Heriz
293 × 202 cm
2.398 €
Heriz
2.426 €
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292 × 205(5.99 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Heriz
Where it comes from
A Heriz rug, 292 x 205 cm (9'7" x 6'9"), from the weaving villages of Heris on the slopes of Mount Sabalan, north-east of Tabriz. Heriz village weavers took the large medallion drawings supplied by Tabriz merchants and reworked them freehand, trading the city's fine curves for bold, angular geometry — it is this adaptation, more than anything, that made the type famous and kept it in daily use in houses for generations.
What you see
The field is a deep, saturated brick red, and across it sits a large stepped octagonal medallion in navy, built up in concentric rings so that the eye reads it as a single star before noticing its structure. What holds the design together is a quieter move at the corners: each ivory spandrel carries a small navy medallion of its own, an echo of the central star at a fraction of the size, set among dense angular vine work in camel and dusty pink. A wide, almost-black border, patterned with cream and rust octagonal rosettes and running close to a fifth of the rug's width, closes the whole composition against the red.
How it was made
The wool here is hand-spun and notably rich in copper carried in the local water, the reason Heriz rugs from the nineteenth century still turn up in daily use today. At a knot density of 72,000 to 90,000 per square metre, this is a coarser weave than a city workshop piece, and that is exactly why the medallion reads as bold geometry rather than fine drawing — a village loom working from memory rather than a drafted cartoon. The 12 mm pile sits dense and even on a cotton warp, with a matte, hand-spun surface and no sheen banding, giving the colour weight rather than shine.
At home
A rug of this size and this much presence wants a room built around it: a dining table or a living-room seating group, where the medallion can be read whole rather than half-covered by furniture. The brick red holds its own against dark wood and stands out strongly on pale floors, while the ivory spandrels keep the corners light rather than heavy. Underfoot it is dense and firm, a weave made for a room that gets used rather than one kept for best. In daylight the matte wool takes the light evenly, and it is the small navy medallions in the corners that people tend to notice only after they have lived with the large one in the centre for a while.
More on Heriz rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 446125
- Size
- 292 × 205 cm (5.99 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 72,000 – 90,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- 20-40 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- Medallion
- Weight
- ca. 24 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Artisan crafted
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 292 × 205 cm (5.99 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 72,000 to 90,000 knots per square metre; across 5.99 m² that is roughly 430,000 to 540,000 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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