Chinese Rug — hand-knotted, 140 × 93 cm, Silk

At a glance

Origin China, format 140 × 93 cm — a Oriental rug made entirely by hand. It covers approximately 1.3 m², or 4.6' × 3.1'.

Construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. It is entirely hand-knotted. Pile height is given as approx. 6 mm. Weight is given as approx. 5 kg.

Format and use

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

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 900,000–999,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

How it reads

The stated colourway is Weiß / beige. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.

Age and condition

Stated condition: new.