Hand-loomed, hand-knotted, hand-tufted

Turn over a nanimarquina rug and you are reading a technique. The house publishes how every piece is made — hand-loomed, hand-knotted or hand-tufted — because the making is half the design.

The loom, the knot, the tuft

Hand-loomed rugs like Begüm Cana Özgür's Shade are woven flat, colour fields shifting as the weft crosses the warp. Hand-knotted pieces tie every point of the pattern individually — the slowest, most durable technique there is. Hand-tufting draws the drawing directly into the pile, line by line.

The making is half the design.

Fibres with a past

The materials carry the same intent: Afghan wool spun by hand, New Zealand wool for fineness, jute and nettle for texture, recycled cotton and PET where circularity matters. Elisa Padrón's Tres turns recycled cotton into a layered, painterly field.

Why it holds value

A machine-made rug is a picture of a rug; a hand-made one is an object with labour in it. That is why these editions age well, repair well and hold their worth — and why the technique line on the label is worth reading before the colour.