ClassiCon L'ART NOIR Round wool rug

Eileen Gray not only created some of the most iconic 20th century furniture classics but also ran a studio where rugs were produced based on her designs.‎ Some of her most beautiful designs are part of our rug collection.‎ The L’Art Noir rug stems from a creative phase in which Gray – influenced by movements such as the Bauhaus – engaged intensively with minimalism, symbolic geometry and material honesty.‎ Various original gouaches depicting the circular rug illustrate just how deeply Eileen Gray explored the psychological impact of colour.‎ The studies reveal how she varied the proportion of black within colours and juxtaposed them in a segmented circle.‎ This exploration of “black art” is directly reflected in the name L’Art Noir, which aptly captures the design concept behind the rug.‎ One of these colour studies served as the template for the hand-knotted rug produced by ClassiCon, characterised by four concentric circles, each composed of two contrasting coloured halves.‎ The colours used evoke the stormy sea, the pale sand and the gentle vegetation of a beach – an atmospheric interplay that makes the rug’s origins almost tangible.‎ For the original L’Art Noir rug lay in Eileen Gray’s villa E1027 on the Côte d’Azur, where it served as a striking design accent that shaped the room’s timeless modernity.‎ Rug made of 100% fine New Zealand virgin wool or 100% Himalayan nettle, hand-spun.‎ Hand-knotted with the Tibetan knot and a density of 80 knots per square inch (6.‎45 cm²).‎ Environmentally friendly colour pigments, tested according to OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100.‎ Low-maintenance, suitable for Vacuum cleaners.‎ Our rugs, with their special nettle fibre finish, are produced in collaboration with M2Rugs under the fair trade standards of Label STEP.‎ Natural materials combined with handmade production techniques give each rug its own character.‎ Colour variations and Dimensional tolerances of +/- 5 cm are possible.‎ Available in standard sizes 200 cm and 300 cm.‎ Customised sizes upon request.‎ Further info from manufacturer on L'ART NOIR ClassiCon