Hand-knotted rug
80% wool, 20% pure silk
200 000 tibetan knots
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Diurne is the rug atelier of the painter and art historian Marcel Zelmanovitch, founded at Galerie Diurne in the heart of Paris’s Quartier Latin. Trained to look at a picture before he ever looked at a loom, he approaches every rug as a blank canvas, translating gesture, colour theory and even the swipe of a finger on an iPad screen into knotted wool and silk.
The Ikatu Rug designed by Diurne carries an echo of ikat in its name and in its spirit, the ancient resist-dye weaving tradition in which pattern seems to blur and bleed at its edges rather than sit in a crisp line. Marcel Zelmanovitch, who founded Galerie Diurne in 1982 after studying art history and painting, treats that soft-focus blur as a painterly effect rather than an accident of craft.
Hand-knotted in Nepal from 80% wool and 20% pure silk with 200,000 Tibetan knots, the Ikatu Rug uses the particular sheen of Tibetan knotting to let silk catch light along the blurred contours of its pattern, giving the piece real depth underfoot. Bespoke dimensions and colours are available on request for every commission.
After studying art history and visual arts, Marcel Zelmanovitch launched Galerie Diurne in 1982, his studio/exhibition space in the heart of Quartier Latin in Paris. An artist, and accomplished painter, he looks at rugs as though they were blank canvases, on which he can draw his original patterns. Additionally, Marcel wanted to revive Nepal’s artisanal rug-making traditions thanks to his original, one-of-a-kind artworks. Today, Diurne is one of the most sought-after brands for unique rugs, mostly designed by Marcel Zelmanovitch – he has delivered more than 30 collections- alongside special collaborations with contemporary architects and designers.
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Flint Terracotta
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Linterno Fabric : St Moritz/Nobili