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Isfahan | Silk Warp | With Silk · with silk
227 × 145 cm
13.950 €
Isfahan | Silk Warp | With Silk
11.700 €
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199 × 131(2.61 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
With Silk
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About This Isfahan
Where it comes from
An Isfahan, from the city workshops of central Iran that produced the most refined court weaving in the Persian tradition, measuring 199 x 131 cm (6'6" x 4'3"). Isfahan is where the medallion carpet reached its most disciplined form, drawn to a master's cartoon and knotted to match it exactly rather than worked from memory. This piece follows that classical plan, but the field carries something less usual within it: small birds move through the scrolling vines.
What you see
The first impression is an ivory field held by a broad camel-tan border, warm against the pale ground. At the centre sits a floral medallion with pendants reaching up and down the field, its outline traced in brick red. Around it the ivory ground is filled close with floral sprays and curling vines, and it is here that the birds appear, small and worked in among the flowers rather than set apart as a separate motif. The border answers in the same language, its rosette and floral cartouches running the full length, closed off by a thin dark red guard stripe before the fringe.
How it was made
That level of drawing is a question of knotting fine enough to hold it. This piece runs to somewhere between 641,000 and 800,000 knots per square metre, set on a silk warp rather than cotton — silk spins far thinner, so more knots can sit across the same width without the design blurring. The pile itself is wool with silk detail, clipped low at 6 mm, which is what gives the surface its light sheen and the birds their crisp, unbroken edges. A woven signature sits at the left edge near the fringe, the workshop's mark on a piece made, knot by knot, over months rather than weeks.
At home
A rug of this size settles well in a study or a quiet corner of a bedroom, somewhere it is seen up close rather than crossed in a hurry. The ivory ground lifts a room that gets little direct light, while the camel border holds its own against darker wood furniture. Underfoot the pile is dense and smooth, firm rather than deep, built to be walked on and to keep its edges sharp for decades. As the light shifts across it through the day, the silk catches first, and the birds in the vines are the detail that keeps drawing the eye back.
More on Isfahan rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 952534
- Size
- 199 × 131 cm (2.61 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
- Medallion
- Weight
- ca. 8 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Exceptionally fine weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 199 × 131 cm (2.61 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 2.61 m² that is roughly 1.7 to 2.1 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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Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 952534
