Sisal and Natural Fiber Rugs with Leather Border
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Sisal rug with leather border to the trade
Sisal rug with leather border to the trade: 90 natural fiber styles that we bind to size with a leather, cotton or linen border, from DMI (24), Adara (18), Stanton (13) and Rug Craft (12). 67 are sisal, jute or seagrass and 24 are a wool and sisal blend, in hand-loomed (38), flatweave (28) and machine woven (28) construction. 53 are made to order, 37 are custom.
A sisal rug with border is a cut-and-bind product. The broadloom, a 13 foot 2 inch roll of boucle, herringbone or basketweave sisal, is cut to the drawing and the edge is finished with a sewn border rather than a serge. Any natural fiber broadloom in the catalog and any wool sisal from Stanton or Prestige Mills, goes through the same custom program: a 1 to 3 inch leather border in black, brown, chocolate, tan or a dyed color, a 1 to 2 inch cotton or linen binding in 60 colors, or a wide mitered fabric border. Lead time is 3 to 5 weeks for cut-and-bind, shipped from the mill or the binding workroom to the install.
A designer specs a bound sisal rug for a living room, a dining room or a hallway where the client wants texture and a tailored edge: it reads as architecture and the leather edge protects the sisal where it is kicked. Size it like any rug, front legs on and 24 inches past a dining table and remember sisal is a dry fiber: it stains with water, so it is not for a kitchen or a bath; seagrass and a wool sisal blend forgive more. Start with custom rugs or the natural fiber rug guide; the fiber family is at sisal, jute and seagrass, and the edge options are in binding and serging.
