Ranks of cypress trees on brick red, woven in Oushak
240×340 cm
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240×340 cm
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Scandinavian geometry off an old-pattern Oushak loom, calm blue
200×290 cm
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Off-white ground, fringes finished by women in Oushak
200×290 cm
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Cypress trees on cream, every fringe knotted by hand in Oushak
90×490 cm
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Cypresses in ranks on green, Tencel® over a cotton base
90×490 cm
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Tree figures on open red, woven at the Oushak looms
200×290 cm
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Red, yellow and green held at pastel strength, joins left visible
200×290 cm
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Mink drifting into beige, cotton and Tencel®, no drawing at all
300×390 cm
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Panels stepping from red to earth, Tencel® over cotton
90×290 cm
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Wool in the foundation as well, Oushak flowers in gray and mink
300×400 cm
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Scandinavian figures over blue, Tencel® on an Oushak loom
200×290 cm
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Anatolian motifs a half-tone under the beige, sharpening by lamp
300×390 cm
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Oushak drawing sunk into pale gray, Tencel® face on cotton
300×390 cm
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Clay-red Oushak in Tencel®, tree of life set in the border
90×390 cm
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Cream, two meters across, with the fringes knotted by hand
200×200 cm
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Northern geometry on red, loom-woven in Oushak from Tencel®
170×240 cm
One of a kind
Red Scandinavian-Pattern Loom-Woven Tencel Rug, Zara Series
from 39.200 TL
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No corners and no wool: a red ground, flowers across it
200×200 cm
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Moiré through the mink, in Tencel® from Kütahya
260×370 cm
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Anthracite with no pattern at all, loom-woven in India
200×300 cm
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Scandinavian figures thin on blue, Tencel® off an Oushak loom
130×190 cm
One of a kind
Blue Scandinavian-Pattern Loom-Woven Tencel Rug, Zara Series
from 23.800 TL
≈ 9.600 TL/m² -
Off the Kütahya looms; women in the region tied the fringes
200×290 cm
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Reds and ochres packed in, still reading blue: 100% wool
150×217 cm
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Woven by women in Kütahya: a gray that moves when you do
300×320 cm
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Pile deep enough to catch a low door, purple over undyed wool
200×290 cm
One of a kind
Purple Vintage-Pattern Handwoven Wool Rug, Colorful Series
from 36.000 TL
≈ 6.200 TL/m²
A natural fiber rug is one whose pile is spun from fiber taken more or less as it grows — sheared wool, picked cotton, reeled silk, retted jute — with no acrylic, polyester or polypropylene in it. Tencel and viscose look and feel as though they belong in that company, and technically they do not.
This section gathers every rug in the range woven without synthetic yarn in the pile. It is also where the store's tencel, viscose and bamboo pieces sit, which is worth explaining rather than glossing over. The difference between a fiber that is grown and a fiber that is made from a plant is the single most useful thing to understand before choosing one, and it decides how the rug will behave for the next twenty years.
Which fibers are natural, and which only look it
Wool, cotton, silk, jute and rush are natural fibers; tencel, lyocell, viscose and bamboo yarn are regenerated cellulose, which is a different category with different behavior.
A natural fiber arrives already being fiber. A sheep is sheared and the fleece is scoured and carded; a cotton boll is picked and ginned; a silkworm's filament is reeled off the cocoon in one continuous thread; a jute stem is retted in water until the bast strips away from the woody core. In every case the spinner's job is to twist something that already exists.
Regenerated cellulose starts a long way further back. Wood pulp — eucalyptus and beech for tencel, mixed hardwood or bamboo for viscose — is dissolved into a solution and pushed through a spinneret, and filament forms as the solution hits the bath on the other side. The raw material grew. The fiber did not. Trade usage tends to file all of it under "natural", which is a compression rather than a lie, and this page keeps the two apart because the practical consequences are not the same.
Wool, the fiber most of this section is built on
Wool is a protein staple with a crimped shape and an overlapping scale surface, and those two facts explain nearly everything it does.
The crimp is a spring. A pile compressed under a chair leg for a year will lift most of the way back within a few days of being freed, which is why a hand-knotted wool rug survives being lived on. The scales trap soil near the tip of the fiber rather than letting it fall to the knot collar, so a vacuum reaches it. Wool also takes madder red and indigo blue deep into the fiber, which is why a hundred-year-old Anatolian rug fades toward a softer version of its own color rather than toward gray. Residual lanolin left after scouring means a fresh spill beads on the surface for a few seconds before it wicks in — a few seconds is the whole margin, and it is why blotting immediately matters. See wool rugs.
Cotton, silk and jute behave nothing like each other
They share a category and almost nothing else.
