This piece is intended primarily as textile wall art. If displayed on the floor, regular or heavy foot traffic is not recommended.

Prince is a real horse, and this hand-tufted rug is his portrait: the last photograph in the gallery shows the source picture and the finished piece side by side. His head is worked in loose strokes of yarn the way a painter would lay down brushwork, while the background breaks into fields of blue, yellow and pink. From across a room it reads as an abstract composition; up close, the horse emerges, down to the pink of his tongue.

The rug measures 84 × 84 cm and weighs about 2 kg. The square format gives the portrait a compact, balanced presence on a bedroom or study wall. The textile back takes mounting loops on request, and at this weight ordinary picture hardware holds it without trouble. The non-slip textile backing helps keep the piece stable when displayed on the floor.

Ksenia Derr tufts each piece herself with a hand-held tufting gun, driving acrylic yarn through a stretched textile base line by line, then shears the pile even. Acrylic keeps its colour in daylight and takes everyday cleaning calmly: a lint roller for dust and hair, a gentle vacuum when it needs more, professional cleaning for anything deeper.

This design is made to order: allow four working days before it ships, with free tracked delivery across the EU and to the US. And because the portrait starts from a photograph, the same commission works for your own horse: send a picture, approve the colour mockup we draw from it, and choose whatever size fits your space. The 84 × 84 cm format starts at €310; other sizes are quoted from your photo and measurements.

What was chosen here

A horse · head and shoulders · painterly colour rather than true to the coat · fields of blue, yellow and pink behind him.

€310 · 84 × 84 cm · four working days on the frame.

About two weeks from the order to your door: four working days on the frame, five to ten in transit, and the mockup in between, waiting on your approval. A full studio adds to that, so the date is confirmed when you order.

Prince was photographed with his tongue out, and it stayed in. Your own animal can bring something of its own into the frame as well: a favourite toy, a collar, an object that was his. Say so when you send the photograph, and it goes into the drawing with everything else. The commission starts on the custom pet rug page.