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trc · the viewing roomNavy blue flecked rug on a concrete floor with a tan leather sofa, olive armchair, walnut console and record player.▸ ford
Edition · Spring

Ford

Hand-knotted on a single loom · made to order
Rs. 142,720.00Made to order
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Hand-knotted on a single loom — never machine-finishedMade to order · weaving begins on confirmationWorldwide insured shipping · 60-night home trial
Description

Cobalt-blue dominates the full field, with ivory-white and dark charcoal-brown breaking through in irregular horizontal bands that give the surface a loose, flowing structure. No border, no motif. The close-up confirms a low, tightly compressed wool pile where all three colors sit interlocked at the fiber level, the cobalt accounting for the majority of the surface at every point. Made in India

MaterialWool
ConstructionHand-knotted
Best forLiving Room, Drawing Room, Dining Room
Navy blue rug seen in full, cream flecking spread evenly across the field with no border. PLATE II — OF VIII▸ Navy blue rug seen in full, cream flecking spread evenly across the field with no border.
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.

Corner of a navy rug folded back on oak flooring, showing the woven reverse and the finished edge. PLATE III — OF VIII▸ Corner of a navy rug folded back on oak flooring, showing the woven reverse and the finished edge.
Navy blue flecked rug lying flat on oak floorboards at an angle, fringe along the near edge. PLATE IV — OF VIII▸ Navy blue flecked rug lying flat on oak floorboards at an angle, fringe along the near edge.
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.

Edge of a deep blue rug meeting pale wood flooring, cream threads breaking across the ground. PLATE V — OF VIII▸ Edge of a deep blue rug meeting pale wood flooring, cream threads breaking across the ground.
Close view of pile folded along a ridge, cream and grey flecks over a navy ground. PLATE VI — OF VIII▸ Close view of pile folded along a ridge, cream and grey flecks over a navy ground.
Macro shot of dense pile at two folds, navy field scattered with cream and dark grey. PLATE VII — OF VIII▸ Macro shot of dense pile at two folds, navy field scattered with cream and dark grey.
Navy blue and grey rug shown at an angle on a plain white background with no surrounding room. PLATE VIII — OF VIII▸ Navy blue and grey rug shown at an angle on a plain white background with no surrounding room.
End of plates · 8 of 8Read its story

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 available8*10, 9*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.

Ford · the asked & answered
This rug is predominantly one color. Does that make it harder or easier to place in a furnished room?

Easier, in most cases. A dominant cobalt field with no competing pattern reads as a grounding element rather than a focal point. Rooms with warm neutrals, natural wood, leather, or earthy greens accommodate it well. The white and charcoal threads in the pile add enough surface variation that the rug does not read as flat or one-dimensional in a furnished space.

How does a saturated cobalt all-wool surface perform in a large living room with a full seating arrangement?

A 10x14 gives the field enough surface area to read as a deliberate floor decision rather than just a rug. With all furniture legs on the surface, the cobalt reads as a continuous base beneath the arrangement. The low pile handles regular foot traffic without compressing or matting, and the matte finish distributes wear evenly across the field.

Does heavy cobalt dye in wool affect how the rug feels underfoot or how it wears over time?

Deep-dyed wool feels the same underfoot as undyed wool of the same pile height. The dye penetrates the full fiber length during processing, so it does not sit on the surface or affect texture. Over time, cobalt in wool holds well indoors. Prolonged direct sunlight is the main risk for fading; rotating the rug annually distributes any exposure evenly.