Kerman Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 197 × 295 cm, Wool & Silk

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 197 × 295 cm — a Kerman made entirely by hand. That is roughly 5.81 m² of floor, about 6.5' × 9.7'. Kerman is associated with soft colour transitions and floral compositions.

What it is made of

Stated material: cotton warp, new wool, silk. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Pile height is given as 5-7mm.

Size and placement

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

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 red and orange. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.