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Edition · Spring

Loess Long

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

The ice-blue field of the area rug extends along the runner length, its large-scale botanical vine of warm brown, olive-green, brick-red, and ivory-white forms continuing across the narrower format without compression or loss of motif scale. The olive-gold vine armature remains visible as a structural element between the substantial botanical forms. A narrow charcoal-brown border with ivory and cornflower-blue accents holds all four edges.

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 available3*10

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.

Loess Long · the asked & answered

Does the large-scale botanical design translate well to a narrow runner width without the motifs appearing cropped?

The botanical forms in this design are drawn at a scale that remains legible within a 2.6-foot runner width. Individual leaf clusters and flower heads retain their internal resolution without appearing truncated at the edges. The vine armature connecting them continues across the full length, giving the runner a coherent botanical rhythm rather than a sequence of partial motifs.

What passage length and placement suits this runner, and how should it sit relative to the floor?

This runner suits corridors and longer passages from 8 to 20 feet. Leave 4 to 6 inches of bare floor on each side so the floor material reads beneath the runner and the charcoal border remains fully visible. Use a non-slip pad cut to the runner dimensions on timber, stone, or polished floor surfaces. Securing the ends prevents lifting in high-use entry zones.

How does a medium-pile wool runner hold up to daily corridor foot traffic over several years?

Medium-pile hand-knotted wool is well suited to corridor use. The knot density keeps the pile resilient under daily compression. Rotating end-to-end every six months distributes wear between the central high-traffic zone and the quieter ends. Vacuuming on low suction twice weekly in a busy passage maintains the pile and prevents grit from embedding into the foundation.

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Loess Long

Madder root, soaked five days, simmered three.

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