Black Pakistani Chobi Rug
This black Pakistani Chobi rug is hand knotted in Pakistan from wool, measuring 290 x 190 cm, or about 5.5 square metres. Large soft flowers and leaves float on a black field, inside a wide cream border.
The design up close
The black field holds scattered palmette flowers in cream, sand, grey blue and gold, joined by fine stems and curling leaves. Small red and blue details sit inside the larger flowers, and the pattern is spread evenly, so it has no single centre.
A wide cream border surrounds the field, with large flowers and leaves in the same soft tones, framed by thin bands with small red leaf shapes. A narrow black edge sits outside it.
On this black Pakistani Chobi rug the colours are muted, with pale blues, sages and golds instead of strong primaries. The black ground is not flat, and a fine vertical texture shows through the pile.
About Pakistani rugs
Pakistan is known for finely knotted wool rugs in classic designs such as Bokhara and Jaldar, with repeating motifs that work in traditional and modern rooms alike. Hand-knotted rug making grew rapidly in Pakistan after independence in 1947, with Lahore among the early centres.
Many Pakistani rugs are washed after weaving, which gives the wool a soft sheen. Their fine knotting and repeating designs make them a good choice for dining rooms, studies and living rooms.
How a black Pakistani Chobi rug is made
This rug is hand knotted on a loom, one knot at a time, and has a 100% wool pile. After weaving, the pile is trimmed level. Because every knot is tied by hand, there are small differences in spacing and tone.
A Chobi rug of this kind is known for its soft tones, and the pale colours against black make the flowers stand forward.
Colour in your room
Black and cream make a strong pair. This rug suits white or pale grey walls and timber floors, and it can hold a room with dark furniture because the cream border brightens the edges.
Sizing it for your room
At 290 x 190 cm, this black Pakistani Chobi rug covers about 5.5 square metres. In a living room, a three-seat sofa of about 2.2 m leaves roughly 35 cm of rug showing past each end, and the front legs of two armchairs can rest on it around a coffee table.
Under a dining table of about 180 x 90 cm, which seats six, the rug leaves about 55 cm at each end and 50 cm along each side. Chairs pulled back at the ends stay 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 black Pakistani Chobi 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.
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