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Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572
Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572
Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572
Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572
Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572
Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572
Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572

Malayer | 165 x 112 cm | Nr. 20572

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Malayer

This rug in light red and dark blue exists just once in this form: it brings together traditional craftsmanship and timeless elegance. The knot density of approx. 120,000 knots per m² makes the painstaking workmanship visible – right down to the finely executed details. At 165 × 112 cm, it is in its element as a rug for the bedroom or study. It shows to equally good effect in a child's room or a dressing room. Colouring and texture lend the room a homely atmosphere – with a character no other rug shares.

Availability In stock | Delivery time: 1–3 working days
Origin Persia
Dimensions 165 cm x 112 cm (= 1.85 m²)
Construction hand-knotted
Material Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes)
Weft: wool
Warp: cotton
knots 120,000 knots
Pile height 7 mm
Year of manufacture 1910
Condition pre-owned, cleaned & partially restored
Colour Light red, dark blue
Edition one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Malayer is the second-largest city in the province of Hamadan in western Iran and is known for its rug-knotting workshops. Malayer lies between Hamadan and Khorramabad, 380 km south-west of Tehran. The city of Malayer as it stands today was founded in 1808 under the name Daulatabad, in order to bring the restless region along the Zagros mountains under the control of the Persian state.

Material

The technique used to make the materials for the pile of this Malayer is over 200 years old. The wool was dyed with natural colours and spun by hand. Dyeing with natural or plant dyes is more involved, more expensive and more time-consuming than dyeing with chemical colours. For a luminous red, for example, you need roughly one kilo of ground madder root as dye per kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that is not too pale you even need two kilograms of weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is labour-intensive and takes time as well. On top of that, fewer and fewer people still know how to spin wool by hand.

But the effort is worth it: dyeing with natural colours allows the high-quality wool to keep its natural oil content. Wool that has been dyed with natural colours and spun by hand creates fascinating, shimmering patterns. The charm of hand-spun wool, with its slight irregularities and natural shades, comes into its own as a contrast in modern interiors, but equally in rooms furnished in a more traditional or country style.

The weft threads of this Malayer are made of wool. Cotton was used for the warp threads.

Condition

This Malayer has a history. It was knotted around 1910. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good but only partly restored condition. The pile has grown a little flatter in places. The edges and fringes could also do with a repair in parts. On top of that, sections of the border are missing on both sides. We have not fully restored this Malayer because we feel it has a special presence exactly as it is. If you would like us to, we will of course be happy to carry on restoring the rug for you. We can bring almost any rug back to near-perfect condition.

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