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Our Germaine rug is the solid ivory rug everyone is looking for! The thick and dense pile is knotted in a slightly textured pile, giving this rug have a less formal and more casual feel. Plush and soft underfoot, this handknotted rug is perfect for any room in your home.
COTTON RUGS
While cotton is a strong fiber, our cotton is not treated with stain protectors and may not react well to spills.
WOOL RUGS
Wool is naturally stain and soil resistant and will stand up well in any living space.
To begin making a rug, our skilled weavers make a foundation – called “the warp” – which consists of thick threads of cotton or wool which run through the length of the rug. Similar threads, which pass under and over the warp threads in the opposite direction, are called wefts. Weaving usually begins from the bottom of the loom. Dyed wool or cotton is knotted in rows around the warp strands. As more knots are added to this foundation, they become the pile of the rug. Depending upon the fineness of the weave, the quality of the materials, and the expertise of the weavers, the knot count of a rug can range from sixteen to eight hundred knots per square inch. When a rug is completely knotted, the warp ends remain as the fringe. This fringe may be braided, tasseled, or hidden.
