Hereke Turkish Rug 65 × 94 cm in Silk, hand-knotted

At a glance

This Hereke comes from Turkey and measures 65 × 94 cm. That is roughly 0.61 m² of floor, about 2.1' × 3.1'.

Construction

Pile material is given as 100% silk, warp as 100% silk. It is entirely hand-knotted.

Format and use

A small format, at home in a hallway, beside a bed, or in front of a bench.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 700,000–799,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

How it reads

Colour is recorded as Weiß / beige. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.