Orla Kiely
Spot Square Retro Wool Rug See Available Sizes
CA$1,509.00CAD
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The Spot Square Retro Wool Rug is a rectangular area rug featuring a geometric pattern of large dark circles on a background of alternating olive-green and beige squares. Constructed from 100% wool with a non-slip backing, it is designed in the Netherlands and handmade in India. The rug is available in multiple sizes and is suitable for use as a floor covering in residential spaces.
- Material
- 100% wool
- Style
- retro, mid-century-modern
- Category
- Home & Garden > Decor > Rugs
Color
Patterned GreenPatterned Blue
Size
200X280CM160X230CM250X350CM
Specifications
Square retro wool rug with mid-century modern design and organic rhythmic patterns, handmade in India.
Non-slip backing, 100% wool, handmade in India.
- Material
- 100% wool
- Style
- retro, mid-century-modern
- Gender
- unisex
- Condition
- new
- Category
- Home & Garden > Decor > Rugs
Additional Attributes
- 100% wool
- non-slip backing
- handmade in India
- designed in Netherlands
- mid-century modern design
- retro style
- organic patterns
Product Insights
Orla Kiely's Spot Square Retro Wool Rug marries mid-century modern design with everyday object equality, featuring hand-tufted 100% wool that packs dense pile for crisp, rhythmic geometric patterns of circles and squares. The wool's natural properties deliver noise reduction up to 55%, thermal insulation (R-value 1.5–3.3, 8–12% energy savings), humidity regulation (absorbs up to 30% moisture without dampness), fire resistance, and improved air quality by trapping allergens and reducing VOCs. However, the rug initially sheds for a few weeks, and on hardwood floors a rug pad is recommended to prevent backing staining, making the tradeoff between performance benefits and necessary maintenance.
Verified claims
- Design philosophy
- Everyday object equality meets mid-century modern design, refreshed with evolving colorways.
- Pattern design
- Organic shapes abstracted into rhythmic pattern of circles and squares, retaining warmth.
- Construction and material
- Hand-tufted 100% wool ensures crisp pattern edges and lasting design.
- Visual rhythm
- Large irregular circles in a rhythmic grid of squares create sustained visual rhythm.
- Hand-tufted precision
- Hand-tufted construction creates crisp edges for precise geometric patterns.
- Pattern precision
- The hand-tufted pile (2500g, 0.9in) packs wool densely so the geometric pattern stays sharp and distinct.
- Shedding
- Wool rugs shed initially for a few weeks, a normal trait that lessens with regular vacuuming.
- Crush resistance
- Wool's crimp and dense pile resist crushing, keeping the geometric pattern sharp over time.
- Natural wool properties
- Wool absorbs up to 30% moisture without feeling damp and is naturally fire-resistant.
- Care
- The manufacturer advises vacuuming without a beater bar and spot cleaning gently.
- Noise reduction
- Reduces room noise by up to 55% and absorbs footstep impact.
- Thermal insulation
- Provides R-value 1.5–3.3 and can reduce heating/cooling costs by 8–12%.
- Humidity regulation
- Absorbs up to 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling damp.
- Pile resilience
- Wool fibers resist crushing, maintaining noise and insulation performance over years.
- Fire safety
- Naturally fire-resistant without chemical flame retardants.
- Air quality
- Traps allergens, reduces VOCs, buffers humidity, and repels dust via anti-static wool.
- Comfort
- Dense wool pile absorbs sound and insulates floors for quieter, warmer rooms.
- Maintenance
- Avoid beater-bar vacuums; initial shedding is normal.
- Floor protection
- Use rug pad on hardwood floors to prevent backing staining.
- Material safety
- Low VOCs, fire resistant, allergen trapping – no special care.
