Faux fur mat 60×90 purple

Lilac with a purple depth to it is a colour that almost never turns up in curtains or upholstery, so people choose this mat deliberately, as the single spot of colour in a room. About the material: it is an imitation, a polyester pile, not an animal skin. The cut, however, honestly follows the outline of a hide, with sloping shoulders, a wavy edge and not one straight corner.

The pile is short and tightly packed. A palm leaves a dent that springs back on its own. Only two of the thirteen colours in this line have the long shaggy pile, and this is not one of them.

• Material: polyester, faux fur
• Size: 60×90 cm
• Colour: purple-lilac, even, no pattern
• Pile: short and dense
• Shape: hide outline, wavy edge
• Care: vacuum cleaner
• SKU: 45
• Price: $72

Lilac sits well with pale oak, white lacquer and grey textiles, which is where it usually ends up: a teenager’s room, the floor by a dressing table, the patch in front of a reading chair. Its closest neighbour for brightness is the turquoise mat 60×90, which is cooler and sharper, while the purple reads darker and calmer.

Vacuum it at medium power along the pile; shaking it out works too. Other formats for the same spot sit in bedside rugs, and if you want real fur instead of an imitation, see the natural hides section.