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358 × 248 cm
13.500 €
Khorasan
4.950 €
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289 × 197(5.69 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Khorasan
Where it comes from
This is a Khorasan, from the northeast of Iran, 289 x 197 cm (9'6" x 6'6"). The region has knotted rugs for two thousand years and built its reputation on large medallion compositions, the field opening outward from a bold centre. This piece leaves that convention aside entirely: there is no medallion here, only a field that runs edge to edge in one continuous pattern.
What you see
The first impression is of colour before pattern, a deep brick red filling the ground without interruption. Look closer and the red resolves into a dense scrollwork of small florals, Herati-derived, repeating without a centre to gather the eye. A wide navy border holds the field, filled with palmettes in rust and dusty pink, and two narrow cream guard stripes mark it off with a small repeating motif, the strongest contrast on the rug. Nothing here asks to be the focal point; the whole field does the work at once.
How it was made
That evenness is a matter of knotting as much as design. At 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre, the weaver had the resolution to keep hundreds of small florals distinct across nearly six square metres of red ground, each one legible rather than blurring into its neighbours. The pile is hand-spun wool over a cotton warp, twelve millimetres deep, and the surface has a fine, almost velvety finish with crisp, clean knot edges. Without a medallion to anchor attention, that density is what carries the piece; the floor is doing the work a centre would normally do.
At home
A rug this size suits a dining table or a living room seating group, the red substantial enough to hold its own against dark furniture and warm a pale floor considerably. Because the pattern has no centre, it sits well beneath a table without losing its composition to the legs and chairs crossing it. Underfoot the wool is dense and firm, twelve millimetres of pile built for daily use rather than a room kept for best. Morning light along the scrollwork catches the slight sheen in the wool and moves across the red as the day goes on, the field never quite still.
More on Khorasan rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 239166
- Size
- 289 × 197 cm (5.69 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 201,000 – 250,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- New (0-20 Years)
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 20 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 289 × 197 cm (5.69 m²) this is a large rug. It sits under a seating group with the front legs of sofa and chairs on it, or under a dining table for four. A table for six wants about 80 cm of clearance all round, and needs more.
Is this rug hand-knotted?
Yes, knotted by hand — knot by knot on a loom, not machine-made. The density is 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre; across 5.69 m² that is roughly 1.1 to 1.4 million individual knots, every one of them tied by hand.
How do I care for this rug?
Hand-spun wool still carries its own lanolin, which keeps liquid sitting on the surface for a moment: blot quickly, with clear water and a light cloth, working inwards and without rubbing. Otherwise regular vacuuming along the pile is enough. Turn the rug once or twice a year so light and footfall reach it evenly.
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Authenticity
Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 239166
