There are perhaps a dozen knot configurations still in active use across the Persian and Indian weaving belt. Each one produces a different surface tension, a different play of light along the pile. This carpet uses the asymmetric knot that gives the field its softness without losing definition, the same configuration the great workshop carpets relied on.

The carpet was put up on a vertical loom in northern India. 2 weavers shared the work over roughly 4 months, tying knots by feel against the warp without lifting the cartoon between rows. Around 0.4 million asymmetric knots in total, with wool pile on a cotton foundation. The brown register is built up across multiple dye lots so the eye reads variation rather than a single flat field, and the pile was clipped and washed by hand once the rug came off the loom.

The composition

A composition built around a brown ground that anchors the field with the warmth of walnut. The pattern develops at a measured pace and the colour holds its register across the field. What looks like a single colour at the door resolves into three or four close tones once you stand on the rug, which is the property that separates wool work from printed alternatives.

What you are buying

A democratic entry to hand-knotted wool work. The construction is real, the wool is real, and the rug will outlive most of the furniture it sits beneath. Treat it as a long-term piece rather than as seasonal decor.

The piece in a room

At 4' × 6' (122 × 183 cm) the rug holds an entry vestibule, a small study, the foot of a bed, or a single armchair beside a window. It is the right scale to introduce the brown palette into a room without forcing the rest of the furnishing to follow it. The pattern resolves close in and recedes at distance, which keeps the rug useful in rooms whose proportions are not generous. Holds its own next to large-scale art and works against a single accent piece rather than a busy gallery wall.

Conservation

Rotate end for end every six months so light and footfall age the pile evenly. Vacuum weekly with the beater bar disengaged. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. A hand wash by a wool-trained cleaner every five to seven years is appropriate for a knotted carpet of this caliber. The rug is built to live for several decades.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 122 × 183 cm (4' × 6')
• Construction: asymmetric (Persian) knot
• Knot density: ~120 KPSI
• Total knot count: ~414,720
• Hands: 2 weavers, 4 months on loom
• Pile: ~10 mm wool
• Dye: workshop blend, light-fast
• Origin: India

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