Cotton is a cellulose seed hair, short and untwisted by nature, spun flat and cool. It is the standard warp under a wool pile across Anatolia, and on its own it makes thin, crisp flatweaves that fold, lift with one hand and — in small sizes — go in water. It absorbs quickly and evenly with no surface barrier at all, which sounds like a weakness and is the reason a cotton flatweave can be washed rather than treated. See cotton rugs.
Silk is a continuous protein filament, reeled rather than spun, and it is the only fiber here that is smooth along its whole length. That smoothness carries the fine drawing of the Hereke and Kayseri traditions, and it reflects light directionally, so the field changes value as you walk around it. It is also the least abrasion-tolerant fiber in the collection and it marks with a water ring. Silk belongs in rooms that are looked at more than walked on. See silk rugs.
Jute and rush are stem and leaf fibers, coarse, dry and warm brown, carrying the lignin that held the plant upright. They give texture no animal fiber can and they are the least forgiving thing on this list around water: the lignin travels with the moisture and settles at the edge of the wet patch, leaving a tidemark that stays. See jute rugs.
Tencel, viscose and bamboo: made from a plant, not grown as fiber
These yarns give a silk-like sheen at a fraction of silk's price, and they carry one structural weakness that a buyer should hear plainly.
Regenerated cellulose loses much of its strength while it is wet. The fibrils swell, the pile lies down where the water sat, and the flattened patch shows as a ring once it dries. Scrubbing a wet cellulose pile breaks fiber ends and leaves a fuzzed, lighter patch that no cleaning corrects. Blot and let it dry. Handled that way, the yarns are excellent: low absorbency means a spill sits on the surface long enough to be lifted, the sheen is genuine, and the loom-woven Zara and Taftan pieces in this section are the store's most-sold rugs on that account. Compare tencel rugs and viscose rugs.
How the fibers compare
| Fiber | Category | Underfoot | What a spill does | Cleaning route |
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| Wool | Natural, protein staple | Springy, matte, warm | Beads briefly, then wicks in; oil binds to the protein | Professional hand wash |
| Cotton | Natural, cellulose seed hair | Flat, cool, thin | Absorbs straight through, evenly | Small thin flatweaves can be washed |
| Silk | Natural, protein filament | Cold at first touch, fine, light-changing | Marks with a ring | Specialist only |
| Jute and rush | Natural, plant stem and leaf | Coarse, dry, textured | Browns at the edge of the wet patch | Brushing and dry cleaning |
| Tencel and viscose | Regenerated cellulose | Smooth, cool, silk-like sheen | Sits on the surface; pile flattens if left wet | Blot, then professional wash |
How to choose between them
Start from the traffic in the room, not from the fiber name.
- A room that is used every day — wool, in a low to medium pile. Nothing else recovers from furniture the same way.
- A room that is mostly looked at — silk, or a fine pure silk rug, where knot count buys drawing you can actually see.
- A floor that gets wet — cotton flatweave, or tencel and viscose blotted promptly. Keep jute out of it.
- Texture as the point — jute or rush, in a dry corner, layered over boards.
- Warmth underfoot in winter — wool again, at a heavier weight.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a natural fiber in a rug?
A natural fiber is one used essentially as it grows: sheared wool, picked cotton, reeled silk, and the bast of a retted jute or hemp stem. The spinner twists something that already exists as fiber rather than forming it in a solution.
Are tencel and viscose natural fibers?
No. Tencel, lyocell, viscose and bamboo yarn are regenerated cellulose. Their raw material is a plant — usually eucalyptus, beech or bamboo pulp — but the pulp is dissolved and extruded through a spinneret, so the fiber itself is manufactured rather than grown.
Which natural fiber wears best in a busy room?
Wool. Each strand is crimped and elastic, so a compressed pile lifts again after the furniture is moved, and the scale structure of the fiber surface holds soil at the tip where a vacuum reaches it rather than at the knot collar.
Why does jute darken where it gets wet?
Jute is a stem fiber that carries lignin, the compound that stiffens a plant. Water moves the lignin and the natural pigments with it, and both settle at the edge of the wet patch as it dries, leaving a brown tidemark that does not lift.
Can a natural fiber rug be washed at home?
Most cannot. Nearly every piece in this section carries a professional-wash instruction from the maker, and the rush and hide pieces are marked dry-clean only. Small thin cotton flatweaves are the usual exception; each product page states its own method.
What is the difference between wool pile and silk pile?
Wool is a short protein staple, spun from many fibers twisted together, which gives a matte, springy surface. Silk is a continuous protein filament reeled from the cocoon, so it lies smooth, takes a much higher knot count and reflects light directionally.
Does this collection contain any synthetic yarn?
No acrylic, polyester or polypropylene is used in the pile of the rugs gathered here. The section does include tencel, viscose and bamboo yarns, which are made from wood pulp and are set out on this page as a separate category.
Related collections: wool rugs · cotton rugs · silk rugs · jute rugs · tencel rugs