Honey Gold Jaldar
Only one available — one-of-a-kind.
- Hand-knotted
- Ships from Japan
- 30-day returns
- Secure payment
A honey gold field carrying a column of stepped diamond medallions with finely serrated edges, drawn in near-black, cream and pale blue-grey. Small dark diamonds and pale blue crosses are scattered across the gold between them. Very wide multi-band borders of diamond diaper, hooked repeats and bead lines frame the field, growing denser towards the outside, and both ends close with a broad panel. Cream fringe at both ends.
Hand-knotted in wool. The drawing thickens steadily from the middle outward: measured as a density profile, the field around the medallions runs at roughly a third covered, while the outermost band is almost solid. At 72×120cm this is a small rug, suited to a bedside, an entrance or a galley kitchen.
- Origin: Pakistan
- Type: Pakistani Jaldar, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% wool
- Design: Stepped diamond medallion column
- Size: 72×120cm (2'4"×3'11") — Extra Small
- Colour: Honey Gold
- SKU: X-4501
- One-of-a-kind: Yes
100% wool pile, hand-knotted, with a natural fringe at both ends. At this size the rug is light enough to lift and shake out, which is the easiest way to keep it clean.
A honey gold ground sits at the warmer, paler end of the range and is less forgiving than a red or dark rug — the open gold at the centre has little pattern to disguise a mark, and it is also the part most likely to be walked on. The densely worked borders will hold up better and hide wear far longer.
Measure how much of this rug is drawing rather than ground, and take the measurement outward from the centre, and a clear structure appears. Around the medallions the field runs at about a third covered — mostly open gold with small diamonds and crosses scattered through it. By the inner border it has risen to around seventy per cent. At the outermost band it reaches ninety-six: almost no ground shows at all.
Building a rug this way gives it a gravitational pull inward. The eye is held at the edges by density and released into the open gold at the centre, which is why a small rug with a very wide border does not feel closed in — the middle stays airy no matter how much work is going on around it. The progression is not perfectly smooth either: two pale guard bands interrupt it on the way out, dropping the density briefly before it climbs again, which is what stops the borders reading as one thick mass. Run a finger from the centre to the edge and you cross five distinct changes of pace.
Shipping & Returns
Shipping
We ship from Japan to the United States, the United Kingdom and 19 European countries. Shipping is free on orders of ¥150,000 or more (approx. $1,000 / £790 / €920); orders below that ship at a ¥15,000 flat rate (approx. $99 / £79 / €92). Each rug is carefully rolled and wrapped. Orders are dispatched within 3 to 5 business days, then take 7 to 15 business days in transit. Every order ships with tracking. Import duties and taxes may apply in your country; please contact us before ordering for details.
Returns
For a change of mind, contact us within 30 days of delivery. Items must be unused, in original condition and in original packaging. Return shipping is paid by the customer and can be expensive from outside Japan, so please ask us about size or colour before you order. If your rug arrives damaged, defective or not as ordered, contact us with photos within 30 days of delivery: we pay for the return and send a replacement or a full refund.
