Handmade Brown and Blue Geometric Rug
The Sandpiper rug is a brown and blue geometric rug, handmade in India from wool and viscose and measuring 360 x 277 cm. It covers 10.0 square metres.
The design up close
The ground is a warm brown, streaked from light to dark in soft horizontal bands. Scattered across it are tiny squares, crosses and open diamonds in mid blue and pale blue, set in tidy rows.
The blue marks are small enough to blend into one colour from across the room, so the rug reads as brown with a blue haze. Close up they turn into a regular grid, with some bands of blue denser than others. A cream fringe finishes the ends.
The brown is warm and the blue is cool, which makes this brown and blue geometric rug easy to place. It sits well on timber floors and pairs with denim, navy, aqua or cream in cushions and upholstery.
Indian weaving and this rug
India has a long rug weaving tradition, with centres including Agra and the Bhadohi and Mirzapur area of Uttar Pradesh. Indian workshops weave many modern and abstract designs, often to order, in a wide range of colours and sizes. Wool is the most common pile, and some rugs mix wool with other fibres, as this one does.
How this brown and blue geometric rug is made
Handmade means people make the rug rather than a production line, so small variations from one part of it to another are normal. The pile is wool and viscose. Wool is hard wearing, springy and matte. Viscose is a rayon fibre made from plant cellulose, with a silk-like sheen. It is softer and less resilient than wool, so a rug with it suits rooms with lighter foot traffic.
The mix suits a modern rug for a living room, bedroom or study where the rug is walked on lightly rather than all day.
Sizing it for your room
At 360 x 277 cm, this brown and blue geometric rug is a large rug, big enough to anchor a lounge setting, a dining area or the foot of a bed. Under a table of 240 x 100 cm that seats eight, it extends 60 cm past each end and 88.5 cm past each long side. With its 277 cm side running across a queen bed that is 153 cm wide, it leaves 62 cm on each side of the bed. Beside a 3-seat sofa about 2.2 m wide, it extends 70 cm beyond each end of the sofa.
Looking after your brown and blue geometric rug
Vacuum it on a suction-only setting, or with the beater bar switched off, so the brush does not pull at the pile. 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. Rubbing spills can dull viscose, so this rug needs a cleaner who handles that fibre 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 brown and blue geometric 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.
You can see this brown and blue geometric rug in our showroom or at home. Browse more Contemporary rugs, or ask about a custom made rug in your own size and colour. Read more about viscose.
