The Anastasia Collection

The Anastasia line is Djoharian Design's abstract programme, hand-knotted in India by workshops we have worked with for years, under fair-trade conditions certified by Label STEP. The designs abandon the carpet grammar of field, border and medallion entirely. What remains is surface: colour that pools, bleeds and corrodes across a quiet ground, closer to a painted or weathered plane than to an ornamental composition.

Colour and Composition

The ground is a soft, even pearl grey that runs edge to edge without a border. Across it, forms in brass and burnt ochre spread in irregular, vertical drifts — dense and almost molten in places, elsewhere thinning into scattered specks, as though metal had oxidised across stone and eaten into it.

Around those forms sits a second layer in cream and pale ivory, which softens the edges and keeps the gold from reading as hard-edged graphic shapes. Beneath both lies a shadow drawing in slate and steel grey, which gives the composition its depth. Set into it, sparingly: patches of soft olive green and, at a few points, a barely-there lilac. Neither is a highlight; both are quiet counterweights to the warmth of the brass.

The Relief Surface

The distinguishing feature of this rug is not printed or woven — it is cut. The wool ground is sheared to approximately 8 to 10 mm, while the viscose passages are left standing slightly higher, at roughly 12 mm. The pattern therefore has genuine physical relief: the gold and cream forms rise above the grey ground and can be felt with the hand as well as seen.

Two things follow from this. The drawing casts its own faint shadow, so it reads far more strongly in raking light than a flat surface would. And the two fibres take light in opposite ways — the merino matte and absorbing, the viscose reflective — so the same rug looks restrained and grey from one direction and luminously gold from the other.

Material and Knotting

The pile is 85 % wool and 15 % viscose on a cotton foundation, knotted at approximately 100 knots per square inch — around 155,000 knots per square metre. The wool is fine New Zealand merino, which is what gives the surface its soft, dense hand.

The rug is finished without fringes, closing flush on all four sides. It is suitable for underfloor heating; on smooth floors an anti-slip underlay is recommended.

Presence in the Room

At 205 × 143 cm (2.9 m²) this is an accent format rather than a full room-size rug:

• In front of a sofa: Sits between seating and coffee table with the front legs of the furniture on the pile — the classic placement for this size.
• Beside or at the foot of a bed: Small enough for one side of a double bed, or laid across the foot end.
• Study or entrance area: Under a desk and chair, or as the first surface inside a generous entrance hall.

Made to Order

The Anastasia design is available in custom dimensions on request. Please contact us for sizes, formats and lead times.

Specifications

Frequently Asked Questions

Responsible Sourcing · Label STEP

Djoharian is a Label STEP certified dealer for fair-trade knotted rugs — fair wages for the weavers, no child labour, and ecologically responsible production. Visit the Label STEP entry for Djoharian Teppiche →

Djoharian — Since 1967

Founded in 1967, with roots in the Grand Carpet Bazaar of Tehran and more than five decades of experience in the international rug trade. Each piece is carefully selected, inspected and presented with the documentation a discerning buyer expects.

Service and Delivery

Every piece is expertly inspected in our atelier in Lohr am Main before dispatch. For expert washing and repair we offer our own professional rug cleaning service. Secure and fast worldwide shipping, fully insured, with personal consultation in our showroom or by video call.