İstanbul
The tree is old. This rug is one of one.
A drawing carried from loom to loom for generations · birds, blossom and branch, made once
Explore the registerAnatolian — one of one
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Latest
New Red Turkmen Hand-Knotted Wool Rug
254 × 296 cm · 7.52 m²8'4" × 9'9" · 81 sq ft
$3,750
AED 14,100
SAR 14,250
QAR 13,900
$3,750
New Red Banded Tribal Hand-Knotted Wool Rug
154 × 200 cm · 3.08 m²5'1" × 6'7" · 33 sq ft
$1,700
AED 6,400
SAR 6,500
QAR 6,300
$1,700
By size
Begin with the floor.
Proportion settles a room before pattern does. A rug that reaches under the front legs of the furniture draws the whole arrangement together; one that stops short of them leaves the furniture standing apart. Take the measure of the ground first — the rest follows from it.
By collection
Where to begin.
The newest pieces, every rug in the register, and the kilims on their own. Each door opens onto the same register from a different side.
WoolDyeKnot
What the pile is made of, what coloured it, and how many times it was tied. Every piece here states all three.
By tradition
The drawings that once dressed palaces.
Ottoman, Mamluk, Sultani — these are court traditions, and the floors they were drawn for were palace floors, and then the floors of the houses that copied them. The drawing is inherited; the rug is this year's. Wool deepens where it is walked on, so a piece of this kind is better to look at in twenty years than on the day it arrives.
Wool has a grain.
Walk to the other end of a rug and the colour changes. The pile lies one way and holds shadow; turn it, and the same wool throws the light back. Photographed from a single angle, a rug tells you about half of what it is.
- At the loom
- 2,500 families
- Drawn from
- 15 traditions
- Every piece
- One of one
Kilims
The pattern is the cloth.
A kilim is woven flat, without a pile: its drawing is the cloth itself, so it reads on both faces and lies lighter underfoot than a knotted rug. The house's flatweaves are filed apart from the rugs, and each is one of one.
Good to know
Size, colour, carriage, and what one of one means.
The six answers a buyer wants before a rug of this value leaves İstanbul. Anything else, ask — a person reads it.
Every question, answeredWhen does it leave, and when does it arrive?
It is dispatched from İstanbul within one to two business days of your order and travels by air courier — at your door within three to five days of dispatch, customs permitting. We write with the carrier and the tracking number on the day it leaves.
Will the colour be exactly what I see in the photographs?
Close, and never quite even. Hand-dyed wool shifts a little across a field rather than holding one flat tone, and where the dye is a natural one that shift has a name — abrash. It is evidence of how the colour was made rather than a fault in it. Every piece page names its dye and says what that dye does, so you can read what you are looking at.
Can I send it back?
Fourteen days from delivery. No reason is required and none will be asked for. Write to us and we book the collection with the same courier; return carriage is at your cost, and the refund goes to the card you paid with, in full, once the piece is back with us.
What does one of one mean here?
The rug in the photographs is the rug that arrives, with its own reference, its own measurements and its own irregularities. The drawing is older and is shared — a piece carrying it may have been woven at another size. Ask, and we will say what there is.
How do I choose the right size?
Measure the seating group rather than the room — a rug wants at least the front feet of the seating standing on it. Every piece is listed at its exact size, in the system you measure in, so you can hold those figures against the floor you have. Under a dining table, allow for the chairs drawn back; beside a bed, let the rug run out where feet actually land.
What if nothing listed fits the room?
A rug can be made. Tell us the room, the size and what it has to live with, and we will say what is possible and what it would cost before anything is begun. A commissioned piece is made for you and cannot be returned.
Get in touch
If you know the room but not the rug.
Ask about a piece, a size or the carriage and a person answers. If nothing listed is the one, a rug can be drawn to your measurements. If you specify for clients, the trade terms come in writing.
Or ask us — a question left here is read by a person.