Wagenmakers Trading Co.

Eighteen things, counted this morning

The shop

Everything below is physically on the floor. When something sells we mark it here, which is why the odd line says sold out rather than quietly disappearing.

How the list works. Add anything you like to your list as you browse — it keeps in your own browser. When you are done, one button writes the whole list into a WhatsApp message addressed to us. Nothing is paid for on this website, nothing is held, and you are never asked for card details. We reply, confirm what is still here, and you settle in the shop or by EFT.
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Kashan medallion rug in madder red and indigo One only

Rugs & Textiles

Kashan Medallion Rug

3.2 × 2.4 m

Hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation, madder and indigo ground. One of a kind — when it goes, it is gone.

R 48 500

Antique Tabriz rug with an ivory field and pale indigo border One only

Rugs & Textiles

Antique Tabriz, Ivory Ground

2.9 × 2.0 m

Fine weave, soft ivory field with a pale indigo border. Sixty years old and still tight underfoot.

R 38 500

Narrow Bidjar hallway runner Two in stock

Rugs & Textiles

Bidjar Hallway Runner

3.0 × 0.8 m

Dense pile that takes a passage or a kitchen without flattening. Two in stock, near-matched.

R 12 950

Flat-woven Anatolian kilim in rust and charcoal Sold out

Rugs & Textiles

Anatolian Kilim, Flat-Weave

2.4 × 1.6 m

Reversible flat-weave in rust and charcoal. Light enough to hang. Ask us when the next lot lands.

R 6 850

Folded Karoo mohair throw

Rugs & Textiles

Karoo Mohair Throw

1.8 × 1.3 m

Woven in the Eastern Cape from a single clip. Warm without weight.

R 1 895

Washed linen cushion covers

Rugs & Textiles

Washed Linen Cushion Cover

50 × 50 cm

Stone-washed linen with a concealed zip. Six colours on the shelf, more in the back.

R 485

Glazed stoneware serving bowl

Homeware & Ceramics

Stoneware Serving Bowl

28 cm across

Thrown and glazed two valleys over. Oven, dishwasher and Sunday-lunch proof.

R 625

Hand-thrown glazed ceramic jug Sold out

Homeware & Ceramics

Hand-Thrown Glazed Jug

1.2 litre

Our fastest-moving piece of pottery. The next firing is due at the end of the month.

R 785

Olive wood serving board

Homeware & Ceramics

Olive Wood Serving Board

44 cm long

Cut from orchard prunings, oiled by hand. No two grains the same.

R 445

Set of speckled handmade ceramic mugs

Homeware & Ceramics

Speckled Mug, Set of Four

set of 4

Heavy base, honest handle. The set most often bought twice.

R 695

Pair of beeswax pillar candles

Homeware & Ceramics

Beeswax Pillar Candles, Pair

pair, 15 cm

Poured from Swartland beeswax. Roughly forty hours each, and they smell of it.

R 245

Woven grass storage basket

Homeware & Ceramics

Woven Grass Storage Basket

40 cm across

Hand-coiled with a leather-bound rim. Firewood, laundry, or nothing at all.

R 395

Sliced grass-fed beef biltong Cut to order

Pantry & Counter

Grass-Fed Beef Biltong

per 250 g

Silverside, coriander-heavy, cut to order at the counter. Moist or dry — say which.

R 125

Thinly sliced cured coppa Cut to order

Pantry & Counter

Coppa, Thinly Sliced

per 100 g

Cured up the road for five months. Sliced to order, never in advance.

R 85

Wedge cut from a wheel of alpine-style farmhouse cheese Cut to order

Pantry & Counter

Farmhouse Alpine-Style Cheese

per 250 g

Eighteen months in the cave. Nutty, crystalline, and cut off the wheel in front of you.

R 145

Bottle of first-press estate olive oil

Pantry & Counter

Estate Olive Oil, First Press

500 ml

Pressed within six hours of picking. Green, peppery, and best used within the year.

R 215

Jars of fig and rooibos preserve

Pantry & Counter

Fig & Rooibos Preserve

340 g jar

Made in small batches from the trees behind the shed. Good with the alpine cheese.

R 95

Sourdough loaf with a dark crust Baked daily

Pantry & Counter

Sourdough Loaf, Baked Daily

900 g loaf

Out of the oven by half past seven. Reserve one on WhatsApp if you are coming in late.

R 65

Getting it home

Three ways this usually ends

You collect

Send the list, we put it behind the counter under your name, and it waits three days. Nothing is paid until you are standing here.

We courier it

Insured, countrywide, two to four working days. Rugs travel rolled in hessian. Quoted per parcel once we know the size.

You try it at home

Any rug over R5,000 goes out on approval for a week within an hour of us. Take it back if the light is wrong.

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