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Nuva Silk Rug in Chocolate, handloom Botanical Silk folded, the sheen changing across each fold.

Flavia and Sepia: Earth Tones, Two Constructions

Flavia is a hand tufted marble of pale green, blush and sand; Sepia is a handloom rose brown lit by Botanical Silk. How the two constructions change the feel, the price and the room, with Grain Umb...

Eucalyptus Wool Rug close up, fine dark stripes on ivory that change direction down the middle.

Charcoal

Turmoil, Moss and Eucalyptus: Lines That Move

Turmoil loops an ivory line over charcoal, Moss runs pale waves through deep green and Eucalyptus turns its stripes halfway across. How each one moves, what it hides and where it belongs.

Botanical Silk

Mayhem, Infamous and Crinkle: Wool and Botanical Silk

A grey crackle on ivory, soft planes of colour in a shaped outline, and a creased sand surface: Mayhem, Infamous and Crinkle use Botanical Silk in three ways. Where each one works, and where the sh...

Tinker Wool Rug close up, black hand drawn lines looping across ivory hand tufted New Zealand wool.

Collections

Tinker, Arctic and Bitte: Marks on a Quiet Ground

Tinker draws a black line, Arctic repeats a small black dab and Bitte carves its lines into ivory pile. Three hand tufted wool rugs, three ways to mark a quiet ground, and the rooms each one suits.

Livid Wool & Silk Rug with an open book, flowing grey strokes over an ivory hand tufted ground.

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Livid: Clouded Wool with Silk Breaking Through

Livid sets ink grey strokes of silk against a clouded wool ground. What a full editorial shoot shows about its sheen in changing light, and how Mayhem and Stream compare.

Abstract

Abstract: Loose Forms on a Square Field

Abstract is a square silk rug with loose forms drifting across the field. Why a square rug suits square rooms and foyers, and how Concept and Nasai compare.

Bitte Wool Rug, a real close up of arcs and lines cut into a single tone of hand tufted New Zealand wool, the same quiet geometry Round Square uses.

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Round Square: Geometry in Four Colourways

Round Square sets rounds against squares in hand tufted New Zealand wool. Why a calm geometric rug works in Indian kids' rooms and home studies, and how to pick the colourway.

Cabella Wool & Silk Rug in Frost in a sea view living room, a pale hand tufted wool and silk rug on a marble floor. A companion to Fragment, shown while Fragment awaits real photography.

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Fragment: Broken Planes in Wool and Silk

Fragment sets broken planes of wool and silk across a quiet field. How its three tones behave on marble floors in Indian apartments, and what the renders can and cannot tell you.

Pearl Fold Wool Rug, a real close up of long ivory pile with brown motifs in hand tufted New Zealand wool.

Bedrooms

Shag Rugs: Pearl Fold and Burnt Sienna

Long pile is the softest thing you can put under bare feet, and the hardest to keep clean in a dusty city. Where Pearl Fold and Burnt Sienna work in Indian homes.

Clique Wool Rug in Pitch Black, a real close up of ivory lines filling a clustered form on a black hand tufted wool ground.

Black and White

Clique: Bone White and Pitch Black

Clique comes in two opposite colourways, Bone White and Pitch Black. How to choose between them for white walled apartments and rooms full of dark wood.