Axis & Ovoid

Amber organic forms sit on ivory, crossed by two fine black lines that meet at a right angle. Two languages in one field — the mass and the line — and the tension between them is the design.

Kandinsky set out the grammar in Point and Line to Plane, published in 1926 as the ninth Bauhaus book: the point, the line and the plane as the irreducible elements, each with its own force. This piece is nearly a demonstration of it — a soft mass, a hard line, and the plane they share.

Hand-knotted in Kathmandu on a Tibetan loom, where a continuous yarn is looped around a gauge rod and cut row by row to release the pile. Graded 60, 80 or 100 knot on the Nepali trade's standard scale. Himalayan wool, over 1,400 colours. Made to order in 12 to 16 weeks in production, in your size, your palette and your pile height — every piece woven new, for one interior only.

Need another size, a 150-knot weaving, or special materials (alpaca, silk, hemp)? Request a quote — from $64/sqft.