Antique Persian Rug, 115 × 62 cm, Wool

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 115 × 62 cm — a Oriental rug made entirely by hand. That is roughly 0.71 m² of floor, about 3.8' × 2'.

Materials and construction

The pile is wool, on a warp of cotton. It is entirely hand-knotted. Weight is given as ap.2kg.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. Small enough to sit in front of a dresser or just inside a door.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 200,000–299,999 knots/m². This knot density balances pattern definition against hard-wearing construction.

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 and condition

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