Isfahan Oriental Rug 210 × 332 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

Overview

An Isfahan Oriental rug from China, measuring 210 × 332 cm. It covers approximately 6.97 m², or 6.9′ × 10.9′. Isfahan has been a centre of Persian court weaving since the Safavid period; its rugs are finely knotted and frequently set on a silk warp.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. The rug was knotted entirely by hand on the loom, which is why the surface is not mechanically even but carries the small irregularities that mark hand work. A silk pile changes tone with the angle of view: the same area reads lighter or darker as you move around it. The silk warp forms the carrying structure and sets how finely the rug can be knotted.

Size and placement

The rug is rectangular. This is the classic living-room size: a seating group can stand on it with the border still visible. In our size filter it is listed under approx. 350×200cm.

On the knot count

A coarser count, typical of village and nomad work, where the pile is thicker and the rug hard-wearing.

Period

Stated age: contemporary. The pile is still full and largely unwalked. The dominant colour range is multicolor. The piece is a one-off: in this combination of size, material, knot count and drawing it exists exactly once, and it cannot be reordered once sold.