Vintage Patchwork Modern Overdyed Hand Knotted Area Carpet-Mazzarine Blue 11079 6' x 9'

Mazzarine blue, sometimes called Mazarine after the cardinal, names a particular deep blue that sits between royal and indigo. The colour belongs to a long European decorative tradition that runs from court textiles of the seventeenth century through to mid-twentieth-century interior schemes. The Mazzarine Blue patchwork in front of you brings that register onto a reclaimed wool field through controlled immersion dye.

Source panels were originally hand-knotted by village weavers in production across the last several decades. After sourcing, the panels were cut into rectangles, washed, sheared down, and hand-stitched into a single six-by-nine format over six to eight weeks of finishing work in India. The Mazzarine immersion bath unified the panels under a single deep blue value while preserving the original geometries as a quieter under-layer.

The composition

A deep Mazzarine blue field holds the surface, with the original village patterns surfacing in close indigo and dropped navy tones. Hand-stitched panel seams are visible on close approach and integrated at room scale. The pile direction varies subtly between panels, which gives the surface its quiet movement under angled light. The colour will hold and the under-drawing will become more legible over time.

What you are buying

European gallery pricing for comparable deep-blue patchwork sits at four to eight thousand euros and Mazzarine-register examples are increasingly difficult to source. This is a contemporary reclamation supplied substantially below dealer levels. The rug appreciates with use rather than depreciating, which is the durable property of any honest hand-finished floor.

The piece in a room

6' x 9' (183 x 274 cm) holds a primary lounge or a generous bedroom. Mazzarine pairs with limewashed white, with putty walls, with oak and walnut floors, with brass, and with leather upholstery. The rug works as a deep ground in rooms with formal architecture and reads especially well against ivory plaster.

Conservation

Vacuum weekly with suction only. Rotate end-to-end at the change of seasons. Blot spills with absorbent cotton, never rub. A wool conservator should wash the rug every five to seven years. The piece expects a sixty-to-eighty-year service life on this regimen.

Reference

• Medium: reclaimed hand-knotted wool, hand-stitched and immersion overdyed
• Dimensions: 183 x 274 cm (6' x 9')
• Construction: panel reassembly of original village weaving
• Hands: 6-8 weeks of cutting, stitching and finishing
• Pile: 5 mm after shearing
• Origin: India

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