Vintage Patchwork Modern Overdyed Hand Knotted Area Carpet-Olive 11080 8' x 10'

Olive sits in the most useful colour territory for an overdye because it borrows weight from both green and brown without committing to either. The bath is calibrated to land on a tone halfway between Mediterranean foliage and old bronze, and the older wools absorb the dye at varying intensities to give the field its quiet depth.

Recovered hand-knotted wool sections were sheared down and washed clean of original dye. Two artisans worked the dye phase over roughly four months, lowering each piece into an olive bath for forty-eight hours at controlled temperature. The dyed pieces were stitched together by a finisher on a cotton backing and the surface levelled with a hand-shear at six millimetres.

The composition

A field of dusty olive that varies from patch to patch in saturation, some sections pulling toward mossy green and others closer to old bronze. The seams between patches are quiet. Underlying carpet patterns ghost through as faint tonal shifts rather than visible figures. Under daylight the olive reads as a calm earthy mid-tone, and under tungsten it warms toward antique brass. Over two years the colour will settle by half a stop.

What you are buying

European patchwork overdyes at this scale are listed at four to six lakh through Western dealers. This piece is offered direct from the Indian workshop. The carpet appreciates with use rather than depreciating because the constituent fibre is older and denser than any new wool the loom would source.

The piece in a room

8' x 10' (244 x 305 cm) anchors a primary living room or a study. The olive ground reads against cream plaster walls, against pale oak floors, and against deep green or terracotta upholstery. It pairs with brass lighting, with mid-century walnut, and with art that uses warm earth tones. The colour grounds rooms with high ceilings and tall windows particularly well.

Conservation

Suction vacuum every week. Rotate end to end each spring and autumn. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth pressed against the pile. Avoid bleach. A wool conservator should hand-wash the rug every five years to restore lanolin and remove embedded grit.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool patchwork, overdyed
• Dimensions: 244 x 305 cm (8' x 10')
• Construction: original Persian-asymmetric knot, re-stitched
• Hands: 2 artisans and 1 finisher, ~4 months
• Pile: 6 mm
• Colour: olive
• Origin: India

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