
Nain 6La Habibian | With Silk · with silk
231 × 157 cm
6.300 €










10.350 €
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This is a Nain, also written Na'in, a fine city-workshop rug from the small town of the same name in central Iran, long known for its refined knotting and for pairing silk highlights with a wool ground, usually in ivory and blue. This piece measures 250 x 165 cm (8'2" x 5'5") and leans toward a softer, more muted register than the type usually shows.
The field is a warm ivory, covered edge to edge in a dense lattice of grey-blue and dusty pink florals, the classic Mahi pattern worked so finely that the eye reads it as one even surface. Look closer and a small rosette gathers at the centre, barely differentiated from the lattice around it, with the faintest suggestion of quarter-medallions echoing it in each corner. A broad camel border of floral scrollwork frames the field, held in by narrow guard stripes in cream and blue-grey.
Nain rugs are graded by La number, and a lower number means a finer knot. This is a 6La piece, hand-knotted at 641,000 to 800,000 knots per square metre, among the finest densities the workshop makes. Silk spins thinner than wool, so weaving it into the highlights lets the pattern carry finer line and softer shading than wool alone could hold, which is what keeps this quiet palette from ever looking flat. A density like this means months of work at the loom.
This is a rug for a bedroom, or a quiet seating corner in a living room. The ivory ground lifts a room with little daylight, while the camel and dusty pink stay soft rather than assertive against dark wood or pale floors alike. Underfoot the wool is dense and firm, the silk giving a faint sheen that shifts as daylight crosses it.
More on Nain rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Exceptionally fine weave
At 250 × 165 cm (4.13 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.
Yes, knotted by hand — knot by knot on a loom, not machine-made. The density is 641,000 to 800,000 knots per square metre; across 4.13 m² that is roughly 2.6 to 3.3 million individual knots, every one of them tied by hand.
This pile contains silk and is more delicate than pure wool. Vacuum without a rotating brush and along the pile, do not beat it, and keep it out of permanent direct sun. Blot spills at once with a light cloth, never rub. For a proper clean a silk-blend rug belongs in expert hands — we handle that for pieces bought from us.
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Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
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