ExclusiveSigned
Kashmar | Exclusive | With Silk · with silk
358 × 248 cm
13.500 €
Khorasan
2.925 €
Incl. VAT
225 × 177(3.98 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
With Silk
In Stock · Ready to Ship
Free Shipping to Germany & EU
30-Day Returns
Certificate of Authenticity
About This Khorasan
Where it comes from
This is a Khorasan carpet, 225 x 177 cm (7'5" x 5'10"), from the northeastern weaving region of Iran that gave Persia some of its most ambitious large-format carpets. Khorasan work is traditionally built around a grand central medallion and a rich Herati field, an idiom that has stood for two thousand years of weaving in the region. This piece keeps the palette of that tradition but sets aside the medallion entirely, carrying its scale instead in the density of the pattern itself.
What you see
The first impression is a deep navy field, dense with small floral vines and palmettes running edge to edge with no break at the centre. Look longer and the eye keeps moving rather than settling on one point, the vine repeat drawn evenly across the whole ground in dusty rose, camel, sage green and slate blue. A broad brick-red border closes the composition, its own floral scroll held between narrow ivory guard stripes set with small rosettes, and against the dark field that red band reads clearly, taking up close to a fifth of the rug's width.
How it was made
Producing that kind of continuous, unbroken density is demanding in a way a medallion carpet is not, since a medallion carries the eye and lets the surrounding field simplify; here the whole ground has to hold interest on its own. The knot count of 251,000 to 320,000 per square metre is what makes that possible, fine enough to keep each small motif crisp rather than blurred into its neighbours. Wool that has been hand-spun before knotting, worked in with silk over a cotton warp, gives the vine outlines their sharpness and the surface its light sheen, and a pile of just 12 mm keeps the whole design sitting flat and legible rather than soft-edged.
At home
A rug this size suits a seating group in a living room, or the foot of a bed, more readily than a large dining table, and the navy field is dark enough to hold its own against wood or leather furniture rather than disappearing beneath it. The brick-red border does the opposite work near a pale floor, warming the edges of the room where the eye first lands. Underfoot the short, dense pile feels firm and even, built for a room that gets daily use rather than one kept for best. Under changing light the slight sheen in the wool and silk catches along the vine work, so the field never quite looks the same twice, though nothing about it ever needed a medallion to say so.
More on Khorasan rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 428296
- Size
- 225 × 177 cm (3.98 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 251,000 – 320,000 / 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. 14 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 225 × 177 cm (3.98 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 251,000 to 320,000 knots per square metre; across 3.98 m² that is roughly 1.0 to 1.3 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.
Still have a question?
We are in the Hamburg Speicherstadt. Come and see this rug in daylight, or write to us — a person answers.
Service & Guarantee
Shipping
- Free within Germany & EU
- 5-10 business days
- Worldwide available
Returns
- 30-day return policy
- Full refund guaranteed
- Free returns in Germany
Authenticity
Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 428296
