Royal Blue Designer Runner
This royal blue designer runner was double hand knotted in India from wool and measures 394 x 72 cm. Its blue ground moves between lighter and darker tones, with fine horizontal rows that give the runner a textured look along its length. Our records note vegetable dyes.
The design of this royal blue designer runner
The runner has no central motif or border pattern to speak of. Its design comes from texture: short horizontal rows of tiny dashes repeat down the length, and in places lighter blue threads catch the light and break up the darker field. Along both long sides a slightly deeper blue edge frames the runner. Nothing else breaks the surface, so the eye follows the texture from one end to the other.
Because the blue shifts in tone, the runner reads as one calm colour from a distance and as a textured surface up close. This designer runner, at almost four metres long, gives the eye a steady path, and the colour changes slowly from one end to the other rather than in blocks.
Indian weaving and modern design
India has a long hand-knotted rug tradition, with weaving 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, which suits a plain, contemporary room.
Wool is the most common pile in Indian rugs. A royal blue designer runner like this one is woven from wool, which is soft and resilient, so it is pleasant to walk on every day.
How this runner is made
Our records note double hand knotting, so each knot was tied by hand on a loom rather than made by machine. The wool gives this designer runner a soft hand, and the close knotting keeps the horizontal rows level from end to end.
Hand knotting takes far longer than machine weaving, and that is what lets the lighter threads sit exactly where the weaver placed them. The blue tones stay even along the length, with no sudden change of shade.
Sizing it for a hallway
At 394 x 72 cm this runner covers about 2.8 square metres. Its length of almost four metres suits a long hallway or a kitchen galley, where it can run the full distance without looking short. Runners this long also suit a kitchen where the bench runs along one wall.
For a hallway, allow a floor about 92 to 112 cm wide, which gives the runner’s 72 cm width roughly 10 to 20 cm of floor on each side. This royal blue designer runner suits a light timber or tiled floor, where the blue tones show clearly against the floor.
Looking after your runner
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 foot traffic wears 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 runner sliding on timber or tiles, adds cushioning and takes some of the wear off the pile. Moths like wool in dark, quiet spots, so vacuum the corners of a hallway often and lift the runner now and then.
See it before you buy
Visit our showroom at 307 Penshurst St, North Willoughby, open every day from 11 am to 4:30 pm, to see the royal blue designer runner in person. If you would rather judge it in your own room, with your own light and furniture, book an in-home viewing and we will bring a selection to you.
Browse more Runners, or ask about a custom made rug in your own size and colour. Read more about rugs and carpets.
