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Edition · Spring

Rudd

Hand-knotted on a single loom · made to order
Rs. 385,776.00Made 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

Lacquer red grounds a large-scale palmette and arabesque field where powder blue, amber gold, navy, and ivory forms move through the surface at a scale rarely seen in classical wool construction. The motifs here are not small florals but full architectural palmettes and sweeping arabesque arms that occupy the field with confidence. A narrow red border with a blue guard stripe closes the composition, keeping the perimeter tight against the expansive interior.

MaterialWool
ConstructionHand-knotted
Best forLiving Room, Drawing Room, Dining Room
Made inIndia
Rudd PLATE II — OF VII▸ Rudd
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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End of plates · 7 of 7Read 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 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.

Rudd · the asked & answered
Can a lacquer red rug with large-scale motifs work in a room with light oak or blonde wood flooring?

The contrast between a saturated red field and pale blonde wood creates a strong visual boundary that defines the seating zone clearly. The powder blue and ivory in the pattern connect to the cooler tones in light wood without requiring a direct match. Pale or off-white upholstery keeps the arrangement from becoming too warm across the full room.

Does a large-scale palmette pattern lose visual impact in smaller room sizes?

Large-scale motifs compress poorly in rooms where only a partial repeat fits within the rug boundary. A 9x12 or 10x14 gives enough surface area for at least one full palmette repeat to read correctly. In smaller rooms, the scale reads as cropped rather than composed, which works against the design's structural logic.

How does the lacquer red ground hold up to foot traffic and furniture compression over time?

Red dyes in hand-knotted wool are among the most stable, and the medium pile height holds its form well under regular foot traffic. Furniture coasters reduce localized compression under heavy legs. Rotating the rug every 12 months distributes both wear and any tonal shift from directional light exposure evenly across the surface.