"Tea Washed" Rugs ON SALE!

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At many times and in many places over the hundreds and hundreds of years that Oriental rugs have been woven there have been attempts to change the crisp, clear, bright colors of new rugs into the softer, more muted, more quiet colors that sometimes develop as rugs age. In India in the 1980's weavers developed a vegetable wash designed to do just this. There actually was a preparation of leaves, nuts, and other vegetable materials that was applied to new rugs to soften and mute their colors. The wash itself looked like pea soup in color and texture! In the market these carpets were usually referred to as "veg washed" or "tea washed." The "tea washed" label was probably the most commonly used (even though these rugs were never actually washed with tea).
After a few years weavers adjusted their color schemes so that new rugs could be made in the same muted colors but without the need to actually subject the rug to a separate vegetable wash (the problem with the veg wash was that results were unpredictable: a perfectly good rug could become unsaleable in color if the wash turned out badly).
Today the "tea washed"/"veg washed" category is well established. Most of these rugs have floral, Persian designs, and most have gold, green, rust, navy, or dark red color schemes. Almost none use cream or bone accents; lighter tones are old ivories, soft golds, or muted beige, peach, or tan. The idea is to keep contrasts low, so as to produce a rich but quiet and subtle look. Colors are often abrashed (strongly varigated), and most of these rugs and carpets have thick wool pile.
Sometimes Arts & Crafts rugs will share the same soft colors as tea washed carpets. There are also new rugs in antique colors which can be more varied in design and color family than tea washed rugs.
New additions to this list are highlighted in RED.

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Click to Enlarge Photo	Rug #	Size	Description	Reg. Price	ON SALE
	XB3076	3' 1" x 4' 9"	PESHAWAR from Pakistan 90 knot quality with subtly colored ground of variegated grey-brown; large flowerheads in slate green, brown, cream, and red; cream main border; handspun wool on cotton warp and weft.	$1,449	$797
	ST5487	5' 11" x 9' 0"	LAVAR from India soft gold ground with flowers and subtle central medallion in rust, soft green, and aqua blue; thick wool pile.	$6,475	$3,561
	XB5086	6' 1" x 9' 0"	PESHAWAR from Pakistan 81 knot quality with variegated cream ground and soft slate green main border; floral figures in accents of green, rust-red, brown, and gold; closely clipped pile of lustrous handspun wool.	$5,418	$2,980
	ST5461	6' 1" x 9' 4"	AGRA from India rich antique look with black field and border, and accents of green, rust, and gold; thick wool pile.	$6,042	$3,323
	RR0724	8' 1" x 10' 3"	Used KASHAN from India muted red ground with intricate flowerheads, lanceolate leaves, and vines and small flowers in gold, light green, light blue, plum, sage, brown, and beige; black main border; "tea washed" with light abrash; excellent condition.	$3,040	$1,672
	ST6657	8' 2" x 10' 0"	SULTANABAD from Pakistan soft medium brown ground with large flower heads and serrated leaves in ivory, beige, tan, moss green, and accents of deep red; handspun wool pile and mostly vegetable dyes.	$6,053	$3,329
	12-653	8' 10" x 11' 10"	SULTANABAD from India new to list soft brown central field with flowerheads and vine and leaf lattice in old ivory, tan, rust, steel blue, denim blue, grey, and olive; warm beige main border; very closely clipped--almost scraped--wool pile.	$10,350	$5,693
	11-613	8' 10" x 12' 1"	OUSHAK from India cream ground and main border with florals in muted rust, pale gold, very muted dark brown, and pale lilac, olive, and tan; closely clipped nubby texture with variegated colors everywhere; wool foundation; heavy structure.	$9,599	$5,279
	11-614	9' 0" x 12' 2"	AGRA from India navy ground with flowerheads, smaller flowers, leaves, and cloud bands in ivory, tan, gold, red, rust, rose, beige, olive, and brown; closely clipped wool pile supple structure and short antiqued fringe.	$10,845	$5,965
	ST7573	9' 0" x 12' 3"	HERATI from India blue ground with large scale allover herati design in gold, soft green, mauve, and deep red; gold main border; wool pile.	$10,055	$5,530
	11-611	9' 0" x 12' 6"	AGRA from India ivory field with allover flowers and floral elements in tan, light brown, gold, light olive green, and dark green, and touches of red, navy, and rust; gold main border; closely clipped wool pile with all colors variegated; short antiqued fringe.	$11,138	$6,126
	11-616	9' 2" x 12' 6"	AGRA from India very densely drawn animal pattern (with birds, deer, and tigers) on deep navy ground; wide red main border; other accents of olive, light blue, burgundy, light and dark brown; closely clipped wool pile with considerable abrash.	$11,349	$6,242
	11-619	10' 0" x 14' 0"	SERAPI from India muted antique red ground with medallion and inner border in variegated navy and steel blue with accents of rose, ivory, dark brown, light green, and tan; antique red border; closely clipped wool pile with supple structure; short cotton fringe.	$12,600	$6,930
	11-620	10' 2" x 16' 0"	AGRA from India attractive large carpet with Arts and Crafts border design; deep red ground with allover flowerheads in gold, teal, dark green, navy, brown, and tan; soft green, dark green, salmon, and maroon main border; medium thick pile with antiqued fringe.	$16,110	$8,861
	11-626	11' 3" x 15' 10"	AGRA from India lustrous red ground with allover flowerheads in cream, soft gold, teal, dark green, rose, tan, and dark brown; green and teal main border; medium thick wool pile with antiqued cotton fringe.	$20,835	$11,459
	11-622	12' 1" x 17' 10"	AGRA from India very lustrous red ground with dense allover floral design in ivory, sage, dark green, brown, gold, rose, and navy; antiqued cotton fringe.	$24,233	$13,328

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