Denim Blue Hand-Knotted Wool Rug

Hand-knotted in wool on a cotton foundation, this rug sets the garden vocabulary of the Ziegler and Sultanabad tradition on a lighter, denim-toned blue. The drawing here is finer and more delicate than on a classic indigo piece: rosette palmettes, lotus blossoms and sunflower-like roundels are joined by slender stems, small daisy sprigs and sprays of tiny blooms, all rising in mirror symmetry along a central axis. Against the mid-blue field the colors stay warm and clear: terracotta, rust, burgundy, saffron, olive, cream and pale turquoise. The soft horizontal streaking in the ground, known as abrash, is the natural mark of hand-spun wool dyed in small lots and gives the blue the depth of worn denim.

The wide main border carries a row of stylized flowering shrubs on the same blue ground, framed by zigzag guard stripes, and both ends finish with a multicolor flat-woven band and short ivory fringe.

The pile is dense and soft underfoot, with the resilience that lets a hand-knotted wool rug serve a household for decades; the cotton warp keeps it lying flat and true. The mid-tone blue is lighter and more relaxed than a traditional navy, which makes it an easy match for pale walls, natural wood and both coastal and classic interiors.

Details

• Construction: hand-knotted, 100% wool pile on a cotton warp
• Size: [width × length cm / ft]
• Pile height: approximately [x] mm
• Origin: [Afghanistan]
• Colors: denim blue, terracotta, rust, burgundy, saffron, olive, cream, pale turquoise
• Pattern: all-over palmette and floral, Ziegler/Sultanabad style
• Finish: flat-woven end bands with short ivory fringe

Good to know
Hand-knotted rugs show slight variations in size, color and motif; these are characteristics of handwork, not flaws. We recommend a rug pad on hard floors. Vacuum regularly without a beater bar; professional cleaning when needed.