Hand-Knotted Wool & Silk Isfahan Persian Rug, 105 × 165 cm

The piece in short

This Isfahan comes from Iran and measures 105 × 165 cm. That is roughly 1.73 m² of floor, about 3.4' × 5.4'. Isfahan has stood for exceptionally fine knotting for centuries.

Construction

Stated material: new wool, silk, silk warp. It is entirely hand-knotted. Pile height is given as 10-12mm.

Size and placement

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

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 800,000–899,999 knots/m². A knot count at this level belongs to the upper quality class of handmade rugs.

How it reads

Colour is recorded as red and orange. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.