Rugsville Vintage Persian Teal Blue Overdyed Hand Knotted Wool l Carpet 9' x 12'

The overdye process was developed in the early 2000s by Anatolian and Indian workshops as a way to bring older village wool carpets back into a contemporary register. An existing carpet, woven in the last hundred years and sometimes worn at the pile, is sheared even, washed clean, and immersed in a single saturated dye bath that pulls the entire field into one strong colour while the original drawing reads through as a tonal shadow. Teal blue is the cooler register of that vocabulary.

Three to four weavers wove the original base carpet on a vertical loom over five to six months. The pile was hand-spun wool on a cotton foundation, tied in Persian asymmetric knots. The overdye process took a further three weeks at a specialist Indian workshop, where the rug was sheared down to a uniform pile height, washed in mineral solution, immersed in an indigo-and-weld bath calibrated to read as deep teal, and sun-dried for several days before the final brushing. The original drawing reads as a slightly darker ghost beneath the saturated teal.

The composition

A saturated teal blue field with the underlying older Persian floral drawing reading through as a tonal shadow rather than as a discrete pattern. The teal is not flat. It carries variation from the underlying base carpet's colour, with deeper passages where the original ground was rust or madder and lighter passages where it was cream. The border survives as a shadow of itself, the geometry visible but the contrast collapsed into the single overdye field.

What you are buying

Overdyed antique-base carpets at this scale reach fifteen to forty thousand US dollars at the specialist Western dealers when the base carpet quality is comparable. This is a new overdye on a hand-knotted base carpet of the same character, with the same dye discipline. At one and a half lac it sits well below the dealer comparable and appreciates with use rather than depreciating.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) anchors a primary drawing room. The saturated teal pairs particularly well with modern interiors that want a hand-knotted carpet without the historical visual weight of a traced classical field. Pairs with chalk walls, washed oak, brushed brass, raw linen, and modern art in saturated colour.

Conservation

Half-turn the rug each spring and autumn. Vacuum weekly, suction only. Blot spills at once with clean cotton, never rub. Overdyed pieces benefit from a professional clean every four years rather than the standard six, because the high-saturation dye lifts marginally with successive cleans. With this care the rug crosses six decades.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted overdyed wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 274 x 366 cm (9' x 12')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 3-4 original weavers, ~5-6 months; ~3 weeks overdye finishing
• Pile: hand-spun wool
• Dye: overdye in indigo and weld
• Origin: India

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