Abstract and Modern
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Modern rugs and abstract rugs to the trade
Modern rugs to the trade: 1,013 abstract and contemporary styles from Harcourt Collection (174), Couristan (150), Kane Carpet (132) and Milliken (98). Machine woven (121), Wilton (197), hand-knotted (140) and hand-loomed (145) are the constructions, in wool (245), polyester (95) and wool blend (170).
Modern and abstract here means a painterly or non-repeating field: washes of color, erased patterns, brush strokes, mid century modern geometry softened into tone on tone. Harcourt Collection and emma gardner design do it in hand-knotted wool and silk, where the design is drawn once at full scale and does not repeat; Kane Carpet do it in hand-tufted and Wilton at a lower cost with a repeat every 3 to 6 feet.
Scale is the designer's call. A large abstract with one gesture across the rug wants a 9x12 or larger so the gesture reads from the door; a small-scale abstract repeat behaves like a texture and works at any size. Contemporary rugs land as the quiet ground in a furnished room or as the one piece of art on the floor in a spare one. Custom modern rugs in the client's palette are at custom rugs; see also low pile rugs and hand-knotted.
Before you specify, read the modern rugs guide, written for the trade with the constructions, fibers and rooms that suit this look.
