12x15'1'' Hand Knotted Wool Aqua Oushak Arts and Crafts Oriental Area Rug

Luminous aqua blue provides a fresh canvas for this hand-knotted Oushak Arts and Crafts rug, where golden vines create a delicate lattice across the field, connecting a joyful garden of stylized blooms in rose, peach, navy, lime, and cream. The composition celebrates the Arts and Crafts movement's devotion to nature, with each floral motif simplified into graphic forms. The unexpected color palette of bright aqua and coral creates an airy, Mediterranean feel, with the soft rose-toned border offering a gentle contrast. Hand-knotted from premium wool, the rug’s abrash effect adds a luminous quality, transforming the color as light moves across the rug. The luxurious wool pile provides lasting comfort, making this rug a refreshing and sophisticated addition to any room.

• Exact Size: 12x15'1"
• Weave: Hand Knotted Rug
• Yarn: Wool
• Color: Aqua, Rose, peach, Lime, Blue, Multi
• Origin: India
• Pile Height: 0.5 inch
• Condition: New
• Condition Description: New With Tags
• Rug#: LBR20701

Story Behind the Art: Originating as a protest against mass produced inferior factory products of the 19th century, the Arts and Crafts Movement favored originality and craftsmanship. William Morris, main proponent of the movement, emphasized the use of handcrafts over the use of machinery and introduced a new design sensibility that evoked nature in home interiors through furniture, upholstery, wallpaper and rugs with intricate intertwining fruit, flower, and foliage patterns. The popularity of Morris’s rug designs has endured to the current times and stands emblematic of Art & Crafts rugs with their simple, bold, informal design themes rooted in nature. Today, the Arts & Crafts rugs embrace a multitude of styles ranging from the Art Nouveau style (rug patterns with flowing, curvilinear lines and nature-inspired, floral designs), Mission-style as well as geometric patterns inspired by Native American designs, American Prairie style and Caucasian rugs (hand-knotted rugs made in a small, Middle-Eastern region called the Caucasus). Arts and Crafts Rugs' natural motifs and interesting color palette add to their versatility and enduring charm.