Rugsville Traditional Wool Ivory & Black Carpet 9' x 12'

Ivory and black reads as a modernist pairing today, but it traces back through the Anatolian kilim tradition to the very earliest carpet fragments at Catalhoyuk, where ivory undyed wool was used as the field for stamped black geometry. The contrast carries authority because there is no third tone to soften the line. The pattern in front of you takes that discipline and translates it into a Persian-style knotted field, drawn by a contemporary master who studied early Caucasian and central-Asian work.

About 2.6 million Persian asymmetric knots, tied through a cotton warp by three weavers over roughly six months in India. The pile is hand-carded wool, slightly under-spun so the ivory keeps a quiet halo of irregularity rather than reading machine-flat. The black yarn is dyed in iron-mordant baths to a deep matte finish, then washed twice to lift any residual saltiness in the dye. Total surface area: 12,635 square inches.

The composition

A clean ivory ground holds a black central medallion drawn in straight architectural lines rather than curving floral arabesque. Spandrels in matching black anchor the corners. The border is a single black guard band, narrow, and a wider field band of paired ivory rosettes on black. The whole composition reads as confident architecture from a distance and rewards close inspection with the small variations only hand-knotting produces.

What you are buying

Hand-knotted carpets at this scale and density in two-colour graphic fields are uncommon at any price point because the discipline of weaving them well is rare. Comparable contemporary work from European designer studios commissions out at three to five times this figure. The rug appreciates with use rather than depreciating; the ivory wool develops a low patina that brightens the contrast over the first decade.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) holds a long sofa with chairs at either end or sits beneath a dining table for ten. The ivory and black field accepts every other colour you put in the room. It pairs with mid-century walnut and tubular steel, with deep oxblood Chesterfield leather, with travertine and with raw plaster. White walls open the field; charcoal walls let the rug read as a graphic statement on the floor.

Conservation

Rotate the rug one hundred and eighty degrees twice yearly. Vacuum with suction only, beater bar disengaged. Blot spills immediately with clean cotton, never rub. Address any black-on-ivory dye migration with a professional conservator within a week of any wet incident. Hand wash every five to seven years by a trained workshop. The rug runs three generations cared for this way.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 274 x 366 cm (9' x 12')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 3 weavers, 6 months
• Pile: 9 mm hand-spun wool
• Origin: India

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