{"product_id":"pondicherry-hand-tufted-rug","title":"Pondicherry Hand-Tufted Rug","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Pondicherry is three shapes and nothing more: a sea-glass blue field, an ivory arch that swells in from one corner, and a single coral bar standing upright beside it. The palette is the French quarter's — washed blue shutters, sun-bleached walls, and the coral of bougainvillea over a gate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is hand-tufted in 100% New Zealand wool. Each strand is punched through a cotton canvas backing with a hand-held tool, then the pile is sheared level by hand to a dense, even cut that sits close and soft underfoot. Where one colour meets the next, the pile is carved back along the line, so the curve of the arch and the edges of the bar read crisply from across the room instead of blurring into one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe composition is deliberately off-centre. The arch is anchored to one corner and the bar stands well in from the opposite side, which gives the rug a direction: laid with the arch towards a window or the head of a bed, it leads the eye into the room. Turn it end to end and it reads differently again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA plain field shows everything the wool does. The pile catches the light differently depending on which way it lies, so the blue looks paler from one end of the rug and deeper from the other, and it shifts as the rug is walked on. That shading is the wool, not a flaw. A new tufted rug also sheds some loose fibre for the first few weeks; it settles with regular vacuuming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 4 × 6 ft rug photographed here is in stock and ready to ship. Four larger standard sizes, up to 9 × 12 ft, are made to order in 4–6 weeks, as is any size cut to your exact measurements — the arch and bar are redrawn to the new proportions rather than stretched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eConstruction\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-tufted, carved at every colour change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePile: 100% New Zealand wool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBacking: cotton canvas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColours: sea-glass blue, ivory and coral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue wool-bound edges, no fringe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStandard sizes: 4 × 6, 5 × 8, 6 × 9, 8 × 10 and 9 × 12 ft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 × 6 ft in stock; other sizes and custom sizes made to order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade in India\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Art Avenue","offers":[{"title":"4×6 ft","offer_id":46257602691119,"sku":"AA-RUG-PONDICHERRY-0406","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"5×8 ft","offer_id":46257602723887,"sku":"AA-RUG-PONDICHERRY-0508","price":30000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"6×9 ft","offer_id":46257602756655,"sku":"AA-RUG-PONDICHERRY-0609","price":40500.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"8×10 ft","offer_id":46257602789423,"sku":"AA-RUG-PONDICHERRY-0810","price":60000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"9×12 ft","offer_id":46257602822191,"sku":"AA-RUG-PONDICHERRY-0912","price":81000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/5513\/9631\/files\/DSC_0063a.jpg?v=1790578769","url":"https:\/\/www.artavenue.com\/products\/pondicherry-hand-tufted-rug","provider":"Art Avenue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}