Antique Kashan Persian Rug, 214 × 137 cm, Wool

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 214 × 137 cm — a Kashan made entirely by hand. That is roughly 2.93 m² of floor, about 7' × 4.5'.

Construction

The pile is Handgesponnene Wolle, on a warp of cotton. It is entirely hand-knotted. Weight is given as ap. 8 kg.

Size and placement

The rug is rectangular. A format for a smaller room, or the area directly in front of a sofa.

Knot density and quality

The stated knot density is 500,000–599,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

How it reads

The stated colourway is 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.

Age

Stated age: antique. As an antique piece, condition should be judged against its age.