Vintage Patchwork Modern Overdyed Hand Knotted Area Carpet-Ribbon Red 11082 10' x 14'

A red carpet at this scale has a different job than a decorative one. In Mughal painting and Safavid manuscript margins, red was the colour of formal gathering, the floor on which a court convened. The ribbon-red over-dye in this patchwork carries that older logic into a contemporary register, taking vintage carpet panels with mixed origins and bathing them into a single field of saturated red so the room beneath the rug behaves as a single composed space.

Three weavers spent six months on the construction. Vintage carpet sections were collected, trimmed to a measured grid, and seamed onto a fresh cotton foundation. Each panel was over-dyed in madder root with a small addition of cochineal to push the red toward the cooler ribbon end of the spectrum rather than the brick. The hand-spun wool, originally from village looms aged two to four decades, holds the dye more deeply than fresh fibre because the lanolin had time to dissipate.

The composition

An unbroken field of red reads first. Up close the field becomes a record of the carpets that fed it. Floral medallions, geometric guard borders, tribal lozenges. Each panel carries its own history under the unifying bath. Some areas hold the dye fully; others let through a hint of the original ochre or rust. The asymmetry is the point.

What you are buying

A patchwork of this density and scale lists with Western dealers in the $15,000 to $20,000 range. The construction is hand-knotted in both the source carpets and the reassembly. The rug appreciates with use rather than depreciating; the madder will continue oxidising toward a deeper, plummier red across the first decade.

The piece in a room

10' x 14' (305 x 427 cm) is the canonical scale for a long dining hall or a primary living room. Red of this saturation pairs with bone walls, raw oak floors, and brass. It carries oxblood leather and mid-century walnut. It does not pair well with cool grey or cobalt upholstery, which fights rather than complements the warmth of the field.

Conservation

Rotate the rug a half turn twice a year. Vacuum weekly with suction only, beater bar disengaged. Blot any spill with a clean cotton cloth; do not rub. Hand-wash by a wool conservator every five to seven years. Madder gains depth with each cleaning, and the over-dye stabilises further with every wash.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation, vintage panels reassembled
• Dimensions: 305 x 427 cm (10' x 14')
• Construction: asymmetric knot, edge-bound seams
• Hands: 3 weavers, 6 months
• Pile: 8 mm, hand-spun village wool
• Dye: vegetable over-dye, madder and cochineal
• Origin: India

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