Teal Vintage Overdyed Rug
This teal vintage overdyed rug is made in India from wool and measures 386 x 280 cm, or about 10.8 square metres. The overdye leaves a soft blue-grey ground with sand patches, scattered with small white flowers and sprigs.
The design up close
The field is a faded teal that reads as blue-grey from a distance. Sand and tan patches break through it, and a few brown streaks run along the sides. Small white flowers and leafy sprigs are spread across the field, and curled paisley shapes sit near the top corners.
A faint oval medallion sits near the middle, drawn with rings of tiny flowers. Its outline is soft, so it reads as a shadow of a pattern rather than a crisp shape. The white sprigs around it are the clearest part of the design.
A narrow band with palmette shapes frames the field, and a wider border sits outside it in the same blue-grey and sand. The colours stay close from the field to the border, so the whole rug reads as one weathered surface. This teal vintage overdyed rug is a calm choice for a large room.
About Indian rugs
India has a long hand-knotted rug tradition, with weaving centres including Agra and the Bhadohi and Mirzapur area of Uttar Pradesh. Wool is the most common pile in Indian rugs, and workshops weave a wide range of designs, colours and sizes.
How a teal vintage overdyed rug is made
The pile of this rug is wool. The colour was dyed over an older rug, which softens the old pattern and leaves it showing through in patches. An overdyed rug shows this kind of variation, and the sand and brown marks are part of that process, and they give the surface its depth.
Colour in your room
Muted teal and sand sit well with cream or white walls, pale timber floors and linen furniture. The white flowers pick up white cushions or curtains, and the brown streaks suit leather, walnut or rattan. It is a soft wool rug rather than a bright one, and a vintage rug in feel, so a room can add stronger colour around it.
Sizing it for your room
At 386 x 280 cm, this teal vintage overdyed rug covers about 10.8 square metres. A three-seat sofa of about 2.2 m leaves roughly 83 cm of rug showing past each end, so the sofa, armchairs and a coffee table can share it. As an area rug in a big room, it defines the seating without taking over.
Under a dining table of about 240 x 100 cm, the rug leaves about 73 cm at each end and 90 cm along each side. Chairs can slide back without leaving 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 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.
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 teal 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.
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