Yellow Plain Hand-Knotted Wool Rug, Pinhan Series

Yellow rugs are hard to find and hand-knotted plain ones are close to unavailable, which is the reason this one exists: a plain yellow wool rug, hand-knotted, from the Pinhan series — 204 × 297 cm (6'8" × 9'9"), mustard and gold with no pattern at all, wool over a cotton foundation, tied in Afghanistan.

01Color that shifts through the day

Only one at this size. With nothing drawn on it the whole interest sits in the color, and the color is not one flat tone. Mustard and gold run into each other across the field the way a dyed fleece does, so the surface has grain in it when you look down and reads as a single warm plane from a doorway. Yellow at this saturation is a decision.

02Coming off the loom

In a pale, sparse room it becomes the only source of temperature; beside dark wood it turns nearly ochre. Craftsmen tie it with the double knot, by hand, over a cotton frame carrying a small share of synthetic yarn for strength.

03What Wool does

Wool covers the pile corner to corner. Halıcızade drew the series itself and had this woven because a plain hand-knotted rug in a difficult color is not a thing a mill will make on speculation.

04At the loom in in Afghanistan

A rug this size holds a great deal of water, so if it needs washing it leaves the house. Hand-knotted in Afghanistan with the double knot, in the Pinhan series. No pattern of any kind — mustard and gold running together across the field. Wool throughout the pile; cotton foundation with a small amount of synthetic yarn. 204 × 297 cm (6'8" × 9'9"), enough to carry a full seating group. The color reads differently in a pale room than beside dark timber. A plain field shows spills and wear sooner than a patterned one does. Washing is a job for a workshop, given the size and the weight. Most people meet a plain yellow rug once, decide against it, and then think about it for a year.