Hand-Knotted Wool & Silk Nain Persian Rug, 205 × 208 cm

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 205 × 208 cm — a Nain made entirely by hand. It covers approximately 4.26 m², or 6.7' × 6.8'. Nain rugs are traditionally finely knotted, with pale ivory and blue palettes.

Construction

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

Size and placement

The rug is square. At this size it anchors a living room as the central surface.

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 700,000–799,999 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. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.