Tepih Dune Rug - Olive

The Tepih Dune Rug in Olive is hand loom knotted from 70% viscose and 30% wool, in three sizes from 200 x 300cm to 300 x 400cm. Olive is a muted green with enough grey in it to behave as a neutral in most rooms. It is rated for indoor use, and the supplier recommends a rug pad.

A green rug is a bigger commitment than a beige one, and this is the version that asks the least of a room. The tone is dulled rather than saturated, so it reads closer to a warm grey at a distance and only resolves as green when you are standing on it. That makes it a colour you can put under an existing sofa rather than one you have to build a scheme around.

The viscose content does something particular to a mid tone. Because the fibre carries light along its length, the colour changes with the direction of the pile and the position of a window, so the rug looks darker walking one way and lighter walking back. Combined with the hand loom knotted construction, which leaves no glued backing, this is a rug that will move and mark like a natural fibre rather than sit flat like a synthetic.