Meet&CoLONDON — The Rug Company has unveiled Colour in Residence, a new collection of handmade rugs across two tactile ranges, mohair and silk textures.
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Every tone in the new collection starts at The Rug Company‘s studio, where tertiary shades are devised to blend warm and cool undertones in careful balance, moving from Olive Green and Clay to Terracotta, Aegean Blue, Silver and Dawn.
The fibers are then dyed by hand before each rug is handmade, dried in the sun and finished by hand: trimmed, edges bound and readied by artisans.
“Colour in Residence began as an exploration of the origins of color and how it exists in nature before it ever becomes a pigment,” said Will Cooper, The Rug Company creative director. “We immersed ourselves in natural landscapes, studying their tones and working closely with our mills to translate them through the dyeing process. The result is a palette built to layer effortlessly with whatever else lives in the room.”
Mineral Mohair is renowned for its natural luster and its ability to drink in color, according to the company. Mohair is a fiber that begs to be felt underfoot.
Introduced in a new range of mineral-inspired colorways, each rug is hand-knotted, then left shag for an eclectic edge and a plush, cocooning pile or sheared precisely for a tailored, manicured polish.
There is a particular luxury in silk underfoot, Cooper said. The new Silk Textures is being introduced across two finishes —— Vara and Caliche.
Vara pairs handloomed wool and silk in a study of gentle irregularity, its nobbled texture adding grounding warmth to the pile. Caliche unfurls in pure silk for a sleeker, more luminous finish, cool and smooth beneath bare feet. Together they carry the palette from earthy clay to tranquil sage.
“We chose to photograph the campaign in Malta, the birthplace of The Rug Company‘s founder, as a tribute to the origins of the company and to the enduring relationship between people, place and nature,” Cooper added.“Rugs are objects made to be lived with, to gather stories, and to become part of the everyday.”
