Blue Allover Garden Rug
This blue allover garden rug was hand knotted in India from New Zealand wool. Its pale blue ground is covered with small flowers in cream, rust and blue, linked by a slate blue trellis, and the design runs right across the field.
The design up close
Across this blue allover garden rug, small rosettes and blossoms sit in staggered rows, and a trellis of curving stems and leaves links them into a lattice. The flowers are cream, rust and muted blue, and the ground behind them moves gently from pale teal to a greyer blue. There is no single centre, so the pattern repeats evenly over the field.
Toward the middle of the field, the trellis forms open cells, and each cell holds a single cream and rust rosette. Light falling across the rug shows the change from pale teal near the top to greyer blue lower down, so the colour looks slightly different at different times of day.
The main border is a wider band of larger cream and rust medallions set between narrow guard stripes. Short fringe finishes both short ends.
Seen from the far end of a room, the border and the field merge into one soft blue surface, with a warm band of cream and rust at the edges. Up close, each cell of the trellis reads separately. The lighter ground in the middle makes the trellis look raised, and the darker blue toward the edges holds the field in place.
How it is made
This rug is hand knotted in India by skilled artisans, and the wool is New Zealand wool, hand spun. Hand spun yarn varies slightly in thickness, which gives the surface a softer, less uniform feel. Our records note German dyes for this blue allover garden rug. Wool is the most common pile in Indian rugs, and this rug is wool throughout.
Sizing a blue allover garden rug for your room
The exact size of this blue allover garden rug can be confirmed in the showroom, so you can lay it out against your own sofa or dining table before you decide. Its blue, cream and rust palette suits timber floors, pale walls and both traditional and modern furniture. The all-over pattern looks much the same from every side of the room, so it suits many room layouts.
Its muted palette makes this rug easy to live with. Plain sofas and timber furniture let the flowers stand out, cream cushions pick up the cream blossoms, and rust accents echo the rust flowers. A cream or pale grey wall keeps the room in the same soft tone as the ground.
Looking after your rug
Vacuum it on a suction-only setting, or with the beater bar switched off, so the brush does not pull at the pile. Turn it around every six to twelve months so sun and foot traffic wear it evenly. Blot spills with a clean white cloth and cold water rather than rubbing them in. When it needs a full clean, choose a cleaner who washes handmade rugs by hand.
Put a good underlay beneath this blue allover garden rug. It stops the rug sliding on timber or tiles, adds cushioning and takes some of the wear off the pile. Moths like wool in dark, quiet spots, such as the part of a rug under a sofa, so vacuum those areas often and lift the furniture now and then.
See it before you buy
Visit our showroom at 307 Penshurst St, North Willoughby, open every day from 10 am to 4:30 pm, to see this blue allover garden rug in person. If you would rather judge it in your own room, with your own light and furniture, book a home trial and we will bring a selection to you.
You can see this blue allover garden rug in our showroom or at home. Browse more Modern Transitional, or ask about a custom made rug in your own size and colour. Read more about rugs and carpets.
