Bracken in late autumn, turning the colour of an ember just before it dies. Scattered black marks like sprigs drift loose across a deep rust ground, never settling into rows.

• Deep rust ground: warm rather than loud
• Scattered black sprigs: raised just enough to cast a shadow
• Never repeats: a loose, organic rhythm
• Hand-tufted in Jodhpur: colour held close to the pile
• Best placed: beneath a stone mantel, under a Georgian cornice or concrete ceiling