Cream Geometric Hand-Knotted Wool Rug

Cream Geometric Hand-Knotted Wool Rug: a pale cream ground divided into blocks, each block carrying a different geometric figure, knotted by hand from wool, cotton, bamboo viscose and viscose in India.

01Choosing the size

The long sizes — 80 × 200 cm and 80 × 300 cm — are made for corridors and for the narrow strip beside a bed. Blocks rather than one repeating field is what gives a narrow rug something to do over three meters.

02Reading the motif

The figures change every so often down its length, so the eye has a reason to travel, and the contrast between blocks is set low enough that the effect is rhythm and not patchwork. Cream is not a fixed color here: strong daylight pushes it toward ivory, a warm bulb pulls it to soft beige, and it will pick up whatever the walls are doing. Every knot is tied by hand.

03What Wool does

Wool carries the wear, and the cotton, bamboo viscose and viscose carry the hand — soft enough for bare feet, firm enough not to crush under a door. The rug is made at 120 × 180 cm as well. A pale corridor rug is honest work and needs an honest warning: this one shows dirt at the threshold before it shows it anywhere else. Keep it out of the kitchen, and send it out to be washed. Hand-knotted in India, wool with cotton, bamboo viscose and viscose. A cream ground broken into blocks, each with its own geometric figure. 80 × 200 cm (2'7" × 6'7") and 80 × 300 cm (2'7" × 9'10") in stock; also made at 120 × 180 cm. Cream shifts toward ivory in daylight and beige under a warm bulb. Soft barefoot, at a thickness that clears most doors. Pale colors show entrance traffic first. Not for kitchens; professional washing. Hallway rugs are usually bought to cover a floor; this one is worth walking down.