Vintage Patchwork Modern Overdyed Hand Knotted Area Carpet-Festival Fuschia11075 10' x 14'

Festival Fuschia is a late-twentieth-century colour idea applied to a much older carpet form. The dye register sits in the territory between cochineal pink and warm magenta, the kind of saturated rose that South Asian textile traditions have used for festival cloth for centuries and that the Western design world only began to codify in the 1960s. The overdye bath here lifts a body of older hand-knotted fragments into a single celebratory field of warm, alert pink.

Three to four weavers in India spent close to seven months bringing the 10' x 14' (305 x 427 cm) carpet to completion. Wool was hand-knotted on a cotton foundation in the asymmetric Persian structure across each fragment before the patches were cut, sewn together, washed, and dipped in the unifying bath. A finishing team then spent two weeks evening the surface with hand shears so the colour reads as a single saturated field across what is structurally an assembly of separate weavings.

The composition

The carpet behaves first as a colour event and second as a pattern. The rose-magenta wash reduces the underlying medallions, palmettes, and lattice borders to a low-contrast topography that becomes legible only on close approach. Original reds turn to oxblood; original blues turn to plum; original whites turn to soft shell. The pile takes the dye unevenly in places, which gives the surface a faint internal movement and lets the carpet read as a textile rather than as a print.

What you are buying

A hand-knotted overdyed patchwork at 10' x 14' typically retails through European and American galleries between USD 9,000 and USD 17,000 once shipping and dealer margin are added. The Rugsville price of INR 1,88,699 against an MSRP of INR 7,54,600 reflects direct sourcing without the international dealer chain. The construction matches the gallery tier exactly, and the colour saturation is difficult to reproduce. Carpets of this kind appreciate with attentive use.

The piece in a room

This rug is a personality decision and works best where the rest of the room is willing to play a supporting role. The rose-magenta ground reads brilliantly against ivory, oat, charcoal, and warm grey walls, and pairs with brass, leather, dark walnut, and white oak. 10' x 14' (305 x 427 cm) anchors a sectional with chairs across, or sits as a celebratory ground beneath a ten-seat dining table.

Conservation

Rotate twice a year and keep the rug out of sustained direct midday sun on a single edge. Vacuum weekly on suction only with the beater bar lifted. Blot accidents with cotton and cool water; refer larger marks to a wool conservator within twenty-four hours. A professional hand-wash every five to seven years preserves the dye depth and the surface bloom of the wool.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 305 x 427 cm (10' x 14')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot, patchwork-assembled and overdyed
• Hands: 3 to 4 weavers, around 7 months
• Pile: low, hand-sheared after dye
• Dye: festival fuchsia overdye
• Origin: India

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