Antique Malayer Persian Rug, 365 × 164 cm, Wool

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 365 × 164 cm — a Malayer made entirely by hand. That is roughly 5.99 m² of floor, about 12' × 5.4'.

Materials and construction

The pile is wool, on a warp of cotton. Construction method: hand-knotted. Weight is given as approx. 12 kg.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. At this size it anchors a living room as the central surface.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 300,000–399,999 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.

Age

Stated age: antique. In a rug of this age, patina and some pile loss belong to the picture.