Contemporary Block Print Floral Natural Silk Runner by Rug & Kilim, India

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This contemporary 4x5 rug from Rug & Kilim’s Block Print Collection —an innovative line celebrating the artisanal charm of block … Read more This contemporary 4x5 rug from Rug & Kilim’s Block Print Collection —an innovative line celebrating the artisanal charm of block printing reimagined in contemporary hand-knotted form. Offering a fresh, minimalist take on historic hand-stamped textiles, the piece in natural silk features a textural, high-low botanical pattern in a warm, earthy palette of copper and beige.

On the Design:

Admirers of the craft may appreciate this transitional rug among the works of a special workshop dedicated to 21st-century reimaginings of the historic block print design sensibility. It stands as a uniquely pastoral, intricately detailed piece found in this contemporary weaving tradition. Keen eyes for detail will particularly note this rug’s masterful execution of texture and scale—qualities that allow the botanical pattern to elegantly command its versatile, nearly square format, like few that exist in carved silk today.

The colorway is one of the most delicious elements here, where a warm, luminous copper tone is favored in the field, accented by delicate horizontal striations that lend an organic, watercolor-like depth. Further, an elegant, spaced arrangement of stylized floral sprigs and blossoming botanical shrubs flourishes across the canvas in crisp beige. The raised, carved silk brilliantly captures the soulful, wabi-sabi charm of a hand-carved wooden block pressing natural ink into fabric, creating a mesmerizing three-dimensional depth that shifts beautifully in the light. Altogether it’s a piece as deeply personal in its subtext as it is in the details and beauties that distinguish it in our craft—both a contemporary masterpiece and a true collector’s rug, teeming with artisanal history and textile culture. The accompanying book, Carlo Mollino: Architect Designer Photographer by Paola Colombari, Rossella Colombari, is part of Volumes by Rug & Kilim. The book (SKU - B372) can be acquired independently through our bookstore.

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