Red Anatolian Hand-Knotted Wool Çamardı Village Rug

At the center of a red field sits a navy medallion with scalloped edges. At its heart is an orange-red star, and at the heart of the star, a small black cross. This is a village rug, hand-knotted in Türkiye and wool from end to end. Çamardı is a district at the foot of the Aladağlar range, and the rug belongs to the village weaving that carries its name.

01Where the Medallion comes from

The layout is a familiar one in central Anatolia: one medallion, four corner pieces leaning toward it, and small flowering sprigs scattered through the open field. The corner pieces are navy too, with red and pink flowers inside.

02The tone of the ground

The wide border has a camel ground lined with hooked navy and red figures, and a navy band closes the outer edge. Because navy returns at the center and at the rim, the red field is held between two dark frames. The rug is fifty years old.

03How many centimeters, which room

102 × 192 cm (3'4" × 6'4"), about 2.0 square meters (roughly 21 square feet), all wool, with a narrow pinkish flatwoven strip and short cream fringe at the short ends. At this size it runs lengthwise beside a bed or lies inside an entry door.

04After the color

Pale oak lets the red read as it is without competing with it. A navy bedspread repeats the medallion across the room, and a walnut nightstand picks up the camel of the border. At both ends, between the corner pieces, a camel-ground strip divided into triangles leans against the border, wider at the lower end, letting the border's color into the field.