{"product_id":"pictorial-folk-art-rug-hand-knotted-wool-menagerie-carpet-with-cats-birds-woven-creatures-on-terracotta","title":"Pictorial Folk Art Rug | Hand-Knotted Wool Menagerie Carpet with Cats, Birds \u0026 Woven Creatures on Terracotta","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLook closer. There is a cat on this rug.\u003c\/strong\u003e And a bird, and a fox, and about a dozen small creatures nobody notices until they have lived with it for a week. This is a pictorial Oushak — a rug that does not hand you everything on day one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat a Pictorial Rug Actually Is\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost Oushaks are botanical: palmettes, vines, medallions, rosettes. A pictorial rug puts living things into the field. In Anatolian village weaving this was never formal court work — it was the weaver drawing what she saw, in a loose naive hand, without the strict mirror symmetry a workshop carpet demands. That is why no two creatures on this rug are quite the same size, and why the fun of owning one is finding them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCats, birds, four-legged creatures and folk blossoms scattered across the field\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNaive, asymmetric drawing — the mark of village weaving, not workshop reproduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReads as pattern from standing height, as a story from a chair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenuinely a conversation piece, without being a novelty rug\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Palette\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA warm terracotta ground with visible abrash, framed in deep pine teal. The creatures and blossoms are worked in periwinkle, wisteria, sage green, dove grey, apricot, marigold and ivory — soft accents against a saturated field, so the rug stays sophisticated rather than tipping into children's decor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWho This Rug Suits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBuyers who have grown tired of the flat, safe rug and want something with a point of view. It lands naturally in a library, a study, a reading corner, a home office, a maximalist living room, or a nursery that the family intends to keep as a real room afterwards. It layers well over sisal and jute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eConstruction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-knotted with the Turkish Ghiordes knot, knot by knot on a vertical loom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% New Zealand wool pile on a cotton foundation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApprox. 100 KPSI · low pile · fully reversible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo latex backing, no adhesive, integrated warp fringe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWoven in the Bhadohi–Mirzapur belt, Uttar Pradesh, India\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSizes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2x3 through 12x18, plus rounds, squares and runners from 2.5x10 to 3x15 — all made to order. On smaller formats the creatures sit closer together and read at a glance; on 10x14 and above they spread out and reveal themselves as you cross the room. Custom dimensions available through the \u003ca href=\"\/de\/pages\/custom-handmade-rugs\"\u003ecustom rug page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCare\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVacuum weekly, beater bar off. Blot spills, never rub. Rotate 180° once a year. Wool-safe professional wash every 3–5 years. Use a felt-and-rubber pad on hard flooring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFAQs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this a kids' rug?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt works in a child's room, but it was not designed as one. The palette and the wool quality are adult — this is a rug a family keeps when the child grows out of the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow many animals are in the field?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt varies by size, since the graph is redrawn for each dimension. Expect roughly a dozen on an 8x10 and noticeably more on the oversized formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo the motifs mean anything?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn village weaving, animal figures traditionally signalled protection, abundance and household luck. There is no single fixed code — each weaving region read them slightly differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill the pattern look cropped on a runner?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo. Runner graphs are drawn as runners, with the creatures arranged down the length rather than a rectangle sliced narrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBrowse More\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee the full \u003ca href=\"\/de\/collections\/rugyfy-com-collections-modern-oushak-rugs\"\u003emodern Oushak \u0026amp; hand-knotted wool collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUGYFY","offers":[{"title":"2x3 FT","offer_id":49248550256948,"sku":null,"price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2x5 FT","offer_id":49248550289716,"sku":null,"price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3x5 FT","offer_id":49248550322484,"sku":null,"price":240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4x6 FT","offer_id":49248550355252,"sku":null,"price":384.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5x7 FT","offer_id":49248550388020,"sku":null,"price":560.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5x8 FT","offer_id":49248550420788,"sku":null,"price":640.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6x8 FT","offer_id":49248550453556,"sku":null,"price":768.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6x9 FT","offer_id":49248550486324,"sku":null,"price":864.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"7x10 FT","offer_id":49248550519092,"sku":null,"price":1120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8x10 FT","offer_id":49248550551860,"sku":null,"price":1280.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"9x12 FT","offer_id":49248550584628,"sku":null,"price":1728.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10x14 FT","offer_id":49248550617396,"sku":null,"price":2240.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10x15 FT","offer_id":49248550650164,"sku":null,"price":2400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 FT","offer_id":49248550682932,"sku":null,"price":2464.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x15 FT","offer_id":49248550715700,"sku":null,"price":2640.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x15 FT","offer_id":49248550748468,"sku":null,"price":2880.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x18 FT","offer_id":49248550781236,"sku":null,"price":3456.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4x4 FT Round","offer_id":49248550814004,"sku":null,"price":256.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5x5 FT Round","offer_id":49248550846772,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6x6 FT Round","offer_id":49248550879540,"sku":null,"price":576.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"7x7 FT Round","offer_id":49248550912308,"sku":null,"price":784.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8x8 FT Round","offer_id":49248550945076,"sku":null,"price":1024.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4x4 FT Square","offer_id":49248550977844,"sku":null,"price":256.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"5x5 FT Square","offer_id":49248551010612,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6x6 FT Square","offer_id":49248551043380,"sku":null,"price":576.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"7x7 FT Square","offer_id":49248551076148,"sku":null,"price":784.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8x8 FT Square","offer_id":49248551108916,"sku":null,"price":1024.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2.5x10 FT Runner","offer_id":49248551141684,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2.5x13 FT Runner","offer_id":49248551174452,"sku":null,"price":520.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2.5x15 FT Runner","offer_id":49248551207220,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3x9 FT Runner","offer_id":49248551239988,"sku":null,"price":432.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3x15 FT Runner","offer_id":49248551272756,"sku":null,"price":720.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/6990\/5716\/files\/3_20260811_195514_0002_e1eab54e-a891-4275-ae12-cd78bfe62cde.png?v=1786985969","url":"https:\/\/rugyfy.com\/de\/products\/pictorial-folk-art-rug-hand-knotted-wool-menagerie-carpet-with-cats-birds-woven-creatures-on-terracotta","provider":"RUGYFY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}