Hand-Knotted Bijar Chinese Rug, 180 × 290 cm, Wool

At a glance

Origin China, format 180 × 290 cm — a Bijar made entirely by hand. That is roughly 5.22 m² of floor, about 5.9' × 9.5'.

Materials and construction

Stated material: cotton warp, new wool. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Pile height is given as 7-10mm.

Where it fits

The rug is rectangular. Large enough to hold a full seating group.

On the knot count

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

How it reads

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.