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Monochrome Wool Rug close up, black and ivory lines of hand tufted New Zealand wool, each colour running through the full depth of the pile.

Handmade Rug vs Printed Rug: What You Are Buying

A printed rug carries its pattern on the surface; a handmade rug builds it from coloured yarn, tuft by tuft. How to tell the two apart, how each ages in an Indian home, and when a printed rug is th...

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

Brown

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...

Bergamo Rug close up, ivory fragments in hand tufted New Zealand wool on a warm sand ground.

Abstract

Bergamo, Congrand and Bias: Soft Shapes in Wool

Small ivory fragments, broad wandering bands and one large curve: Bergamo, Congrand and Bias put organic shapes on the floor at three scales. How to match each scale to your room and furniture.

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.

Velocity Wool & Silk Rug folded back, hand tufted New Zealand wool in sage green with grey strokes of Botanical Silk.

Buying Guide

Hand Tufted Rug Price in India: What Sets It

Rugberry's hand tufted rugs work out at about ₹775 to ₹1,200 per sq ft before GST. Here is what sits inside that range, size by size, and how to judge a fair price.

Fluid Wool Rug close up, hand tufted New Zealand wool drawn in black and ivory curves.

Buying Guide

Are Hand Tufted Rugs Worth It?

Hand tufted rugs make carved, modern designs possible at a fair price per square foot. Here is when they are worth it, when they are not, and what to check before you buy one.

Botanical Silk

Nina Brunn Rugs: Abstract, Dune and Burke

Three hand tufted pieces from Nina Brunn x Rugberry: Abstract on a square field, Dune ridged like wind-shaped sand, and the textured Burke. Colour, placement and sizes.

Cavea Wool Rug close up, a carved New Zealand wool surface in pale tones, photographed for comparison with the sculpted Marie Ducept pieces.

Collaboration

Ondulation and Nuage by Marie Ducept

Ondulation and Nuage are large shaped rugs designed in Paris by Marie Ducept and made by Rugberry. How to fit a 10x13 or 9x13 ft shaped rug, and which rooms each one suits.

Concept Silk Rug in a dining room, a pale hand tufted Botanical Silk rug with fine dark lines under a long table.

Bedroom

Concept and Nasai: Hand Tufted Botanical Silk Rugs

Concept and Nasai are drawn in Botanical Silk on a hand tufted pile. What tufting does to a plant-based sheen, how the two designs differ, and the quiet rooms they suit.

Oblique Wool Rug close up, dark lines running across an ivory hand tufted New Zealand wool pile.

Black and White

Oblique, Monochrome and Outline: Graphic Wool Rugs

Oblique, Monochrome and Outline are hand tufted New Zealand wool rugs drawn in line on ivory. How much contrast each brings, which floors suit them and where they work.