Rugsville All over Heriz Wool Carpet 2'6" x 13'

The geometric field traces back to the workshops of central and western Persia, where master weavers of the nineteenth century reduced the dense floral repeats of court carpets into open, breathable fields better suited to the long winters of an Anglo-Indian drawing room. The drawing in this carpet keeps that lineage. It is restrained where lesser interpretations turn busy, and the negative space is treated as a compositional element rather than a gap.

2 weavers shared the loom for around 4 months. About 559,786 hand-tied knots, every one set against a vertical beam in wool on a cotton foundation. The weave is the asymmetric Persian knot, finished with hand shearing to bring the pile into a single even plane.

The composition

The palette runs through ivory, oat, and faded ochre. Colour does not sit flat. Hand-spun wool reads slightly differently bay to bay across the field, the kind of abrash that gives a hand-knotted carpet its depth and that no machine reproduction can fake. Over the next decade the saturated tones will soften and the pale grounds will warm, the carpet settling into the look that buyers of good antique pieces are paying for in the first place.

What you are buying

Comparable hand-knotted weavings at this density and fibre, when offered through Western dealers, sit several multiples above this price once import duty, gallery margin, and conservation premiums are added. Bought directly from the loom in India, the cost reflects the wool, the dye, the months of work, and very little else. A piece of this kind appreciates with use rather than depreciating. There is no other object you place on a floor with that property.

The piece in a room

At 2'6" x 13' (76 x 396 cm), the carpet sets the proportion for a sofa-and-two-chairs grouping, a four to six seat dining setup, or the foot of a primary bed depending on how it is laid. It pairs with walnut, oak, brass, leather, and unbleached linen. Walls in lime wash or chalk hold the field; saturated walls let it settle as a tonal floor.

Conservation

Rotate the carpet a half turn each spring and autumn so light and footfall age the pile evenly. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Blot any spill with a clean cotton cloth, working from the edge inward, never rubbing. A hand wash by a wool-trained conservator every five to seven years restores lustre and lifts compacted dust from the foundation. Maintained this way, a hand-knotted carpet outlasts its first owners and reaches the next generation in better condition than it left the loom.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 76 x 396 cm (2'6" x 13')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Approximate knot count: 559,786
• Hands: 2 weavers, around 4 months
• Pile: hand-sheared wool
• Origin: India

Free shipping pan-India. Cash on delivery on request. 7-day exchange. The piece arrives crated for safe transit and storage.