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

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This contemporary 3x10 runner from Rug & Kilim’s Block Print Collection—an innovative line celebrating the artisanal charm of block printing … Read more This contemporary 3x10 runner 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 lush palette of copper, beige, and silver-gray.

On the Design:

Admirers of the craft may appreciate this transitional runner 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, almost rhythmic piece found in this contemporary weaving tradition. Keen eyes for detail will particularly note this rug’s masterful execution of texture, scale, and movement—qualities that allow the botanical pattern to cascade beautifully down its long, narrow format, like few that exist in carved silk today.

The colorway is one of the most delicious elements here, where a warm, earthy copper tone is favored in the field. Further, an intricate all-over repeating botanical pattern flourishes across the canvas, showcasing a delightful, varied forest of flora. Specifically, these motifs include stylized palm trees, blossoming leafy shrubs, and delicate floral sprigs in luminous beige and gray tones. The raised, carved natural 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. 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 runner, teeming with artisanal history and textile culture. Boasting a particularly versatile long size with vast applications in hallway and corridor design today.The accompanying book, Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers, is part of Volumes by Rug & Kilim. The book (SKU - B190) can be acquired independently through our bookstore.

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