Hand-Knotted Wool & Silk Tabriz Persian Rug, 100 × 160 cm

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 100 × 160 cm — a Tabriz made entirely by hand. That is roughly 1.6 m² of floor, about 3.3' × 5.2'. Tabriz is one of the oldest and most important weaving centres in Persia.

Materials and construction

Stated material: cotton warp, new wool, silk. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Pile height is given as 7-10mm.

Where it fits

The rug is rectangular. This size typically covers the floor in front of a seating group.

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 500,000–599,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

How it reads

Colour is recorded as Weiß / beige. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.