Rugsville All over Heriz Wool 10803 Carpet

The Heriz tradition of north-west Iran is the source of some of the most architectural carpets ever woven, with their bold medallions reading at distance like Persian miniatures scaled to a room. The geometry is angular by nature because Heriz weavers worked from memory rather than from minutely drafted cartoons. This neutral wool carpet draws from the architectural medallions of the Heriz tradition, reinterpreted on a vertical loom in India by hands that have inherited the technique through generations.

Production ran 9 months with 3 weavers working at the beam. Around 1,728,000 knots, each one tied by hand. The wool was washed twice before dyeing to strip residue lanolin, then re-treated after weaving so the pile recovers its softness. The weave structure carries a Persian asymmetric knot, which is finer and tighter than the Turkish symmetric and allows the carpet to hold detail at a higher density.

The composition

A neutral ground holds the composition without dominating it. Around the centre, secondary tones build depth through layered repetition rather than through sudden contrast. Vegetable dye gives the surface its slight irregularity; what looks like uneven colour at first glance is the visible memory of small dye batches and hand-spun yarn. Step back and the field reads unified; step close and the carpet reveals its hand.

What you are buying

An entry point to collecting hand-knotted wool work from the Indian looms. Comparable density and dye discipline at Western dealer counters opens at significantly higher prices once import, retail markup, and provenance documentation are layered in. The rug will outlast the room it is bought for.

The piece in a room

size as listed () sits well beneath a sofa-and-two-chair grouping or a queen bed with the lower two-thirds of the frame on the wool. The piece organises a room without taking it over. The neutral reads warm under incandescent light and cools slightly under daylight, so the rug presents two faces across the day.

Conservation

Rotate a half turn each spring and autumn so wear and light reach the rug evenly. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged, suction only. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. Hand-wash by a wool-trained conservator every five to seven years. With this care the carpet will run several decades and pass to the next owner intact.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Pile: hand-spun wool
• Dye: vegetable
• Origin: India

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