Cream marbling with no repeat, dense viscose and acrylic
300×400 cm
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300×400 cm
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White ground, a single drawn frame, viscose over acrylic
200×300 cm
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Beige leaning to mink, with a border to hold it
300×400 cm
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The same gray border at every size, from bedside to salon
240×340 cm
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Silver-beige by bulb, near blue by north light: gray viscose
200×290 cm
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The frame turns into a ring: white, viscose over cotton
200×200 cm
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Mermer means marble, and the veining is why: a cream circle
200×200 cm
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Round, cream to beige, dense viscose in three diameters
200×200 cm
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Vintage drawing worn into mink, woven at a hundred reeds
300×400 cm
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Nothing inside the frame but black, acrylic with viscose
240×340 cm
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Marble veins in cream and beige, machine-woven at 100 reed
300×400 cm
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Round in beige, one frame drawn round it, machine-woven
200×200 cm
The Lapis Series is Halıcızade's machine-woven line, woven in Türkiye from viscose and acrylic. It covers several pattern families in a palette of cream, beige, gray, mink, white and black. What distinguishes it is reach: one pattern is woven from an 80 cm runner to a 300 x 400 cm salon size and in rounds as well.
Lapis is the series name, not a color. Nothing in the collection is lapis blue. What follows is how the series is organized, which fibers do what, and where the size range makes a difference that hand weaving cannot match.
Lapis and Mermer: one series, several pattern families
Lapis is the roof; the pattern families live under it.
Three families make up most of the series. Mermer carries a dense viscose abstract ground with the movement of cut stone. The framed patterns run a plain field inside a drawn border. The vintage patterns take a worn classical drawing and hold it in the same quiet palette.
Product names show both levels, which is where the confusion starts. A rug whose name contains Mermer belongs to a pattern family inside Lapis; it is not a separate collection, and it is woven on the same looms in the same yarns.
Machine-woven against hand-knotted
One is tied knot by knot over months; the other is woven to a programmed pattern in hours.
That difference has three practical consequences. Price: a machine-woven rug sits clearly below a hand-knotted rug of the same size. Size: the same pattern can be had at 80 x 150 cm and at 300 x 400 cm, and in a round and a runner, which is effectively impossible in hand weaving. Repeatability: the rug you buy today has a twin available for a second room, in the same dye lot behavior and the same tone.
What you give up is the other side of the same coin. A machine-woven rug has no abrash, no drift in the measurements and no irregularity in the knotting — the marks that give a hand-knotted rug its character are absent by design.
| Lapis (machine-woven) | Hand-knotted | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to make one rug | Hours | Weeks to many months |
| Size range for one pattern | 80 x 150 cm to 300 x 400 cm, plus rounds and runners | Usually a single size per piece |
| Can it be matched later | Yes, pattern for pattern | No, each piece is its own |
| Abrash and measurement drift | None | Expected, and not corrected |
| Fiber here | Viscose with acrylic, some cotton | Wool, silk, cotton foundation |
Set the two side by side at machine-woven rugs and hand-knotted rugs.
Viscose and acrylic: what each fiber is doing
Viscose supplies the appearance; acrylic keeps it standing.
Viscose is a regenerated fiber spun from wood cellulose. In a rug it does one job and does it well: it breaks light. The same ground reads differently in the morning and the evening, and darkens or lightens as the rug is turned. Almost all of Lapis's soft tonal movement comes from this rather than from a second dye.
Acrylic is synthetic and structural. It holds color, stands up to sunlight better than viscose does, and keeps the rug in shape. The two are put together deliberately.
The honest part: viscose loses strength when wet. A stain should not be left, the rug should not be put away damp, and washing belongs to a professional. Browse by fiber at viscose rugs and acrylic rugs.
Which color goes in which room
Cream and beige spread light; gray withdraws; mink sits between them; black draws the edge.
Cream and beige make a room read larger, and in a salon that gets little daylight the difference against a gray ground is plainly visible. They also show a mark sooner. The difference between the two is small and functional: cream sits close to white and reads cooler, while beige carries yellow and runs in the same family as wood.
