Tomato Picnic Scarlet Washable Rug

Tomato Picnic Scarlet scatters ripe scarlet tomatoes over a pink and cream gingham, like a summer tablecloth spread on the floor.

Some tomatoes hang in threes from a branching green vine, others lie whole with a star of green sepals and a soft pale highlight, and the rest are cut in half to show pale flesh and curled seed chambers. The clusters sit in staggered rows with the single and halved fruit between them. Pale pink bands cross in both directions and deepen where they meet, leaving cream squares, and a narrow border of smaller red and pink checks frames it all, cutting off the tomatoes that reach the edge.

A fine woven grain runs over the whole surface and every outline steps very slightly, so up close it looks like a woven picture and from across the room it reads as a bright red and pink check.

Scarlet tomatoes on pale pink and cream gingham, with leaf green vines and a red and pink check border.

• White or pale plaster walls
• Not a second check nearby. The gingham is already there

On pale oak the cream squares sit close to the floor and the red tomatoes carry the pattern. On dark wood the whole check lifts and the red and pink border draws a clear frame.

• Kitchens, dining rooms, kids' rooms, hallways
• 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