Vintage Patchwork Modern Overdyed Hand Knotted Area Carpet- Deep Plum 11074 4' x 6'

An overdyed patchwork is two acts of authorship laid over each other. The first weaver, sometime in the early twentieth century, set the pattern. The second hand, working a generation later, dissolves the original colours under a single saturating bath and lets the geometry come back through the wash.

The fragments were cut from worn but structurally sound village rugs from the wider Persian and Turkish weaving regions, with the squares chosen for sound foundation rather than for pattern. After matching for pile height, they were stitched onto a cotton ground and submerged in a vat of logwood and madder dye for the overwash. 2 weavers shared the loom for roughly 3 months between cutting, re-knotting at the seams, and the dye work.

The composition

The plum wash settles like weather over the assembled fragments. Borders survive in faint outline. Medallions emerge as silhouettes rather than statements. The eye does not rest in one place; it moves across the surface the way it moves across a Rauschenberg combine.

What you are buying

A new piece in this tradition, with antique pile of comparable provenance and a properly executed overdye, lists at Sotheby's design auctions and Western dealer rooms in the $4,000 to $10,000 range. Direct workshop pricing in India removes the layers of margin that account for most of that gap.

The piece in a room

At 4' x 6' (122 x 183 cm) the rug occupies the floor between two facing chairs or anchors a small entry hall. The patchwork geometry holds at this scale because the squares are sized to be read at standing distance.

Conservation

Rotate the rug a half turn each spring and autumn so foot traffic and light age the surface evenly. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Blot spills with cotton, never rub. The seams are the structural element to watch; if a join opens, a wool conservator can re-needle it in an afternoon. Hand-wash by a wool specialist every five to seven years.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation, antique pile fragments rejoined
• Dimensions: 4' x 6' (122 × 183 cm)
• Construction: cut, re-knotted, and overdyed
• Approximate density: 100 KPSI across the reassembled field
• Hands: 2 artisans, roughly 3 months end to end
• Pile: 8 mm wool
• Dye: vegetable overwash (logwood and madder)
• Origin: India

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