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trc · the viewing roomNear-black navy hand-knotted wool rug with interlocking ogee cartouche forms▸ fretwork
Edition · Spring

Fretwork

Hand-knotted on a single loom
Rs. 336,000.00Made to order
Rug Size
Quantity
Hand-knotted on a single loom — never machine-finishedReady to ship · Dispatched in 10–15 business daysFree shipping across India · International on request
Description

A near-black navy ground carries a large-scale all-over pattern of interlocking ogee cartouche forms, each angular cartouche filled in brick red or amber gold and seeded with dense floral and botanical detail in ivory, teal blue, sage green, and dusty coral. The cartouches tile the field completely, leaving no plain ground visible between them. A near-black border on the same ground closes the field through dense geometric and floral work in the same palette.

MaterialAll Wool
ConstructionHand-knotted
Best forLiving Room, Drawing Room, Dining Room
Made inIndia
Fretwork, a black hand-knotted all wool rug PLATE II — OF VII▸ Fretwork, a black hand-knotted all wool rug
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 available8*10, 9*12, 10*14

Lead time

In-stock rugs dispatch in 10–15 business days. Made-to-order pieces take around 11 months on the loom; we confirm your timeline when you order.

Worldwide shipping

We ship across India and to selected countries worldwide.

Returns

Request a return within 3 days of delivery (14 days in the EU and UK). Made-to-order and custom rugs are final sale.

Asked & answered

Questions you'd want to ask.

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

Fretwork · the asked & answered
How does a fully tiled cartouche pattern with no visible ground perform visually in a large open room?

Fully tiled patterns read as a single surface rather than a ground with motifs applied to it, which gives them a tapestry quality at room scale. In larger rooms, the alternating brick red and amber gold cartouches create a structured warmth across the floor that anchors the space without a central focal point. In the lifestyle image, the rug grounds a very open concrete and brick room without disappearing into it.

The near-black border and field share the same tone. Does this affect the rug's definition on pale or grey floors?

On pale concrete or light stone, the near-black perimeter reads as a clearly defined edge against the floor, making the rug's shape and dimensions explicit. The same-tone border and field treatment means the cartouche pattern continues to the perimeter without a tonal interruption, so the rug reads as a unified surface rather than a framed interior.

Does the alternating brick-red and amber-gold cartouche layout require any specific furniture placement to read well?

No. The alternating pattern distributes evenly across the field in every direction, so there is no preferred orientation or alignment axis. Furniture placement works from any side. The close-up reveals that each cartouche carries its own resolved internal design, so whichever cells remain visible around the furniture continue to read as complete rather than cropped.

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