







Bakhtiari | 237 x 168 cm | Nr. 312416
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1-3 working days delivery time (within Germany) |
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Bakhtiari
There is only one rug like this in dark blue and beige: it brings together traditional craftsmanship and timeless elegance. The knot density of approx. 200,000 knots per m² makes the painstaking workmanship visible – right down to the finely worked details. At 237 × 168 cm it is perfectly at home as a living room rug. It looks just as good in the bedroom, placed under the bed. Colouring and texture lend the room a homely atmosphere – with a character no other rug shares.
| Delivery time | 2 days |
| Origin | Pakistan |
| Dimensions | 237 cm x 168 cm (= 3.98 m²) |
| Construction | hand-knotted |
| Material |
Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft & Warp: cotton |
| knots | 200.000 |
| Edition | one-of-a-kind piece |
Origin
The Bakhtiari (also Bachtiari) are an ancient, widely branching people living in south-western Iran. The collective name for their rugs is Bakhtiar or Bakhtiari, where the ‘i’ corresponds to our preposition ‘of’. Bakhtiari rugs – the rugs of the Bakhtiari – take in numerous sub-provenances with a range of pattern types. For all this breadth, Bakhtiar rugs resemble one another in their colour compositions, in their various handcrafted techniques and in their line, which is always floral.Bakhtiari rugs are made mainly with natural dyes, which feel pleasant despite their intensity and take on a beautiful patina over the years. Frequently used colours are brown for the outlines, plus red, bottle green, yellow and white as a highlight that gives the rug its likeable character.
Material
The technique used to prepare the materials for the pile of this Bakhtiari is over 200 years old. The wool was dyed with natural dyes and spun by hand. Dyeing with natural or plant dyes is more involved, more costly and more time-consuming than dyeing with chemical colours. For a luminous red, for instance, you need around one kilo of ground madder root as a dyestuff per kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that is not too pale, it takes as much as two kilograms of dyer's weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is just as time- and labour-intensive. And fewer and fewer people still master the art of spinning 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 and warp threads of this Bakhtiari are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and yet has some give, which makes it particularly well suited to a hard-wearing foundation.
A note on the photos
Child labour? No thanks.

The rug trade against child labour: Children belong in school, not at a knotting or weaving loom. For us it therefore goes without saying that we only offer rugs made under fair conditions and without child labour. We place particular importance on good working conditions and tolerate no child labour at our producers.
We are proud to be a member of the Care & Fair campaign against child labour.
The industry-wide campaign CARE & FAIR - the rug trade against child labour was founded in 1994. The initiative has made it its mission to fight the excesses of illegal child labour in the knotting countries and, at the same time, to improve the overall situation of rug knotters and their families in the knotting regions of India, Nepal and Pakistan.
Our goals:
- Ending illegal child labour in India and Pakistan.
- Creating better living conditions for knotters' families.
- Socially responsible production. We only accept goods that have been made under fair conditions. Working with our producers as partners, we want to make clear to them that taking on social responsibility benefits everyone.
Together with Care & Fair we currently support 10 schools, 6 adult education centres and 3 day clinics in India and Pakistan.
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1-3 working days delivery time (within Germany) |
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14-day home trial |
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Free delivery & returns within the EU |


