Navy Anatolian Hand-Knotted Pure Silk Rug

At 82 × 119 cm (2'8" × 3'11") this is a rug for one specific place — in front of a chair, at a bedside, on a wall: Navy Anatolian Hand-Knotted Pure Silk Rug, knotted in Türkiye entirely in silk, with classical Anatolian drawing worked in red, navy and cream.

01From ground to pile

There is one of it. Silk is what makes a size this small worth doing. A wool rug of the same dimensions would read as a mat, whereas silk holds detail at a scale wool cannot, so the motifs stay legible from standing height and the piece behaves more like a framed object than a floor covering.

02After the color

Navy carries the field. Red and cream do the drawing. Because silk reflects along the direction of the pile, the rug is bright from one end and dark from the other, and turning it around changes the color of that corner of the room. It was knotted by hand in Türkiye, in silk throughout, pile and detail both, which has become uncommon at any size.

03From the hand of the weaver

The finer the yarn, the more knots go into a square decimeter and the longer the weaving takes; that is the whole economics of a silk rug and the reason so few are made now. Direct sun will take the color out of it over years. Spilled liquid needs lifting immediately rather than eventually.

04The rule of care

Cleaning is specialist work. One piece, and there is not a second. Hand-knotted in Türkiye from silk alone, with no wool or cotton in the pile. Classical Anatolian drawing in red, navy and cream on a navy field. Small at 82 × 119 cm, sized for a chair, a bedside or a wall. Silk reflects along the lay of the pile, so the rug is light from one end and dark from the other. Sunlight is what will damage it; place it away from an unshaded window. Lift spills at once; cleaning is specialist work. A single piece.

05Choosing the size

There is no second one behind it. Most rugs are bought for a room; this one is bought for a square meter of it, and will outlast the room.