Hand-Knotted Wool & Silk Tabriz Persian Rug, 199 × 310 cm

At a glance

Origin Iran, format 199 × 310 cm — a Tabriz made entirely by hand. It covers approximately 6.17 m², or 6.5' × 10.2'. 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.

Size and placement

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

On the knot count

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 multicolour. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.