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Edition · Spring

Lappet

Hand-knotted on a single loom · made to order

Hand-knotted on a single loom — never machine-finishedMade to order · weaving begins on confirmationWorldwide insured shipping · 60-night home trial

Description

An ivory field carries a large-scale botanical scroll of oversized lobed leaves, elephant figures, lion forms, and full-bloom rosettes in crimson, steel blue, warm gold, dusty terracotta, and near-black. The vine runs loosely, leaving open ivory ground between the motifs. The near-black border holds a dense secondary scroll in ivory and steel blue with a terracotta guard stripe. Medium pile reads open and full-bodied in the close-up.

MaterialWool

ConstructionHand-knotted

Best forLiving Room, Drawing Room, Dining Room

Made inIndia

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A note on the dye

Madder root, soaked five days, simmered three.

The red you see in the field is not one red. It is seven dye lots, each pulled at a slightly different hour from the same copper vat,the variation lives only in the wool, never in the recipe.

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On scale

Bring the room into the rug - never the other way around.

A rug is sized to read once, in full, as you walk past it. The longer sizes tell a different story across a whole room.

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The object label.

Edition · Spring

OriginJaipur, Rajasthan, India

KnotAsymmetric Persian

Knot density168,000 per square metre (approx.)

PileHand-spun wool, vegetable-dyed

Warp & weftCotton

Time on loomEleven months

CareRotate annually · professional clean every 3–5 years

Sizes available9*12

Lead time

Made-to-order pieces ship in 4–14 weeks from confirmation.

Worldwide shipping

Insured, white-glove delivery with climate-controlled crating.

Home trial & returns

Sixty nights at home. Return for any reason.

Asked & answered

Questions you'd want to ask.

Plain answers about the wool, the loom, and what the rug does over years of use.

Lappet · the asked & answered

How are figurative motifs like animals achieved in hand-knotted wool construction?

Figurative forms require individual color changes at each knot, allowing the weaver to render outlines, internal detail, and shading within a single motif. The resolution of animal figures in this design depends entirely on the hand-knotting process; no machine or tufted method can achieve the same definition at this scale.

Does the open ivory field with large-scale motifs require a specific minimum size to read the full design?

The large-scale motifs read best when the full field is visible from the room's main sightline. The 9x12 allows the full botanical and figurative repeat to be seen from a seated position. The 10x14 gives more floor clearance around the seating group and lets the near-black border read as a complete frame. The 8x10 works in rooms where a portion of the repeat is acceptable.

How does an ivory ground with crimson and near-black motifs work in a room with pink-toned walls?

The ivory ground connects naturally with pale pink or plaster-toned walls because both share a warm, low-saturation base. The crimson and steel blue motifs provide enough contrast to define the rug independently without competing with a pink wall, as the room context demonstrates.

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Lappet

Madder root, soaked five days, simmered three.

Bring the room into the rug - never the other way around.