Pottery Barn rugs and carpets, kind not given
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Sep 5, 2011. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Sep 5, 2011the latest report was made
- Apr 26, 2011the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Pottery Barn
- Maker
- WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Rugs and carpets, kind not givenCPSC’s product type: Rugs or Carpets, Not Specified (code 676), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Flooring
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2011 | 1 |
| April 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, care not known 1 CPSC: Injury, Level of care not known
- Not said 1 CPSC: Unspecified
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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Hurt, care not known Made Sep 5, 2011, published by CPSC Sep 27, 2011
The product, in the report: Pottery Barn Wool Rug--made in India --jungle friends-- I think made around 5-6 years ago.
I purchased a Pottery Barn Jungle Friends wool rug made in India off of craig’s list about 2 months ago to use in my unborn babies room. As soon as I got home with it my husband began to comment that something in the room was making him cough and had an odd smell. It took us a little while to put together that the smell was coming from the rug. We then set it outside in the sun to let it “air out” for a couple hours. We were thinking the people we had purchased it from just had an odd smell to their house the rug had picked up. However this airing out did nothing for the smell and as people came over to see the nursery they also commented how the rug had an odd chemical smell. At this point I got online to see how to get a wool rug not to smell, still not suspecting that it was this pottery barn rug specifically just wool rugs in general. But after finding your site as well as many others with people sharing there stories of pottery barn rugs we have decided to just throw the rug in the garage rather than risk using/selling it to someone else.
- UPC
- rn#: 71395
- Serial number
- sku#: 4431409
- Bought from
- Craig’s list
- Where
- Lexington, Kentucky: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 26, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- Brand Pottery Barn, made or sold by WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Level of care not known
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Not said Made Apr 26, 2011, published by CPSC Jun 29, 2011
The product, in the report: Woven hand spun Jute Rug
The consumer says she ordered two rugs. The consumer says that she discovered a black powdery substance under the rug and on the matting they put down. The consumer says she swept up powdery substance. The consumer says the flooring was discolored. The consumer says it is probably mold. She experienced burning eyes, sore throat, headache and congestion in the back of the throat. The consumer says 4 or 5 days had passwed after she set the rug down before she started getting sick. the consumer says she contacted manufacturer and they told her a claims adjuster get back to her.
- Model
- Item # 657204712
- Bought from
- Pottery Barn
- Where
- Unspecified: Unspecified
- Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Pottery Barn, made or sold by WILLIAMS-SONOMA, INC.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Unspecified
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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