Product record
- Title
- Spot Square Retro Wool Rug See Available Sizes
- Brand
- Orla Kiely
- Price
- 1509 CAD
- Availability
- In stock
Deep Research
Why 100% pure new wool matters underfoot
- Each wool fiber’s spiral crimp works like a tiny spring, compressing and rebounding after foot traffic — this prevents the hand-tufted pile from flattening or matting along high-use zones, so the Spot Square’s mid-century geometry stays sharp and plush over the rug’s life.
- Wool’s dense, air-trapping fiber network cuts room noise by up to 55% — this rug absorbs footstep impact and dampens echo in open-plan or hard-floored spaces, creating a quieter backdrop for conversation and media.
- Wool’s protein structure makes it hard to ignite and self-extinguishing — the rug meets fire resistance standards without added chemical flame retardants, so it contributes no synthetic fire retardant emissions to your indoor air.
- The manufacturer rates the pile at 2500g — a metric denoting a densely packed wool surface that amplifies the rug’s plushness, acoustic performance, and crush resistance, while also helping the geometric motif read with sharper clarity.
- Wool fibers attract and trap airborne dust, pollen, and pet dander, holding them until vacuuming — this continuous passive filtration helps maintain better indoor air quality for allergy-sensitive household members, and the material itself is unlikely to provoke allergic reactions.
- With a 0.9” pile height, this rug sits near the upper end of wool carpet’s R-1.5 to R-3.3 insulating range; Wools of New Zealand research ties wool carpet of similar thickness to 8–12% lower heating and cooling bills, and surfaces feel markedly warmer underfoot than tile or hardwood season after season.
- Wool can absorb up to 30% of its weight in moisture without feeling damp, moderating humidity swings in the room; simultaneously, it ranks among the lowest VOC-emitting floor coverings, so you won’t face the chemical off-gassing period common with new synthetic rugs.
Orla Kiely's design language and the Spot Square pattern
- Kiely explicitly believes that a rug deserves the same design scrutiny as a leather handbag or silk dress, a principle that drove the Spot Square rug's hand-tufted construction in 100% pure new wool and its undiluted pattern execution; this mentality elevates the rug from commodity to essential design object in the Kiely universe.
- Kiely's work is unapologetically Sixties and Seventies in spirit, with the Spot Square pattern directly expressing the 'brave bold design' and 'form and function' philosophy she admires from the mid-century era; the rug is not a nostalgic copy but a contemporary continuation of modernist print tradition that makes it a design-fluent choice over standard geometric rugs.
- Kiely's stated goal is to build 'modern on modernism' by evolving her colour palette rather than abandoning her retro roots; the Spot Square rug in blue/navy or walnut/lichen presents a refreshed, now-generation take on a mid-century geometric, making it compatible with contemporary interiors while retaining its period character.
- The Spot Square pattern results from Kiely's signature method of drawing, refining, and simplifying organic elements into perfected motifs, then repeating them into rhythmic grids; here large irregular circles sit within squares, creating a sustained visual rhythm that turns the rug into a composed, architecturally-informed floor design rewarding sustained looking.
- Orla Kiely's designs are routinely called 'Happy prints that make you smile', and the Spot Square rug is built on her conviction that colour and pattern actively lift spirits; the rug's bold, rhythmic motif in blue/navy or walnut/lichen is intended to inject an uplifting energy into a room, so it functions emotionally rather than just aesthetically.
Hand-tufted construction and everyday durability
- Hand-tufting in India allows the precise translation of Orla Kiely’s mid-century modern spot-square pattern — a geometric motif with clean, crisp edges that would be harder to achieve with traditional knotting, and which reads as sharper and more graphic on this rug than on softer, more texture-heavy constructions.
Image Analysis
3 images- 01
Product
Rectangular area rug with a four-panel geometric spot pattern of large circles in a two-tone palette; low-to-medium pile with visible tufted texture at the edges.
- Overall shape and layoutRectangular rug placed on a dark tiled floor, visible foreground and extending under the armchair; pattern divided into square panels each containing a large circular spot that crosses panel boundaries.
