Persian Rug 116 × 78 cm, Silk, hand-knotted

At a glance

A Oriental rug from Iran, measuring 116 × 78 cm. That is roughly 0.9 m² of floor, about 3.8' × 2.6'.

Materials and construction

Stated material: silk, silk warp. The rug was hand-knotted throughout. Pile height is given as approx. 4 mm. Weight is given as approx. 4 kg.

Format and use

The rug is rectangular. A small format, at home in a hallway, beside a bed, or in front of a bench.

On the knot count

The stated knot density is 900,000–999,999 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 red and orange. Depending on the light and the direction you look from, the surface reads lighter or darker — a property of every handmade rug.

Age

Stated condition: new.