Hand-knotted Hereke Oriental Rug in Silk, 123 × 77 cm

A multicolor Hereke rug, hand-knotted, 123 × 77 cm. Hereke patterns are court patterns: medallions, prayer niches and dense floral grounds, worked at fine density. At 900,000-999,999 knots/sqm the pile holds around 900,000 knots in total — a weave fine enough that the pattern reads like brushwork rather than knots. Pile 100% silk,, warp 100% cotton. A silk pile shifts tone as you move past it — the same field reads light from one side of the room and dark from the other. At 0.95 m² this is a collector’s size; fine pieces this small are often shown on a wall. Proportion 1.6:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.