1 region
x 0.02 · y 0.58 · w 0.96 · h 0.40 (high) - Visible pile and edgeTufted pile with a slightly raised edge visible along the near corner, showing a defined bound edge and short, dense wool texture.
1 region
x 0.02 · y 0.83 · w 0.36 · h 0.13 (high) - Pattern detailLarge circular spots dominate the pattern; circles are centered within panel squares and alternate between dark charcoal and olive green against a light beige/cream panel background.
2 regions
x 0.02 · y 0.64 · w 0.46 · h 0.30 (high); x 0.52 · y 0.64 · w 0.46 · h 0.30 (high) - Visible color transitionsSharp, clean color boundaries between panels and circular spots with no visible fringe or blended gradient.
1 region
x 0.20 · y 0.68 · w 0.60 · h 0.22 (medium)
Other
Lifestyle scene showing the rug in a furnished room with a leather armchair, small side table and lamp, textured wall panels, and a large window to an exterior lawn; warm indoor lighting and slight shadowing from furniture.
- Armchair presentDark gray leather armchair with chrome tubular arms and short chrome legs positioned on the rug near its top edge, partially covering one panel.
1 region
x 0.28 · y 0.30 · w 0.44 · h 0.34 (high) - Decorative cushionRectangular cushion with a repeating retro circular motif in shades of olive green, mustard and gray placed on the armchair.
1 region
x 0.33 · y 0.39 · w 0.30 · h 0.12 (high) - Side table and lampLow wooden side table with chrome legs at left of chair holding a small chrome dome lamp and a short glass tumbler.
1 region
x 0.03 · y 0.62 · w 0.20 · h 0.18 (high) - Wall and window contextTextured vertical wall panels in warm brown tones behind the chair and a floor-to-ceiling window at right showing an exterior grassy area; natural light enters from the window.
2 regions
x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 0.66 · h 0.60 (high); x 0.66 · y 0.12 · w 0.34 · h 0.56 (high) - FlooringDark stone or tile floor with visible grout lines underneath and around the rug.
1 region
x 0.00 · y 0.70 · w 0.90 · h 0.30 (high) - Lighting and shadowsWarm indoor lighting creates soft shadows cast by the chair and table onto the rug and floor; reflections visible on chrome lamp and chair arms.
Colors
dark charcoal· large circular spots#342D29olive green· panel fields#9A9534cream beige· background panels- Overall shape and layoutRectangular rug placed on a dark tiled floor, visible foreground and extending under the armchair; pattern divided into square panels each containing a large circular spot that crosses panel boundaries.
- 02
Product
Close-up of a tufted wool rug showing a repeating square grid of olive-green and off-white squares with large dark charcoal circular spots overlapping each square; visible pile texture and slightly varied pile direction create subtle shading.
- Overall patternRepeating geometric pattern composed of alternating square panels in olive green and off-white, with large dark charcoal circles centered on alternating squares; pattern shown at an oblique angle.
- Dark charcoal circle (lower)Large dark charcoal circular spot occupying the lower foreground, with a soft tufted edge where it meets adjacent off-white square.
- Olive green square (center-left)Olive-green square panel with even, short cut pile creating a matte, slightly textured surface and visible pile direction variations producing subtle lighter and darker patches.
1 region
x 0.10 · y 0.30 · w 0.45 · h 0.32 (high) - Off-white divider squaresOff-white square panels used as background between olive-green squares and dark circles, showing the same short pile texture and a clear stitched seam at square intersections.
1 region
x 0.45 · y 0.25 · w 0.35 · h 0.50 (high) - Dark charcoal circle (upper right)Part of a dark charcoal circle visible at upper right, with a rounded edge crossing into the off-white square and olive-green panel.
1 region
x 0.60 · y 0.04 · w 0.40 · h 0.36 (high) - Pile texture and seamsShort, dense tufted wool pile across all color fields with visible seams forming the square grid; pile direction causes localized highlights and shadows.
Other
Oblique close-up product shot with directional lighting creating soft shadows and highlights; plain neutral backdrop not visible; image cropped to show pattern detail.
