Antique Persian Moe Red Hand knotted Wool Carpet 2' 7'' X 4' 6''

About 60,000 hand-tied knots, paced over roughly three months of work. The Antique Persian Moe pattern belongs to the family of small-format classical Persian medallion drawings that workshops have kept in production for more than a century. The Moe motif takes its name from the layered medallion-and-pendant arrangement that defined the smaller pieces of the Persian repertoire; the drawing scales down without losing the architecture of the larger originals.

One senior weaver tied this carpet alone in India over roughly three months. Hand-spun wool on a cotton foundation, knotted at standard hand-knotted density. The red ground was achieved through madder-compatible dye, batched against a master strike-off, and balanced over multiple bath cycles to keep the saturation consistent end to end. The drawing above the red ground uses ivory, indigo, and ochre in restrained roles around the central medallion.

The composition

A red ground anchored by a central medallion drawn in ivory and indigo with secondary pendants. The corner spandrels echo the medallion's geometry, and a layered border carries a rosette repeat in deeper red and ivory. The colour is in the warm Persian register: a red that will mellow toward terracotta with age, ivory that will warm toward bone, indigo that will deepen rather than fade. The drawing reads at floor distance and reveals on close approach.

What you are buying

True antique small-format Persian carpets in comparable condition trade at auction in the range of $3,000 to $8,000. This is a new weaving in the same idiom, on the same kind of foundation, with the same hand-spun wool. The rug appreciates with use rather than depreciating; the wool patinas, the dye settles, and the drawing comes alive in the way only foot wear and household sun can make happen.

The piece in a room

3' x 5' (91 x 152 cm) is the working scale for a pooja room, a mandir niche, a foyer, or the side of a bed. The red and ivory palette reads warm against marble, sandstone, walnut, and brass. In a traditional Indian interior it is the rug under a deity or a low seat. In a modern interior it works as a focused colour event at the entry or beside a reading chair.

Conservation

Half-turn rotation each year. Suction-only vacuum, weekly. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth. Small mandir rugs benefit from a specialist clean every four to five years because of incense and oil-lamp residue. With this regimen the carpet runs seventy years and improves through it; the red mellows, the indigo deepens, and the wool's hand softens.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 91 x 152 cm (3' x 5', tagged 2'7" x 4'6")
• Construction: asymmetric knot, classical Persian medallion idiom
• Hands: 1 weaver, ~3 months
• Pile: hand-spun wool
• Colour: red
• Origin: India

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