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1.560 €
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198 × 151(2.99 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Lori-Pars
Where it comes from
A Lori-Pars rug from the Zagros mountains in southern Iran, 198 x 151 cm (6'6" x 4'11"), knotted by nomadic weavers who work from memory rather than a drawn plan. The Lori are known for grounded, confident colour and a sense of pattern that owes nothing to a workshop cartoon. This particular piece takes that confidence and puts it entirely into one warm block of colour.
What you see
The field is a warm apricot-gold, and it holds your eye without any figure or medallion to organise it. Instead the pattern is built from nested rectangular frames, each a shade darker than the last, stepping outward from a plain centre toward a border of the same narrow, tone-on-tone outlines. Nothing here competes with the colour itself. Looking closer, the gold is not flat: fine vertical striations run through the pile, a natural shift of tone that gives the field a quiet depth rather than the even, printed look a plain colour can fall into.
How it was made
That depth comes directly from the way the wool was prepared and dyed. The pile is hand-spun rather than machine-spun, so the thickness of the yarn varies slightly along its length, and natural dyes from mountain plants take unevenly across those variations — which is what produces the striations you see in the field. At 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre, the knotting is open enough to let a thick, glossy handspun yarn stand proud in a soft, deep pile, rather than the fine, tight structure a silk piece would need. The concentric frames were carried in the weaver's memory alone, which is why their spacing has the faint, living irregularity that a drawn cartoon never produces.
At home
A rug this size and this warm in colour suits a bedroom or a smaller seating corner, somewhere it can be walked past and sat near rather than crossed constantly. Against pale floorboards it will hold its own glow; near darker furniture it lifts the room instead of disappearing into it. Underfoot the pile is soft and forgiving at 11mm, pleasant for bare feet rather than built for heavy traffic. As daylight moves across it through the day, the striations catch the light differently hour to hour, so the same block of gold never looks quite the same twice.
More on Lori-Pars rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 263432
- Size
- 198 × 151 cm (2.99 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 11 mm
- Knots
- 201,000 – 250,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Natural Wool
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- New (0-20 Years)
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- Modern/Designer
- Weight
- ca. 10 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 198 × 151 cm (2.99 m²) this is a medium rug. It works in front of a sofa, in front of a bed or in a study. It is too small for a dining table — there you want about 80 cm of clearance so a chair does not tip over the edge when pushed back.
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 2.99 m² that is roughly 600,000 to 750,000 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: 263432
