Mamlouk | 250 x 176 cm | Nr. Z-2778

1.275,00 €

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Mamlouk

This rug in anthracite and black combines traditional craftsmanship with timeless elegance. A knot density of approx. 60,000 knots per m² makes the painstaking workmanship visible – right down to the fine execution of the details. At 250 × 176 cm it is well placed as a living room rug. It also looks good under a dining table for four to six people. This one-of-a-kind piece brings individual character to the room and keeps its value far beyond short-lived trends.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	India
Dimensions	250 cm x 176 cm (= 4.4 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft: wool Warp: cotton
knots	60.000
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Mamlouk rugs (occasionally spelled Mamluk) were knotted in Egypt above all in the 15th century and are found almost exclusively in museums today. This Mamlouk rug is a new take on the classic pattern, which is defined by a wealth of different geometric shapes that give the rug a kaleidoscopic effect.

Material

The technique used to prepare the materials for the pile of this Mamlouk is more than 200 years old. The wool was dyed with natural colours and spun by hand. Dyeing with natural or plant-based colours is more complicated, more expensive and more time-consuming than dyeing with chemical dyes. For a luminous red, for example, you need around one kilo of ground madder root as dyestuff for every kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that isn't too pale, it even takes two kilos of weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is just as slow and labour-intensive. And fewer and fewer people still know how to spin wool by hand.

But the effort is worth it: dyeing with natural colours allows the high-quality wool to keep its natural oil content. Wool that has been dyed with natural colours and spun by hand creates fascinating, shimmering patterns. The charm of hand-spun wool, with its slight irregularities and natural shades, comes into its own as a contrast in modern interiors, but equally in rooms furnished in a more traditional or country style.

The weft threads of this Mamlouk are made of wool. Cotton was used for the warp threads.

A note on the photos

The colours of this rug change depending on which side you look at it from. It all depends on whether the light falls with the nap of the pile or against it. That is why we have photographed the rug from several angles.

Child labour? No thanks.

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