Afghan handmade rug,Chobi. Size: 233x176 cm

Woven by hand in Afghanistan, this Chobi rug is the sort of piece that gets better with a bit of foot traffic. It's woven with the muted, vegetable-dyed palette the Chobi style is known for — soft rust, camel and ivory tones that mellow with age instead of fading out. Made from 100% wool with natural dyes, the colour has real depth to it — the kind you only get from pigment worked into the fibre, not sprayed on top.

At 233 x 176 cm (7.6 x 5.8 ft), it's a solid anchor for a living or dining room — big enough that furniture can sit on it rather than around it. Being hand-knotted, it should soften and settle in over the first few months, the way natural-fibre rugs are meant to.