Hand-Knotted Wool & Silk Tabriz Persian Rug, 180 × 275 cm

At a glance

Origin Iran, format 180 × 275 cm — a Tabriz made entirely by hand. That is roughly 4.95 m² of floor, about 5.9' × 9'. Tabriz is one of the oldest and most important weaving centres in Persia.

Materials and construction

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

Where it fits

The rug is rectangular. Large enough to hold a full seating group.

Knot density and quality

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

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.