Paquebot is characteristic of the Art Deco style: a pattern of facets and circles, entirely hand-tufted in New Zealand wool. The richness of the rug resides in its carved design — the geometry is sculpted into the pile, so the ocean-liner glamour of the period arrives as relief underfoot, drawn in shadow as much as line. It anchors a room the way Deco always did: with structure, and a certain swagger.
