Vintage Patchwork Modern Overdyed Hand Knotted Area Carpet-Chestnut 11069 12' x 15'

Chestnut belongs to the warm-wood end of the over-dye palette, the chromatic register of polished horse-chestnut shells: deep walnut at the perimeter, warmer caramel through the centre, with a touch of soft amber where the donor wool held more red. The warm-wood register has a particular technical advantage in patchwork construction because brown over-dyes preserve the natural lanolin in the donor wool more readily than cooler chromatic ranges, which means the finished carpet has a softer hand and a more luminous surface.

Forty-five village fragments make up the substrate of this carpet, each one drawn from the surviving panels of worn antique Turkish and Persian pieces. The donors were sorted by warmth, cut to regular geometric panels, and joined along the back with hand-stitched seams over a four-week assembly. The Chestnut over-dye bath was applied at high saturation, then ten days of flat sun-drying brought the chromatic register to its final settlement. The whole production, donor sourcing through release, took roughly six months.

The composition

Across the field the eye reads one warm wood mood, the chromatic equivalent of a polished walnut floor seen from above. Closer inspection reveals the panel grid and the original village cartoons reading through as warmer chromatic shifts within the dominant Chestnut ground. There is no border. No central focus. The piece is intended to be read as one continuous wood-coloured field with subtle internal weather. The Chestnut warms slightly across the first decade.

What you are buying

Patchwork over-dyes at 12' x 15' (366 x 457 cm) clear at $9,000 to $20,000 in the European and US design trade. The carpet is workshop-direct from India, sold without intermediary margins. The Chestnut warm register holds particularly well because the chromatic settlement deepens rather than shifting hue across the years. The donor stock is irreproducible, which is the structural reason every patchwork carpet is one of one.

The piece in a room

12' x 15' (366 x 457 cm) accommodates a generous lounge, a dining area for ten to twelve, or a primary bedroom with a king-sized bed and seating arrangement. The Chestnut palette pairs particularly well with chalk and oat walls, walnut and oak floors and joinery, brass and aged-gold detailing, leather upholstery in saddle and cognac, and any single antique element used as a focal piece. Suits library and study rooms.

Conservation

Spring and autumn half-turns. Weekly suction vacuuming with the beater bar fully disengaged. Spills lifted with clean cotton, blotting only, working away from the patch seam lines. Patchwork-experienced conservator hand-washes every five years. The carpet runs four to six decades on this care discipline.

Reference

• Medium: patchwork antique village carpet fragments, hand-stitched, over-dyed
• Dimensions: 366 x 457 cm (12' x 15')
• Construction: original hand-knotted village pieces from the Turkish and Persian repertoire, reassembled
• Hands: assembly 4 weeks, dyeing and finishing 4 weeks
• Pile: 6 mm
• Origin: India (assembled and finished)

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