Bijar Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 73 × 234 cm, Wool

The piece in short

Hand-knotted in Iran: a Bijar of 73 × 234 cm. It covers approximately 1.71 m², or 2.4' × 7.7'.

What it is made of

Stated material: cotton warp, new wool. Construction method: hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 10-12mm.

Format and use

A format for a smaller room, or the area directly in front of a sofa.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 500,000–599,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

Colour and appearance

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.