Nain Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 205 × 305 cm, Wool & Silk

The piece in short

Origin Iran, format 205 × 305 cm — a Nain made entirely by hand. The covered area is about 6.25 m² (6.7' × 10'). Nain rugs are traditionally finely knotted, with pale ivory and blue palettes.

Materials and construction

Stated material: new wool, silk.

Format and use

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 600,000–699,999 knots/m². Very fine knotting of this kind takes many times the working hours and shows correspondingly precise pattern work.

On the colourway

Colour is recorded as Weiß / beige. Silk takes light differently from wool, so the same area can look pale from one side and deep from the other.