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274 × 167(4.58 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Ardabil
Where it comes from
An Ardabil rug from the city workshops of northwest Iran, 274 x 167 cm (9'0" x 5'6"). Ardabil gave its name to the pair of sixteenth-century carpets now kept in London's Victoria & Albert Museum, and its weavers still draw on that Safavid medallion tradition. Where the type is usually built around a single medallion, this piece sets three in a row.
What you see
The field is a deep, unbroken brick red, plain but for the three stepped octagonal medallions marching across it. Each is filled with its own fine geometric lattice in navy, cream and camel, so no two read quite the same. The two outer medallions sit on dark navy grounds that echo the border, while the one at the centre sits on cream, a small reversal that stops the row from feeling like a repeat and gives the eye somewhere to settle. A wide border in black, cream and dusty rose, worked with small stars and hooked motifs, closes the composition and takes up nearly a fifth of the width.
How it was made
Hand-knotted on a cotton warp, with a pile of hand-spun wool clipped low, at around 8 millimetres, and finished flat. At 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre, the knotting is fine enough to hold the sharp edges each medallion needs to read as its own field rather than blur into the next — the lattice inside each stays distinct, the navy grounds stay dark against the red, and the cream centre stays clean. Hand-spun wool takes dye slightly unevenly along its length, which is what gives the surface its matte, woven hand rather than a flat, printed look.
At home
In a living room, laid under a coffee table or in front of a sofa group, this red holds its own against dark furniture and warms a pale floor without needing anything else in the room to carry it. Underfoot the wool is dense and firm, clipped short enough for daily footsteps rather than careful ones, so it is a rug meant to be walked on. Afternoon light crossing it tends to find the cream medallion first, then the navy either side — the same small reversal that makes the design work, arriving again each day as light.
More on Ardabil rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 693477
- Size
- 274 × 167 cm (4.58 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 8 mm
- Knots
- 201,000 – 250,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- 20-40 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- Geometric
- Weight
- ca. 16 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 274 × 167 cm (4.58 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 4.58 m² that is roughly 0.9 to 1.1 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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Ref: 693477
