Classical Persian carpet design was codified at the Safavid court in the sixteenth century, when royal workshops at Tabriz, Isfahan and Kashan settled the grammar of medallion, field, and layered border. Every regional tradition that followed worked inside that grammar.

Three weavers at the tufting frame for three to four months, and a finisher behind them. The wool was hand-spun and dyed in small batches before it ever reached the canvas. Tufting builds the rug face down on a stretched frame; the back is sealed in latex with a cotton scrim, and the surface is sheared by hand at the end to bring the pile down to a uniform plane. The composition is then washed to settle the dye and lift the wool's natural sheen.

The composition

A ivory and gold field, anchored by the design but not crowded by it. The composition reads as one settled gesture rather than a tile that repeats. The colour will deepen by half a stop over the first year as the wool oxidises against ambient light, and another half stop across the next decade of use. There is no point at which the rug is finished; the surface continues to change in slow registration with the room. The slight unevenness of the surface is the working signature of the medium and is what keeps the piece from looking printed or industrial.

The piece in a room

8' x 10' anchors a full drawing room. A long sofa with a pair of armchairs sits inside the rug entirely, with a coffee table at the centre. At this scale the composition becomes the architecture of the room, and the wall colour takes its cue from the field rather than the reverse. The piece reads from the doorway and rewards close approach in equal measure.

Care

Suction-only vacuum weekly. Blot spills with a damp cotton cloth, working from edge to centre to avoid spreading the stain into the surrounding pile. Mild shedding in the first two months is the loose fibre clearing the pile and tapers off naturally. A professional dry clean every three years keeps the surface bright; avoid wet-cleaning at home as the latex bond will not tolerate prolonged saturation.

Reference

• Medium: hand-tufted wool, latex bonded with cotton scrim
• Dimensions: 8' x 10' (244 x 305 cm)
• Construction: hand-tufted through stretched canvas, sheared finish
• Hands: 3 tufters and a finisher, three to four months
• Pile: 12 mm, hand-spun wool
• Origin: India

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