- Shot compositionOblique angled close-up crop focusing on pattern detail rather than full rug, with three large circular motifs partially cropped by the frame.
- Lighting and shadowsDirectional overhead lighting creates subtle highlights on pile and soft shadows along seams and circle edges, producing slight tonal variation within each color field.
- Background and propsNo packaging, props, hands, or additional objects visible; image contains only rug surface.
- Image croppingPattern extends beyond image edges indicating the photo is a detail crop of a larger rug.
Colors
olive green· olive-green square panels#A49B43off-white· off-white square panelsdark charcoal· dark charcoal circular spots#3A322E- 03
Product
Rectangular wool rug shown full-face with a 2x3 grid of alternating olive-green and beige squares, each square containing a large dark brown circular or oval shape; visible dense piled texture and narrow finished edge.
- Overall shapeRectangular rug shown full-face, oriented portrait with all four edges visible and slight white margin around the rug.
1 region
x 0.03 · y 0.02 · w 0.94 · h 0.96 (high) - Grid layoutDesign arranged as a two-column by three-row grid of equally sized squares; left column squares alternate beige and olive-green backgrounds with right column inverted.
- Dark circular motifsEach square contains a large dark brown to near-black circular or horizontally elongated oval motif that fills most of the square; some are centered circles and others are truncated ovals touching the square edges.
6 regions
x 0.05 · y 0.03 · w 0.42 · h 0.31 (high); x 0.53 · y 0.03 · w 0.42 · h 0.31 (high); x 0.05 · y 0.35 · w 0.42 · h 0.28 (high); x 0.53 · y 0.35 · w 0.42 · h 0.28 (high); x 0.05 · y 0.66 · w 0.42 · h 0.31 (high); x 0.53 · y 0.66 · w 0.42 · h 0.31 (high) - Background square colorsAlternating background squares appear as a muted olive green and a light warm beige, each square forming the negative space around the dark motifs.
- Pile and textureSurface shows a dense low-to-medium pile consistent with wool tufting; texture appears slightly variegated due to pile direction but overall uniform.
1 region
x 0.12 · y 0.12 · w 0.76 · h 0.76 (medium) - Finished edgeNarrow stitched or bound edge runs around the perimeter, visible as a thin line slightly lighter than the rug body on the left and right edges.
1 region
x 0.02 · y 0.00 · w 0.96 · h 1.00 (medium)
Other
Product centered on a white background with even studio lighting; minimal shadow visible; image is full-framed and vertically oriented.
- BackgroundPlain white background that contrasts with the rug edges; no visible props or packaging.
- Lighting and shadowEven diffuse studio lighting with a faint soft shadow around the rug perimeter, suggesting overhead lighting.
- Image framingRug centered and fully visible within the image frame with small white margin on all sides; portrait crop.
Colors
very dark brown· dark circular motifs#2F2B21muted olive green· olive-green squares#8C8233warm beige· beige squares#E2D4C4- Overall shapeRectangular rug shown full-face, oriented portrait with all four edges visible and slight white margin around the rug.
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Q&A
3 answered- What are the recommended cleaning and care instructions for this 100% wool rug?
- For 100% wool rugs, we recommend regular vacuuming without a beater bar, spot cleaning with mild detergent and water, and professional cleaning for deep stains. Avoid harsh chemicals and excessive moisture to prevent damage.
- Is the non-slip backing made of latex or another material? Is it safe for use on hardwood floors?
- The non-slip backing material is not specified in the product details. Many non-slip backings are made of latex or rubber, which can be safe for hardwood floors if they are non-staining. However, we recommend testing in an inconspicuous area or using a rug pad underneath for added protection.
- Does this wool rug shed initially, and if so, how long does the shedding typically last?
- Yes, 100% wool rugs commonly shed fibers initially, especially when new. This shedding typically decreases after a few weeks of regular vacuuming. It is a normal characteristic of wool and not a defect.