Providing a neutral, foundational canvas, these rugs add richness to a room—layered with dimension and texture in distinctive materials like jute, alpaca, silk, bamboo and Tibetan wool.
Hamida in Sand, designed by Stark Creative Director Ashley Stark Kenner for Ashley Stark Home, is made in India from 100-percent hand-knotted wool. The rug is adorned with chunky tassels and high-low sculptural embellishments.
Made from 100-percent jute with a cotton backing, the Penny Lane rug from Elitis is hand-braided by artisans, so each rug is unique.
Rivoli by Studio Four NYC is handwoven in 100-percent jute in natural and black.
The Moroccan rug by Bokara is based on designs adapted from Berber tribes from the city of Taza in Morocco. The tufted and flat pattern is handwoven in white and gray from 100-percent natural wool.
Kilim flat weave and Persian knotted pile techniques are combined to create a high-low dimensionality in New Moon’s Carrera rug.
The Elizabeth Cloth Nordic Grid pattern from Elizabeth Eakins is handwoven and finished with a striped whipstitch. The reversible design can be woven as a simple border or an all-over grid design, shown here in latte.
Made in Nepal, the Rosemary Hallgarten Ombre Arch rug is striking both visually and texturally in wool and silk.
Composed of 100-percent Sardinian wool, the Elder rug from Nordic Knots is designed in Stockholm and handmade in India.
Handcrafted by artisans in Nepal from lush Suri alpaca wool, the Stinson is a cut pile rug from the Sandra Jordan Prima Alpaca collection by Erden, shown here in Cloud.
The Harwich woven jute rug sports alternating diamond colors and was designed by Mark D. Sikes for Annie Selke.
This sampling of handwoven FJ Hakimian rugs illustrates the brand’s use of natural materials like mohair, natural lox mohair, chenille cotton and hemp.
Moroccan rug designs often stemmed from the weaver’s imagination. This creative style is displayed in the Modern Moroccan rug from Apandana. An abstract geometric pattern is hand-knotted in ivory and light brown wool.
Donghia’s textural Knotty or Nice rug is fashioned from ultra-fine Merino wool, handspun and twisted to create a nubby, multi-dimentional linear pattern.
Hand-knotted in Nepal, the Artwork Flow rug from Jan Kath is composed of wool, silk and nettle and can be customized in size and coloration.
Crafted from sheepskin in an ivory and camel palette, the Talano Lines rug from Patterson Flynn is luxuriously soft underfoot.
The Thom Filicia Home Collection for Feizy includes Longridge, a handloomed dimensional rug in wool and viscose, shown here in Ivory.
Rich in textural interest, the lustrous tone-on-tone and cut-pile motif of Safavieh’s Mirage rug is handloomed in India with sustainable viscose yarn to emulate the look and feel of silk.
Roche Bobois’ Brushing Rug is handwoven in 100-percent vegetal silk. Subtle shades of gray resemble a painter’s brush strokes on canvas.
Bloom, designed by Marc Thee of Marc-Michaels Interior Design for Kyle Bunting, features overlapping blossoms in cream and taupe hide.
The interlocking diamond pattern of Basilia by Sferra is inspired by an archival jacquard pattern, hand-tufted in viscose and wool.
The Sollies rug from Pierre Frey’s NateCru collection is made from New Zealand wool and bamboo in a cut and loop pile. The contrast of the matte wool with the more iridescent bamboo pile enhances the contrasting pattern in this neutral but textural rug design.
Galaxy, a new design by Erick Lindstrom, is a textural labyrinth composed of three different pile heights. The layered paths are hand-knotted in Tibetan wool and offered in four tonal colorways.
