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Hamadan
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Hamadan
16.500 €
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342 × 260(8.89 m²)
Hand-knotted
40-60 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Hamadan
Where it comes from
Every so often a Malayer rug turns up that refuses to sit neatly in either of its parent traditions, and this is one of them. It is a Malayer from the Hamadan region of western Iran, 342 x 260 cm (11'3" x 8'6"), from a district long known for pieces that borrow the plain geometric backbone of Hamadan village work and dress it in the finer floral drawing associated with Sarouk and Farahan. Malayer rugs are collected precisely because they are hard to categorise, and this one earns that reputation.
What you see
From across the room the navy field reads almost like a fine printed textile, so evenly does the diamond lattice repeat across its surface. Come closer and each diamond resolves into a small hand-drawn Mahi rosette, its dusty rose, camel and steel-blue touches shifting slightly from one to the next rather than repeating exactly. There is no medallion, so the eye is never pulled to a centre; the pattern simply spreads, corner to corner. It is held by a wide brick-red border of palmettes and trailing vine, edged on both sides by narrow stripes that alternate cream and slate blue, giving the frame a depth the quiet field never claims for itself.
How it was made
That balance comes directly from how it was made. The pile is hand-spun wool on a cotton foundation, and hand-spun yarn is never perfectly even in thickness, which is exactly what gives the surface its slightly grained, matte character rather than a printed flatness. At 381,000 to 440,000 knots per square metre, the weaver had enough resolution to draw a lattice this fine without letting the small floral detail blur into the geometry around it, which is the whole difficulty of a hybrid design. Forty to sixty years of settling has only made that surface more even underfoot.
At home
At this size a rug wants a dining table over it or a sofa group gathered around it, and the navy here will hold its own against dark wood or a dark sofa without disappearing into it, while the red border keeps the whole thing warm rather than cool. Underfoot the wool is dense and firm, an 8 mm pile built for a room that gets used, not one kept for best. Let the light move across it through the afternoon and the small rosettes catch colour differently hour to hour, which is the sort of detail a rug like this keeps giving back long after the pattern itself has become familiar.
Hamadan rugs come from the ancient city of Hamadan (the historic Ecbatana) and its surrounding region of over a thousand villages in western Iran. Woven with the symmetrical (Turkish) knot on a cotton foundation, they are distinguished by their single-weft construction, one weft thread between each row of knots, which creates a characteristic ribbed appearance on the reverse.
Geometric medallion-and-corner layouts, Herati patterns, and boteh (paisley) motifs dominate the design language, rendered in a classic palette of deep reds and blues from madder root and indigo. The sturdy highland wool ensures excellent durability for everyday use.
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 923360
- Size
- 342 × 260 cm (8.89 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 8 mm
- Knots
- 381,000 – 440,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- 40-60 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 31 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
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Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 342 × 260 cm (8.89 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 381,000 to 440,000 knots per square metre; across 8.89 m² that is roughly 3.4 to 3.9 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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Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 923360
