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13.500 €
Khorasan
4.800 €
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288 × 202(5.82 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Khorasan
Where it comes from
A Khorasan carpet from the northeast of Iran, 288 x 202 cm (9'5" x 6'8"), woven in a region that has kept its looms running for two thousand years and built its reputation on grand, medallion-centred compositions in the Herati manner. This piece breaks with that habit. There is no medallion here at all, and a carpet from a tradition built around the centrepiece has instead been laid out as a continuous field.
What you see
The first impression is a warm ivory ground, dense from edge to edge with curling floral vines, palmettes and serrated leaves in rust-red, terracotta, dusty blue, sage and camel. Nothing anchors the eye at the middle; the florals simply run outward, and the layout appears to settle into matching quadrants on both axes, so the whole field reads less as a composition with a focus and more as a garden that continues past what you can see. A wide navy border, filled with the same vine motif in rust and dusty blue, closes the field firmly, with a narrower camel guard stripe running just inside it. Against the cream ground the effect is calm rather than commanding, though the border keeps the whole piece from drifting.
How it was made
Laying out that much floral detail without a medallion to hold the eye asks more of the knotting than a bordered focal design would, since every palmette and leaf across the field has to be drawn with the same clarity. The knot count here, 201,000 to 250,000 per square metre, is fine enough to carry that detail cleanly, and the pile is hand-spun wool rather than machine-spun, which takes dye with slight natural irregularity and gives the coloured motifs their soft sheen against the matte cream ground. At 12 millimetres the pile sits low enough to keep the drawing sharp rather than blurring it.
At home
At this size the rug is built for a dining table or a living room seating group, and the ivory field will lift a room with a pale floor while the navy border gives it enough weight to hold its own near dark furniture. Underfoot the pile is fine, even and firm, suited to a room that sees regular use rather than one kept for best. As the light moves through the day it catches the coloured vines against the matte cream ground, and the garden that has no centre keeps drawing the eye a little further outward each time you look.
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Product Details
- Rug No.
- 460463
- Size
- 288 × 202 cm (5.82 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
- Medallion
- Weight
- ca. 20 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 288 × 202 cm (5.82 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 5.82 m² that is roughly 1.2 to 1.5 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: 460463
