professional dry clean every three to four years to clear the weft of trapped dust and bring the colour back to its original register.

Reference

• Medium: handmade synthetic yarn
• Dimensions: 5' x 8' (152 x 244 cm)
• Construction: hand-made on a vertical loom
• Hands: 2 makers, six to seven weeks
• Pile: medium pile, hand-spun yarn
• Origin: India

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