Rugsville Tribute Medallion Rust Wool Carpet 2'6" x 8'

The central medallion pattern grew out of court workshops where every drawing was approved by a master designer before a single knot was tied. The cartoon was scaled up onto graph paper, each square representing a single knot, and the weavers worked from that map across long winter months.

On this loom, 2 weavers shared the warp for 5 months. Roughly 1,440,000 hand-tied knots in New Zealand wool on a cotton foundation, the pile cropped to 11 mm. The wool was vegetable-dyed in small batches using madder, indigo, walnut hull, and pomegranate rind, each bath matured for two to three weeks before the yarn was lowered.

The composition

The composition is built around the relationship between rust and cinnamon. The border is restrained where lesser examples crowd the edge with layered guard bands. The eye moves into the field instead of being held at the perimeter.

What you are buying

This is the entry point for serious hand-knotted work. The construction is the same as the higher-priced pieces in this catalogue. The economy comes from a slightly lower knot count and a more direct dye process, not from any compromise in the loom or the wool. A hand-knotted carpet of this kind is one of the few household objects that still gains value with use rather than losing it.

The piece in a room

size as listed is the working scale for a primary bedroom under the foot of a queen bed, for a study with a single armchair and a desk, or for the conversation area of a medium living room. The rust reads warmer in lamplight and cooler in daylight.

Conservation

Rotate a half turn each spring and autumn so light and footfall age the rug evenly. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged, suction only. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth. Hand-wash by a wool-trained conservator every four to five years. With this care a hand-knotted piece of this construction runs eighty to a hundred years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted New Zealand wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 2 weavers, 5 months
• Pile: 11 mm
• Dye: vegetable (madder, indigo, walnut hull, pomegranate)
• Origin: India

Free shipping across India with cash on delivery. 7-day exchange. Crated for transit and re-usable for storage.