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OMI Rug

OMI Rug

Regular price £1,400
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Storytelling through textiles, colour and pattern.

Yinka Ilori’s OMI Rug will enrich your home with history and culture.

Earlier this year, Yinka’s major installation “Types of Happiness” was unveiled at London’s Royal Docks – over centuries deliveries of Caribbean rum, coffee, sugarcane and tobacco would arrive on ship into the London docks. Taking inspiration from the exchange of cultures and the oceanic routes the ships would travel, Yinka’s graphic and brightly hued artwork is titled “omi”, meaning “water” in Yoruba. Note the orange and blue ripples and the contrasting barrel-shaped details – each referencing the historic moment and time.

Individually woven by hand, this rug is intricately crafted by skilled artisans in Nepal using Tibetan wool. It is crafted using a 'hand knot' technique, a highly intricate and complex craft with thousands of individual, tightly knotted yarns making up the abstract pattern which is then carved by hand. This technique ensures both superior quality and durability. 

Please note that this rug is made to order and as it's handmade in Nepal, it will take 10-14 weeks to be produced.

Product Details

- Width: 120cm x Length: 180cm
- 100% Wool
- Made in Nepal
- Custom sizes for our rugs are available, please get in touch via store@yinkailori.com
- UK orders only. Please do get in touch for international orders.

Delivery & Returns

UK orders only. Please get in touch for international orders.

UK

- Standard: £5.95, free on orders over £150
- Express: £9.95

EUROPE

- Standard: £15
- Express: £30

USA / REST OF WORLD

- Standard: £30
- Express: £40

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  • Ilori’s collection is aimed at fostering joy and togetherness, with stationery, games and homeware that focus on ‘memory-making and play’.

  • London-based artist Yinka Ilori’s first homeware collection is an explosion of colour, pattern and narrative stemming from his British-Nigerian heritage.

  • His collection of cushions, rugs and tableware has the effect of vitamin C in any interior.

  • Ilori’s British-Nigerian heritage and local London scenery are referenced in his signature boldly coloured tableware and textiles.