Hand-Knotted Wool Afghan Rug, 198 × 295 cm

At a glance

Origin Afghanistan, format 198 × 295 cm — a Oriental rug made entirely by hand. That is roughly 5.84 m² of floor, about 6.5' × 9.7'.

What it is made of

Stated material: new wool. It is entirely hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 5-7mm.

Format and use

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.

On the colourway

The stated colourway is red and orange. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.

Period

Stated condition: new.