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Handmade Rugs by
the Dixon Carpet Company

Graham’s interest in different manufacturing processes included a host of rugs made by the Dixon Carpet Company (formerly V’Soske Joyce) with designs by Knuttel. The colours were fabulously vivid - fiery scarlets, canary yellows and electric blues vied for your attention. It felt almost like a crime to stand on them, though the sumptuous pile made you think you are walking on air. Most were destined to be hung on proud owners’ walls though Knuttel didn’t mind if they were used as carpets. Knuttel would usually add the caveat that none of them “would last 10 minutes as a carpet in my house”.

Close-up of an embroidered circular design with green leaves, brown bamboo stalks, and a teardrop-shaped blue element on white fabric.
Dixon Rugs making a circular rug, a black sweater, and blue jeans working on a large mosaic wall with a heat gun or torch.
Circular design featuring teal birds with yellow beaks arranged in a ring, sitting on red-brown branches with green leaves on a light green background.
Colorful border with fish illustrations and red starfish on orange squares, blue background.

Rug Fish in Reeds 96” x 72”

A colorful piece of three sheep with blue faces, standing on yellow grass, with a red sun and stylized mountains in the background.

Rug Connemara Sheep 72” x 72”

A colorful illustration of six small birds with brown bodies, red wings, yellow beaks, and black eyes, perched on dark brown branches with black and blue leaves, arranged in a decorative pattern.

Rug Gossip Time 71” x 71”

A stylized, geometric illustration of a red and orange striped cat with black markings, standing in a room with a pinkish-purple floor and walls, and a window showing a light blue sky.

Rug Paper Tiger 95” x 95”

Abstract piece featuring mirrored black wolf heads with green eyes, surrounded by red, green, blue, and beige shapes and patterns.

Rug Lovebirds 96” x 72”

Colorful illustration of various birds perched on tree branches with green leaves, depicted in a stylized, geometric art style.

Rug Birds of Paradise 48” x 96”

Pattern of white swans with red beaks and black markings on their heads, surrounded by stylized black leaves, green, blue, and red foliage, on a green background.

Rug Swan Lake 48” x 96”