Vintage Patchwork Modern Overdyed Hand Knotted Area Carpet-Ribbon Red 11082 4' x 6'

Tabriz workshops set the standard for fine knotting in the 19th and 20th centuries, with the discipline that comes from a city tradition rather than a tribal one. Clarity in the drawing, a defined centre, a contained border, restraint in the colour. The piece in front of you respects that discipline while letting a present-day palette carry the work.

What the Tabriz lineage gives a contemporary rug is structural integrity in the composition. Nothing wanders. Nothing runs to the edge. The drawing reads as a complete object rather than as a fragment of a larger pattern, which is what allows the piece to anchor a room without further support.

The piece was knotted in India by a single weaver on a vertical loom over 2 to 3 months. The pile is hand-spun wool, dyed in small lots before it reached the loom, then tied row by row against a cotton warp and weft. The piece was washed after cutting from the loom and finished by hand-shearing to even the pile and bring the drawing forward at the right relief.

The composition

The dominant note is red. The drawing carries through the field in soft modulations of tone rather than in hard outlines, which is how a hand-knotted wool rug reads at room scale. Vegetable dye gives each square inch a slight irregularity, the abrash that flat industrial colour cannot reproduce. Over the next ten years the saturation will lighten in the high-traffic zones and deepen in the protected ones, and the rug will settle into its room.

What you are buying

This is a hand-knotted wool rug at a working price for the format. Comparable construction through retail channels carries a meaningful premium. The rug is an entry into the medium rather than an investment piece, but the construction is genuine and the wool will age the way wool ages.

The piece in a room

4' × 6' (122 × 183 cm) sits comfortably as a bedside runner, an entry mat, or a defined corner inside a larger room. The red palette reads against both warm wood floors and cool stone, and the small format lets the drawing carry without needing to anchor a furniture group. The piece works particularly well in a position where it is seen from above on approach, an entry hall or a landing, where the figure resolves at standing height.

Conservation

Vacuum weekly, suction only, no beater bar. Rotate the rug a half turn each spring and autumn so the sun and the foot traffic do their work evenly across the field. Spot spills with cold water and a soft cloth, never with detergent. Hand-wash by a wool specialist every five years. The rug will outlast the room it is placed in.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 122 × 183 cm (4' × 6')
• Construction: asymmetric knot
• Hands: 1 weaver, 2 to 3 months
• Pile: 8 to 10 mm hand-spun wool
• Dye: colourfast wool dye
• Origin: India

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