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Isfahan | Silk Warp | With Silk · with silk
227 × 145 cm
13.950 €
Isfahan | Silk Warp | With Silk
12.600 €
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218 × 155(3.38 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
With Silk
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About This Isfahan
Where it comes from
This is an Isfahan, one of the classic city-workshop rugs of Iran, measuring 218 x 155 cm (7'2" x 5'1"). The city gave its name to a tradition perfected in the royal workshops of the seventeenth century, prized for finely drawn floral patterns, flowing curves and a clarity of line that comes only from working to a fixed cartoon. Most Isfahans are built around a central medallion; this one is not, and that absence is the first thing to understand about it.
What you see
The ground is a calm ivory, covered edge to edge with small floral bouquets set on the diagonal, in dusty rose, terracotta, slate blue and dark green. Look closer and the bouquets are not simply repeated but mirrored across the centre lines, so the field splits into four quarters that answer each other exactly, a quiet piece of symmetry in place of a medallion. Around this sits a wide camel-toned border, filled with scrolling vines and palmettes, held in by thin navy guard stripes with small blue accents. The border takes up close to a fifth of the width and does the work a medallion might have done elsewhere: it gives the piece its weight, while the field stays even and unbroken.
How it was made
That evenness is a product of the materials and the knotting. The pile is wool with silk detailing, worked on a silk warp; silk spins far thinner than wool, so the weaver can tie more knots into the same square metre without the pattern blurring. Here that density runs to 641,000-800,000 knots per square metre, with a pile kept to just 6 mm, low enough that every curve of the floral lattice stays crisp rather than softening into the wool. It is the reason the mirrored quarters read so precisely from a distance, and why a design this repetitive never looks mechanical.
At home
At this size the rug suits a seating area in a living room or the foot of a bed, somewhere it will be seen whole rather than walked across in a hurry. The ivory ground lifts a room with darker furniture and lets the camel border carry the colour instead. Underfoot it is fine, dense and smooth, better suited to a room that is lived in gently than one built for heavy traffic. Silk in the pile catches the light unevenly through the day, so the surface shifts from a matte calm to a faint gloss, always returning to itself by evening.
More on Isfahan rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 887135
- Size
- 218 × 155 cm (3.38 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 6 mm
- Knots
- 641,000 – 800,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Wool with Silk
- Warp
- Silk
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- New (0-20 Years)
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 10 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Exceptionally fine weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 218 × 155 cm (3.38 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 641,000 to 800,000 knots per square metre; across 3.38 m² that is roughly 2.2 to 2.7 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.
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Authenticity
Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 887135
