Hand-Knotted Indian Rug, 184 × 124 cm, Wool

The piece in short

Origin India, format 184 × 124 cm — a Oriental rug made entirely by hand. That is roughly 2.28 m² of floor, about 6' × 4.1'.

What it is made of

Stated material: cotton warp, new wool. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Pile height is given as 5-7mm.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. This size typically covers the floor in front of a seating group.

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 400,000–499,999 knots/m². At this density even small-scale motifs can be worked out cleanly.

On the colourway

Colour is recorded as red and orange. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.

Period

Stated condition: new.