Hand-Knotted Wool Persian Rug, 80 × 400 cm

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Oriental rug of 80 × 400 cm. The covered area is about 3.2 m² (2.6' × 13.1').

Materials and construction

Stated material: cotton warp, new wool. It is entirely hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 12-15mm.

Format and use

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.

Colour and appearance

Colour is recorded as red and orange. With traditionally dyed wool, small variations of tone within one field are normal.

Period

Stated condition: new.