Apricot Vintage Overdyed Rug
This apricot vintage overdyed rug is a hand knotted Persian rug made in Iran from wool, measuring 387 x 290 cm, or about 11.2 square metres. A soft apricot field carries a navy and olive medallion at its centre, inside a deep blue border, and the overdyed colour gives the whole surface a gently worn look.
The design up close
The field is a muted apricot, lighter in some places and deeper in others, so it seems to move a little as you look across it. At the centre a medallion in navy blue and olive sits around a pale ivory patch, with small flowers and curling stems spreading outward in the same dark blues.
In each corner a blue spandrel with scrolled edges curls in toward the medallion, outlined in lighter blue and cream. The pattern on this apricot vintage overdyed rug fades in places, most clearly near the top of the field, where the design thins out and the apricot shows through.
The main border is navy, filled with cream and sand scrolling flowers and leaves, with narrow stripes of sand, blue and cream on either side. It is the darkest part of the rug. Cream fringe finishes each end.
About Persian rugs
A Persian rug is hand knotted in Iran. Each knot is tied one at a time on a loom, usually in hand-spun wool, and a room-size piece can take a weaver many months. That is why no two are alike. The terms Persian rug and Persian carpet mean the same thing: a rug hand knotted in Iran.
How an apricot vintage overdyed rug is made
Weavers tie each knot by hand on a loom, row after row, and trim the pile level. Wool forms the pile. On this rug the colour was dyed over an older rug, which softens the old pattern into the apricot and the tones you see now. Because the knots are hand tied, the rows carry small differences in spacing and tone that mark it as handwork.
Colour in your room
Apricot and blue sit well with cream walls, pale timber floors and linen in white or sand. A soft apricot vintage overdyed rug like this suits a room with plenty of cool light, where the apricot adds warmth.
Sizing it for your room
At 387 x 290 cm, this apricot vintage overdyed rug covers about 11.2 square metres. A three-seat sofa of about 2.2 m leaves roughly 84 cm of rug showing past each end, and two armchairs can rest their front legs on it around a coffee table.
Under a dining table of about 240 x 100 cm, the rug leaves about 74 cm at each end and 95 cm along each side. That is enough room for chairs to slide back while staying on the rug.
Looking after your rug
Vacuum it on a suction-only setting, or with the beater bar switched off, so the brush does not pull at the knots. Turn it around every six to twelve months so sun and foot traffic wear it evenly. Blot spills with a clean white cloth and cold water rather than rubbing them in. When it needs a full clean, choose a cleaner who washes handmade rugs by hand.
Put a good underlay beneath it. It stops the rug sliding on timber or tiles, adds cushioning and takes some of the wear off the pile. Moths like wool in dark, quiet spots, such as the part of a rug under a sofa, so vacuum those areas often and lift the furniture now and then.
See it before you buy
Visit our showroom at 307 Penshurst St, North Willoughby, open every day from 10 am to 4:30 pm, to see this apricot vintage overdyed rug in person. If you would rather judge it in your own room, with your own light and furniture, book a home trial and we will bring a selection to you.
Browse more Traditional rugs, or ask about a custom made rug in your own size and colour. Read more about Persian carpets.
