Hand-Knotted Wool Qashqai Persian Rug, 158 × 259 cm

Overview

Origin Iran, format 158 × 259 cm — a Qashqai made entirely by hand. That is roughly 4.09 m² of floor, about 5.2' × 8.5'.

Construction

Stated material: cotton warp, new wool. Construction method: hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 7-10mm.

Size and placement

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.

How it reads

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.