Aqua Vintage Overdyed Rug
This aqua vintage overdyed rug is a hand knotted Persian rug made in Iran from wool, measuring 393 x 290 cm, or about 11.4 square metres. Bright aqua patches show through an all-over pattern of olive, cream and blue flowers, with a brown and cream medallion at the centre.
The design up close
The field is covered edge to edge in small flowers, leaves and curling vines in olive, grey-green, cream and blue, and the aqua shows through between them in irregular patches. Some areas, such as the right side of the field, are brighter aqua, while others are mostly olive. It gives the surface a speckled look.
At the centre a rounded medallion in brown and olive holds a cream and blue star, with small pendants pointing along the length of the rug. Blue flowers dotted across the field pick up the deeper blue of the border. On this aqua vintage overdyed rug, fine dark outlines trace the vines and keep the pattern readable even where the colour has faded.
The border has a slate-blue ground with olive and cream scrolls and flowering buds, set between narrow guard stripes in cream and blue. Pale blue 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 aqua 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 aqua 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
Aqua and olive suit white walls, pale timber floors and furniture in oak or natural linen. A aqua vintage overdyed rug like this brings a cool, fresh colour into a room, and the olive tones keep it from looking too bright beside warm timber.
Sizing it for your room
At 393 x 290 cm, this aqua vintage overdyed rug covers about 11.4 square metres. A three-seat sofa of about 2.2 m leaves roughly 87 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 77 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 aqua 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.
