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

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This contemporary 4x6 rug from Rug & Kilim’s Block Print Collection —an innovative line celebrating the artisanal charm of block … Read more This contemporary 4x6 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 geometric pattern in a soothing, ethereal palette of indigo blue and silver-gray.

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 rhythmic, intricately detailed piece found in this contemporary weaving tradition. Keen eyes for detail will particularly note this rug’s masterful execution of high-low texture and scale—qualities that allow the geometric pattern to elegantly command its versatile format, like few that exist in textured silk today.

The colorway is one of the most delicious elements here, where a luminous, silvery-gray tone is favored in a field of geometric motifs. Further, an elegant arrangement of staggered, ikat-like geometric motifs cascades across the canvas in a soft indigo blue. 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, Atelier Zanolli: Fabrics, Fashion, Craft 1905–1939, is part of Volumes by Rug & Kilim. The book (SKU - B244) can be acquired independently through our bookstore.

Custom Capable:

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