Kerman
169 × 112 cm
567 €
Kerman Rafsanjan | Sherkat-e Farsh
10.500 €
Incl. VAT
344 × 247(8.50 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Ravar
Where it comes from
This is a Ravar, also written Rawar, and often traded in the market as Lavar Kerman — a weaving tradition from a small town near Kerman that has produced some of Persia's finest rugs since the Qajar era. At 344 x 247 cm (11'3" x 8'1"), this piece carries the classic Ravar reputation for fine drawing and a settled, balanced composition of florals and borders.
What you see
The field is a deep, near-black ground, and against it dense sprays of rust red, ochre and dusty rose seem to glow rather than sit flat. There is no central medallion; instead the pattern radiates from a soft vertical spine, fern-like leaves and paisley-shaped botehs fanning outward across the whole field in an unbroken repeat. Around this, a wide border of stacked floral and lattice guard stripes, alternating dark blue and cream, closes the composition, taking up close to a fifth of the rug's width and giving the dark field a firm, decorative frame.
How it was made
That density of detail comes from the knot count: the rug is hand-knotted at between 441,000 and 500,000 knots per square metre onto a cotton warp. At that resolution a weaver can draw a fern leaf or a paisley curl in wool rather than merely suggest it, which is what lets the florals hold their shape against so dark a ground instead of dissolving into it. The pile is hand-spun wool at 12 mm, low enough to carry a soft sheen across the lighter motifs while the near-black ground itself stays matte. Woven under the Sherkat name, it is new work carrying an old discipline forward.
At home
At 344 x 247 cm this suits a dining room or a living room seating group, large enough to sit under a table or gather a sofa and chairs around it. Against dark wood or dark upholstery the near-black ground holds its own, and over a pale floor it reads as depth rather than heaviness, letting the rust and gold work like light within it. Underfoot the pile is fine, low and even, dense enough for a room in daily use rather than one kept for best. As the light moves across it through the day, the florals catch and release their sheen in turn, so the rug rarely looks quite the same twice.
More on Ravar rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 825383
- Size
- 344 × 247 cm (8.50 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 441,000 – 500,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Workshop
- Sherkat
- Age
- New (0-20 Years)
- Condition
- Perfect
- Pattern
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 30 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Exceptionally fine weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 344 × 247 cm (8.50 m²) this is a very large rug. It carries a whole seating group with every furniture leg on it, or a dining table with the chairs pushed back. In a small room it becomes the floor rather than a rug.
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 8.50 m² that is roughly 3.7 to 4.2 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.
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Authenticity
Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 825383