Gray pulls the floor back and pushes the furniture forward. Against oak and walnut a cool gray reads as contrast; a warm gray with beige in it does not argue with the same wood.
Mink is the step between — not as light as beige, not as cool as gray — and it is the one to reach for when a neutral room needs warmth but not color. Black is the most defined: it works under pale furniture and draws a hard boundary around a seating group. See cream rugs, gray rugs, mink rugs and black rugs.
Sizes, rounds and runners
This is where the series earns its place.
Rectangles run from 80 x 150 cm (2'7" x 4'11") to 300 x 400 cm (9'10" x 13'1"), through 130 x 190, 160 x 230, 200 x 290 and 240 x 340 cm. Rounds are woven at 160, 200, 250 and 300 cm across. Runners come 80, 90 and 100 cm wide in lengths of 300, 400, 500 and 600 cm.
A six-meter runner is rare in ready-made goods; long apartment corridors and stair landings usually have to be pieced, and here they do not. In a corridor the right length leaves 15 to 20 cm of floor at each end, and the rug should not be pushed against the wall. Across the width, at least 10 cm of floor showing on both sides keeps the runner from narrowing the corridor. Because the weaving is mechanical, the next length up arrives in the same tone — which is a guarantee hand weaving cannot give.
Having one pattern in that many formats makes it possible to run a single line through a whole flat: the salon size in the living room, the same pattern as a runner in the corridor, the same pattern as a round in the entry. See round rugs and hallway runners.
What actually wears a machine-woven rug out
Not the machine — the density of the weave and the yarn in it.
A tightly woven, acrylic-supported rug goes for years in a heavily used salon. A loosely woven one lies down in the same spot in a fraction of the time. Three things shorten a rug's life in practice: constant direct sun, being left damp, and being used in the same orientation for years. Turning it once a year spreads the wear across the surface instead of concentrating it in one lane.
What is normal in a Lapis rug
A new rug sheds a little pile in its first weeks. It comes up with the vacuum and stops on its own.
A rug delivered folded shows the fold lines for the first few days. They disperse as the rug settles under its own weight; applying heat or an iron flattens the fiber instead and does not help. And the sheen of viscose changes with the light and the viewing angle, so the tone on a screen and the tone in your room will not be identical. That is refraction, not a color fault.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Lapis Series?
Lapis is Halıcızade's machine-woven line, woven in Türkiye from viscose and acrylic with some cotton. It is an umbrella name covering several pattern families, and the palette stays in cream, beige, gray, mink, white and black.
Is the Lapis Series blue?
No. Lapis is the name of the series, not a description of its color. The rugs are woven in cream, beige, gray, mink, white and black, with the pattern read through changes of sheen rather than changes of hue.
What is the difference between Lapis and Mermer?
Lapis is the series; Mermer is one of the pattern families inside it. A rug whose name includes Mermer belongs to Lapis and is not a separate collection. The other families are the framed patterns and the vintage patterns.
What does acrylic add to a viscose rug?
Structure. Acrylic is a synthetic fiber that holds color, stands up to sunlight better than viscose does, and keeps the rug in shape. Viscose supplies the appearance and acrylic keeps it standing.
What sizes and shapes does Lapis come in?
Rectangles from 80 x 150 cm to 300 x 400 cm, rounds of 160, 200, 250 and 300 cm across, and runners 80 to 100 cm wide in lengths of 300, 400, 500 and 600 cm. The same pattern is usually woven across the whole range.
How long does a machine-woven rug last?
Density and fiber decide that, not the machine. A tightly woven acrylic-backed rug holds up for years in a busy salon; a loosely woven one flattens in the same spot. Constant direct sun, being left damp and never being turned are what shorten its life.
How should a Lapis rug be cleaned?
Regular vacuuming covers daily care. Because the pile contains viscose, wet washing at home, steam cleaning and harsh chemicals are not suitable, and a stain should be blotted with a dry cloth rather than rubbed, then left to a professional rug washer.
Related collections: machine-woven rugs · viscose rugs · round rugs · hallway runners