Green Contemporary Wool Rug
This green contemporary wool rug was double hand knotted in India in wool and measures 580 x 395 cm. Its whole surface is one tonal green, with sage, khaki and soft grey streaks running side to side, so the rug works as a calm, plain base for a room.
The design up close
Across the full field, fine horizontal lines run from one short end to the other. Each line is a slightly different shade, so the green moves from sage to grey and back again. Texture shows in the streaks, and no motif stands out from the field.
The name Greener Grass fits the look, since the horizontal shading reads like a field of cut grass seen from a distance. This green contemporary wool rug suits a room with strong furniture and art, where the floor stays quiet.
Where Indian rugs come from
India has a long hand-knotted rug tradition, with weaving centres including Agra and the Bhadohi and Mirzapur area of Uttar Pradesh. Agra has been a carpet-weaving centre since at least the 17th century, and the Bhadohi and Mirzapur area is the largest carpet-making region in India.
Indian workshops weave many modern and abstract designs, often to order, in a wide range of colours and sizes. This plain green rug sits in that contemporary group, and wool is the most common pile in Indian rugs.
How this green contemporary wool rug is made
The rug is double hand knotted, so each knot was tied by hand on a loom. Hand knotting leaves small irregularities that machine-made rugs do not have, which is how a hand-knotted piece can be told apart from a machine-made one.
Hand knotting is slow, one knot at a time, so a rug of this size is a long piece of work. A room-size rug can take a small team of weavers many months.
Sizing it for your room
At 580 x 395 cm this green contemporary wool rug covers about 22.9 square metres, a size for a large living room or open-plan space. A 2.2 m three-seat sofa set along the length leaves about 180 cm of rug on each side of it, and armchairs can rest their front legs on the rug around a coffee table.
Under an eight-seat dining table of about 240 x 100 cm, roughly 170 cm of rug shows at each end and about 148 cm along each side. A plain green surface suits pale timber, grey walls and neutral upholstery.
Looking after your rug
Vacuum this green contemporary wool rug 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
This rug may already have found a home, but if a green contemporary wool rug suits your room, you are welcome to see similar rugs at our showroom at 307 Penshurst St, North Willoughby, open every day from 11 am to 4:30 pm, or book an in-home viewing and we will bring a selection to you.
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