Oriental Ziegler Pearle Rust/Blue Wool Rug - 8'1'' x 10'1''

Rows of curling leaves and blossoms cover a rust-red field inside a soft blue trellis border. The pattern runs across the whole field, so it looks balanced from any angle. It is an oriental transitional 8x10 area rug in rust and blue.

This handmade wool rug is one of a kind, hand knotted from hand-spun, natural vegetable dyed wool in a mix of merino, New Zealand, and Ghazni wool. The vegetable dyes, extracted from local plants, give the rust field and the blue border their depth, with gold and gray used for the detail work. The rust field may show an abrash, a gentle change of shade within one color. It is normal in handmade rugs, because hand-spun wool takes natural dye a little differently from batch to batch. Fine hand knotting keeps the small blossoms and curving vines crisp. After knotting, the pile is trimmed to a moderate thickness, then stone-washed and sun-dried, which gives this 8x10 rug its natural sheen. The finished pile is dense and even, soft to walk on, and resilient enough to recover from furniture and daily use. Because the pile lies in one direction, the rust field looks a little deeper from one end of the rug and lighter from the other.

It anchors a living room seating group, a bedroom, or a dining room. The contrast of rust and blue, with touches of gold and gray, gives a boho chic or eclectic room its focal point and adds energy to a contemporary space. The floral pattern leans transitional and suits cottage and grandmillennial rooms too.