Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
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Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion
Ivory Arabesque Medallion

Ivory Arabesque Medallion

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A cream field worked in dense scrolling arabesque — palmettes, curled leaves and small blossoms in apricot, teal, sage and wine — with a small lobed medallion at the centre in apricot and turquoise, pendants reaching from either end. Cream and navy borders of flowering vine frame the whole, closed by fine guard stripes, with silk fringe at both ends.

Hand-knotted in silk. The silk carries the whole design rather than just the highlights, so the surface brightens and dims as you move around it. At 66×98cm this is an extra small rug — a bedside, a side table or a wall piece rather than a floor covering.

  • Origin: Kashmir
  • Type: Kashmiri, hand-knotted
  • Material: 100% silk
  • Design: Lobed medallion with arabesque field
  • Size: 66×98cm (2'2"×3'3") — Extra Small
  • Colour: Ivory
  • SKU: M061926
  • One-of-a-kind: Yes

100% silk pile, hand-knotted, with silk fringe at both ends. Silk is strong in tension but delicate in every other respect — it abrades, it marks with water, and it loses lustre permanently if treated like wool.

A silk rug of this size is best kept out of a traffic path altogether. Used on a table, at a bedside or hung, it will stay as it is for decades; laid in a doorway it will not. The pile shades wherever it is touched, which is normal and brushes back out with a soft cloth in the direction of the pile.

Hold this rug next to a wool one of the same design and the difference is not the pattern but the number of decisions in it. Silk takes a far finer knot than wool, so the same medallion and arabesque can be drawn with several times as many knots across the same distance — which is why the leaves here have serrated edges you can count and the medallion resolves into a dozen separate rings of ornament rather than three or four. The scale follows from that. At this fineness a rug takes so long to knot that large Kashmiri silks are genuinely rare, and pieces of this size are made to be examined rather than walked on. The other thing silk does is refuse to sit still: because the fibre reflects light along its length, the whole surface brightens and dims as you move, and the apricot medallion that looks warm from one side reads almost pale from the other.

Shipping & Returns

Shipping We offer free shipping on all orders within Japan. Each rug is carefully rolled, wrapped, and shipped fully insured. Orders are dispatched within 1 to 2 business days, with tracking sent as soon as your order ships. Delivery within Japan typically takes 2 to 5 business days.

Returns We accept returns within 7 days of delivery. Items must be unused and in their original condition. To start a return, contact our customer support. For a defective or incorrectly shipped item, we cover the return cost and arrange a replacement or refund. For returns due to personal preference such as size, colour, or a change of mind, return shipping is paid by the customer.

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Every rug we sell is inspected three times at the workshop, on arrival, and again before shipping. We verify each origin, confirm each knot count, and refuse to list anything that does not meet our standards.