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Warm Ivory Round
Only one available — one-of-a-kind.
- Hand-knotted
- Ships from Japan
- 30-day returns
- Secure payment
A round rug with nothing on it. The whole surface is a single plain field in warm ivory, edged with a fine cream fringe that follows the curve the whole way round, and the only movement is abrash — soft horizontal banding where one dye lot gave way to the next, running across the circle in wide irregular bands.
Hand-knotted in Ghazni wool, a highland Afghan fleece with a high lanolin content that gives the surface its faint sheen. A round rug is considerably harder to weave than a rectangle: the loom is rectangular, so the weaver has to shorten each row progressively towards the top and bottom of the circle, and any error in that shaping shows immediately as a flat spot in the curve. At roughly 240cm across this is a large circle, suited to sitting under a round dining table or anchoring a seating group. A plain pale field is the least forgiving surface a rug can have, so it wants a considered spot rather than a working one.
- Origin: Afghanistan
- Type: Ghazni, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% Ghazni wool
- Design: Plain field, undecorated
- Size: 238×242cm (7'10" diameter) — Round
- Colour: Warm ivory
- SKU: NG 74174
- One-of-a-kind: Yes
100% Ghazni wool, hand-knotted, with a fine fringe following the full circumference. Wool is resilient and forgiving underfoot, and the lanolin in a highland fleece gives it a degree of natural resistance to soiling.
A plain pale field is the least forgiving surface a rug can have. Footmarks, vacuum tracks, furniture-leg crushing and any spill will all show, and the abrash banding is a feature of hand-spun wool rather than a fault — it will not even out. A round rug also needs a round pad or one cut to shape; a rectangular pad will show as ridges under the edges.
A loom is rectangular. Warps run straight from one beam to the other, and a weaver builds a rug row by row across their full width — which is why the overwhelming majority of hand-knotted rugs are rectangles. To make a circle the weaver has to shorten each row progressively as the shape narrows towards top and bottom, judging the curve by eye a few knots at a time, and there is no way to correct it afterwards. Look along the edge: a true circle holds an even curve the whole way round, and any miscounted row shows as a flattened section. This one also has nothing to hide behind. On a patterned rug the design distracts from small irregularities in shape and knotting alike; on a plain field, and a pale one, every one of them is visible. What you get in return is the wool itself — the abrash banding across the surface is the record of the dye lots the weaver worked through, and on a rug like this it is the entire composition.
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.
