Faux fur mat 60×90 amber

The catalogue attribute calls this colour ginger, but the photographs show amber-gold ochre: a honey centre with a brownish shadow closer to the edge. The transition is soft and has no border, so the field looks three-dimensional even with a short pile.

The shade pulls a warm palette around it: terracotta tile, exposed brick, brown leather, timber beams. In a loft or an attic room it sits better than any other colour in the line.

The material is polyester and the pile is short and densely packed. This is factory-made imitation fur, not a hide: it is not one of a kind, and every copy repeats the last. The cut still follows a pelt contour with a wavy edge.

• Colour: amber gold (ginger in the catalogue)
• Size: 60×90 cm
• Material: polyester
• Pile: short plush
• Shape: pelt silhouette
• Care: vacuum
• SKU: 49
• Price: $72

The neighbouring warm tone is the mustard yellow mat. The difference shows at once: mustard is lighter and cleaner, almost sunny, while amber is deeper and gingery. For a warm tone in a larger format look through modern rugs.

The size of 60×90 cm works in the colour’s favour: over a large area this ochre would press down on a room, while in mat format it stays a warm patch by a chair. Vacuuming once a week along the pile is enough. Do not rub stains.