Hand-Knotted Baluch Persian Rug, 231 × 120 cm, Wool

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 231 × 120 cm — a Baluch made entirely by hand. The covered area is about 2.77 m² (7.6' × 3.9').

Materials and construction

Stated material: new wool.

Size and placement

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 300,000–399,999 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.