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Sahara Check - Washable Rug - RE2009
Rectangle / 8' X 11'
$514.90
Sale price
$514.90
Regular price
$949.90
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Machine Washable
RE2009
Sahara Check Washable Rug
$514.90
Sale price
$514.90
Regular price
$949.90
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$514.90
Sale price
$514.90
Regular price
$949.90
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Free express shipping worldwide · duties shown at checkout
30-day free returns · custom-cut included
Ships in 3-5 business days, tracked door to door
Machine washable
Non-slip backing
Dust-free low pile
Pet & kid friendly
Technical specifications
- Material
- 70% cotton, 30% polyester
- Thickness
- 0.2 in / 5 mm (approx.)
- Weight
- 2.8 lb/yd² (1,500 g/m²) ±5%
- Backing
- Woven non-slip
- Care
- Machine wash cold, gentle cycleCare guide
- Size
- 34 sizes and four shapes, cut to orderSize guide
Colors can read slightly differently from screen to screen.
The woven nature of a real rug allows a minor size variation of ±5%.
Description
Pattern
Sahara Check is a camel washable rug with a checkerboard running round the edge.
The field is left plain, woven to look like jute: coarse, slubbed, full of visible thread. All the drawing sits in the border, a single row of cream and tan squares that turns the corner without breaking rhythm.
The squares are not identical. Some are half a shade darker, some sit a fraction low, which is what keeps the border from reading as printed tape.
Color
Camel and tan in the field, cream in the checks.
2 more palettesWhite Paint + Matte Black
White Paint & Linen & Matte Black
Cream checks pick up white paint, linen and matte black, echoing this rug's low contrast.
- White PaintWall
- LinenTextile
- Matte BlackMetal
Matte Black & White Paint & Linen
Matte black, white paint and linen keep this warm rug's checks from feeling busy.
- Matte BlackMetal
- White PaintWall
- LinenTextile
- Black is the one hard color that works against it
- White, sand or clay walls
- Not a jute rug nearby. Two of the same texture cancel each other
On pale oak the rug almost matches the floor and the border does all the work. On dark wood the camel warms up and reads golden.
Where it works
- Kitchens, hallways, entryways, under a dining table
- Flat weave: lies flat, layers over jute or wool
- 5 mm: clears a door, sits over underfloor heating
- 70% cotton to breathe, 30% polyester to hold the weave through a wash
- Non-slip backing woven in, not glued on
- Enough body that the corners stay down
- 34 sizes and four shapes, cut to order
Care & washing
The whole rug goes in.
No cover to unzip, no pad to peel apart. One woven piece, in and out of your own machine.
Care label
Machine wash, 30 °C
Gentle cycle, mild liquid detergent. At or below 86 °F.
No bleach
Dry flat
No iron
No dry clean
Wash day
Four steps, start to finish.
- 1Shake it outOutdoors, or over the tub.
- 2Cold, gentle, one pieceMild liquid detergent.
- 3Dry flat, in shadeOr draped over two chairs.
- 4Back on the floorIt grips again once dry.
Three things ruin it
- Sets a crease
- Tumble dryers, radiators, hot irons, water over 30 °C.
- Kills the grip
- Bleach, stain powders, fabric softener.
- Pulls the weave
- Beater bars and spinning vacuum heads.
Unsure about a stain? Send us a photo before you experiment. We have seen almost everything.
The full care guide Which size fits which machine, stain by stain, drying and storage.Shipping & returns
Shipping
Free express shipping to United States.
- Leaves our warehouse 3 to 5 business days from Istanbul.
- FedEx or UPS 2 to 4 business days in transit. They email you the tracking number the day your rug ships.
- At your doorNothing to pay on arrival. Duties and taxes are collected at checkout.
- Shipping
- Free Express courier, every order, no minimum.
- Tax
- In the price Nothing owed at the door Duties are collected at checkout too.
- Carrier
- FedEx or UPS Tracked from our door to yours.
Returns
Free for thirty days.
We email the label and pay the courier. Custom cuts included, and you will not need an account.
- Look up your order Enter your order number and the email you used at checkout. No account, no password.
- Choose what is going back Choose the item and the reason. We email your prepaid label right away.
Why Rugember®
We are not a brand that buys rugs.
Four generations, one throughline: it started with a kilim, hand-woven in Central Anatolia. Today every Rugember is woven on our own machines in Istanbul, cut to the size you choose, and finished by hand.
In numbers
4Generations
5mm pile
4Shapes
34Sizes
The backing is part of the rug.
Not a pad you lay underneath, and not a cover you clip on. The non-slip backing is bonded to the weave itself, so there is nothing to slip, peel or replace.
Cut to your measurement.
Every pattern, four shapes, thirty-four stock sizes. If none of them is your room, we cut the same weave to the measurement you give us.
Woven, then finished by hand.
The loom does the weaving. The edges, the binding and the final check are done by a person. That is also why a small tolerance in size is normal rather than a fault.
Low pile, by decision.
A low, dense weave is what lets a rug go into a drum and come out lying flat again. It is a construction choice, not a style one.