Hand-knotted Hereke Oriental Rug in Silk, 328 × 79 cm

A hand-knotted Hereke rug, 328 × 79 cm. Hereke patterns are court patterns: medallions, prayer niches and dense floral grounds, worked at fine density. At 700,000-799,999 knots/sqm the pile holds around 1.9 million knots in total — a fine knot count, well above what a decorative rug needs. Pile 100% silk,, warp 100% silk. 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. The proportion (4.15:1) is a runner’s. It suits a hallway or the length of a kitchen, not the middle of a room. Proportion 4.15:1. One of a kind: hand-knotted rugs are not made in editions, so this exact piece exists once.