Kennett

Kennett continues tradition rather than preserving it. Hand-knotted in wool by weavers working from memory as much as design, the collection carries Oriental and classical patterns without the stiffness of revival. The motifs hold their proportion naturally, knotted by a hand that understood the pattern before beginning it. The pile is close and matte, the surface settled rather than staged. Kennett belongs in rooms where good things are put to use, a drawing room with real furniture, a dining space that sees family, a study with books taken off the shelf. It carries its craft the way sound architecture carries its structure, without asking to be noticed.