Oriental Ziegler Cleora Brown/Olive Green Wool Rug - 9'1'' x 11'5''

A dense pattern of gold blossoms covers a dark brown field inside an olive green and gold border. It brings a soft, garden-like feel to the floor. This oriental transitional 9x11 area rug comes in brown and olive green.

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 brown field and the olive green border their depth, with turquoise and beige used for the detail work. The brown 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. The pile is trimmed to a moderate thickness, then stone-washed and sun-dried for a natural sheen across the full 9'1'' x 11'5''. The finished pile is dense and even, soft to walk on, and resilient enough to recover from furniture and daily use. Like all hand knotted wool, the pile has a nap, so the brown tones shift slightly as you walk around the rug and as the light changes.

It holds a full living room seating group, a dining table for six to eight, or a spacious primary bedroom. The mix of brown and olive green, with touches of turquoise and beige, works in contemporary and mid-century modern rooms, and it ties warm wood tones to cooler upholstery. The flowers soften clean-lined, modern furniture.