Antique Persian Rug 230 × 150 cm, Wool

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 230 × 150 cm — a Oriental rug made entirely by hand. It covers approximately 3.45 m², or 7.5' × 4.9'.

Materials and construction

Pile material is given as Handgesponnene Wolle, warp as cotton. Construction method: hand-knotted. Weight is given as ap. 10 kg.

Where it fits

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

Fineness of the knotting

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

It is catalogued under multicolour. 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.