4 to 14 months
The craft
Four ways to make a rug by hand
One card, four weaves. Scroll to see the techniques split apart and reveal themselves.
The four weaves, scroll to unfold
8 to 16 weeks
Handloom
6 to 12 weeks
Hand-Woven
3 to 6 weeks
Hand-Tufted
Materials
Fibres we weave with
Every technique at Raheem and Son begins with the choice of fibre. We weave in wool drawn from New Zealand and the Himalayas, prized for its resilience and natural sheen. Mulberry silk adds lustre and allows finer knot counts in hand-knotted work. Bamboo silk offers a similar visual quality at a different price point. Cotton forms the warp and weft of many hand-woven dhurries and flatweaves, and jute brings organic texture and sustainable credentials to natural-fibre rugs. The right fibre depends on the technique, the end use and the design, and our team advises on every combination.
Hand-Knotted
Each knot is tied by hand around the warp, hundreds per square inch. The most enduring and most valuable of our techniques.
A single 9×12 piece can hold over a million knots. The density is what lets a hand-knotted rug outlive the family that commissioned it.
Handloom
Knots tied by hand on a loom frame, blending the precision of a hand-knotted face with the consistency of loom tension.
Loom-knotting gives a refined, even pile and crisp pattern definition, a considered balance of hand-craft and repeatable quality for larger runs.
Hand-Woven
Flat, reversible and lean. The weaver interlaces weft through warp on the loom, with no pile, structure becomes the pattern.
Our flatweaves travel well and suit high-traffic and contract floors where a low profile is required.
Hand-Tufted
Wool is punched into a stretched canvas with a hand-tool, then sheared to a precise, sculptural pile height.
Tufting lets us realise bold, painterly designs at scale and speed, ideal for large bespoke and contract commissions.