Persian Rug — hand-knotted, 302 × 85 cm, Wool

At a glance

A Oriental rug from Iran, measuring 302 × 85 cm. It covers approximately 2.57 m², or 9.9' × 2.8'.

Materials and construction

Stated material: new wool.

Size and placement

A format for a smaller room, or the area directly in front of a sofa.

Fineness of the knotting

The stated knot density is 400,000–499,999 knots/m². At this density even small-scale motifs can be worked out cleanly.

On the colourway

It is catalogued under red and orange. Handmade rugs always show slight colour shifts from knot to knot — that is a mark of hand work, not a defect.