Indigo hand-knotted rug
Ivory floral rug with a burgundy border
Figurative silk rug, detail
Striped rug in rose, blue and sand
Hand-knotted rug rolled at one end
Gold and indigo abstract rug
Carpetstory, hand-knotted rugs

Hand-knotted rug house · Ottawa-Gatineau

What makes the rugs
Close view of the pile of an ivory wool and silk rug
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Wool and pure silk

Hand-spun, hand-dyed

New Zealand wool for the pile. Mulberry silk where the design needs light. 64 to 144 knots per square inch.

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A rug folded back to show the fringe and the knots
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Natural dyes

Madder, indigo, walnut

Plant dyes that soften with age rather than fade. No two dye lots are the same.

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A hand lifting the corner of a gold silk rug
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One artisan, one loom

Six to ten months

One person ties every knot from the first to the last, then signs the back.

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The piecesAll rugs
Ivory floral rug with a burgundy border, hand-knotted
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Traditional

Persian and Mughal fields in ivory, madder and indigo.

Figurative silk rug laid on a concrete floor
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Figurative

One-off pieces drawn by hand and knotted in silk.

Ivory rug with a black marbled design
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Abstract

Marbled and painterly fields in wool and silk.

Indigo and turquoise rug with a central medallion
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Colour

Saturated indigo, gold and rose.

Three hand-knotted runners side by side
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Runners

Hallway and stair pieces, woven to length.

Made in Jaipur.
Delivered in Canada.

Two weeks.

An ivory runner on a concrete floor

Carpetstory Canada is a rug house in Ottawa with its own workshop in Jaipur. The workshop has knotted wool and silk since 2001. We sell those rugs across Canada and the United States, priced landed, with every fact a buyer checks stated up front.

Three rugs stacked with their corners folded back
In writing

What you get, in writing.

Every order comes with these four things.

A rug rolled at one corner
Marbled ivory and black rug
A gold and rose silk rug in a hallway
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Two weeks

Stock rugs delivered anywhere in Canada, with photos and video of the exact rug before it ships.

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Landed price

Freight, duty and delivery to your door are in the price.

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Strike-off first

Custom rugs start with a sample for approval. If the rug does not match it, we remake it.

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Thirty days

Returns, no questions asked, on stock and custom rugs.

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We reply within one business day with available rugs, landed prices and times for a viewing.

We use what you send only to answer you.