Hand-Knotted Wool & Silk Moud Persian Rug, 202 × 81 cm

Overview

A Moud from Iran, measuring 202 × 81 cm. That is roughly 1.64 m² of floor, about 6.6' × 2.7'. Moud rugs are known for their fine Herati pattern.

Materials and construction

Stated material: new wool, silk.

Format and use

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

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 400,000–499,999 knots/m². At this density even small-scale motifs can be worked out cleanly.

Colour and appearance

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