Hand-knotted Tabriz rug, 287 × 197 cm — RUGSOCIETE Hamburg Speicherstadt

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Tabriz | With Silk

8.100 €

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287 × 197(5.65 m²)

Hand-knotted

40-60 Years

Iran / Persia

With Silk

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About This Tabriz

Where it comes from

Tabriz is Persia's benchmark weaving city, the place where the symmetric knot and the drawn cartoon meet to produce some of the most exact rugs to come out of Iran. This piece measures 287 x 197 cm (9'5" x 6'6"), a size that sits comfortably in a dining or living room, and it carries the medallion design the city is best known for, set here on a lattice pattern called Mahi, or fish, that runs through Tabriz work of every era.

What you see

The field is a deep rust red, and across it runs a dense, all-over lattice, fine enough that the eye reads it almost as texture before it reads it as pattern. A large cream medallion, lobed and pointed at each end, sits at the centre with pendants reaching toward the corners. Four salmon-coral panels break into the corners of the field, the one interruption in an otherwise continuous lattice, and they hold the design steady rather than disturbing it. A wide navy border, filled with cream rosettes and a running floral vine, closes the piece and answers the red field with a colour strong enough to match it.

How it was made

The pile is wool worked with silk, and it is the silk that makes the fine outlines possible: silk spins far thinner than wool, so a knotter working it can tie more knots into the same space and draw a sharper edge. At a density of 441,000 to 500,000 knots per square metre, that precision holds across the whole field, which is why the lattice reads as continuous rather than approximate. The cotton warp beneath gives the structure its stability, and Sherkat Ala's workshop is where that combination of fine drawing and firm weave was carried out, knot by knot, over months at the loom.

At home

Under a dining table or at the centre of a seating group, the rust field holds its own against dark wood and takes attention without shouting for it, while the navy border keeps the whole rug anchored in a room with strong furniture. At 7mm the pile is dense and firm underfoot, built for a room in regular use rather than one kept for show. As daylight moves across it, the silk in the medallion and the salmon corners catches the light in a way the wool around it does not, so the calm of the design never sits quite still.

More on Tabriz rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece

Product Details

Rug No.: 809852
Size: 287 × 197 cm (5.65 m²)
Thickness: ca. 7 mm
Knots: 441,000 – 500,000 / m²
Craft: Hand-knotted
Pile: Wool with Silk
Warp: Cotton
Origin: Iran / Persia
Workshop: Sherkat Alt
Age: 40-60 Years
Condition: Perfect
Pattern: Medallion
Weight: ca. 16 kg
Stock: Unique — Only 1

Questions about this rug

Which room is this rug for?

At 287 × 197 cm (5.65 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 441,000 to 500,000 knots per square metre; across 5.65 m² that is roughly 2.5 to 2.8 million individual knots, every one of them tied by hand.

How do I care for this rug?

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.