Hand-knotted Hereke Oriental Rug in Silk, 58 × 43 cm

Roughly 262,000 knots tied by hand into 0.25 m² — a Hereke rug, 58 × 43 cm. The Hereke idiom is a very high knot count carrying drawing borrowed from Persian and Ottoman court design. The stated density is 1,000,000+ knots/m² — a density normally reserved for master workshop pieces. Pile 100% silk &, warp 100% silk. Silk both in the pile and through the foundation, so the whole rug catches light rather than only the pattern. A small format at 58 × 43 cm, usually hung or laid where it will be seen close up. Proportion 1.35:1. Every rug here is a single piece — there is no second one in this size and colour.