Tabriz | 262 x 156 cm | Nr. Z-483

690,00 €

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Tabriz

Craftsmanship and timeless elegance come together in this rug in dark red and sand yellow. With a knot density of approx. 360,000 knots per m², the painstaking workmanship shows above all in the precise drawing of the pattern and the finely worked details. At 262 × 156 cm it works beautifully as a living-room rug. It also looks at home in the bedroom under the bed. Colouring and texture give any room a homely, exclusive note – a one-of-a-kind piece that will last for years.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Persia
Dimensions	262 cm x 156 cm (= 4.09 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool with pure silk Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	360.000
Year of manufacture	1960
Condition	pre-owned, cleaned & partially restored
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Standing on Persia's northern border at the crossroads of countless caravan routes, the city of Tabriz (also written Tabris or Täbriz) has always been a melting pot of different ethnic and religious groups. Although the city lies on the border with Azerbaijan, the dialect spoken in Tabriz is related to Turkish. The bazaars of Tabriz have traded in craftwork for centuries, and above all in rugs from the surrounding villages.

Material

The pile of this Tabriz was hand-knotted from high-quality new wool. New wool is obtained by gently shearing sheep. The pattern has been worked in pure silk, so that the colours of this Tabriz's pattern shine in different nuances depending on how the light falls. New wool is a renewable, natural raw material with a number of impressive properties: thanks to the natural grease content of the wool, the surface repels droplets of water and is thus naturally protected against dirt. Wool also offers excellent thermal insulation, helps regulate the indoor climate and dampens sound. Silk is obtained by hand from the cocoons of the silkworm. Because the individual silk filaments are extremely long, very fine yarns can be spun that are light in weight yet still tear-resistant. This fine yarn makes it possible to tie smaller rug knots and therefore to create finer patterns. That is why the finest rugs in the world are hand-knotted from pure silk.

The weft and warp threads of this Tabriz are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and elastic, which makes it particularly suitable for a hard-wearing foundation weave.

Condition

This Tabriz has had admirers before you. It was knotted around 1960. It has been cleaned thoroughly and is in good, though only partly restored, condition. The pile is worn in places. We have not fully restored this Tabriz because we feel it has a special presence just as it is. If that is what you would like, we will of course gladly restore the rug further for you. We can bring almost any rug back to a nearly perfect condition.

A note on the photos

The colours of this rug change depending on which side you look at it from. It all depends on whether the light falls with the nap of the pile or against it. That is why we have photographed the rug from several angles.

Child labour? No thanks.

Child labour? No thanks. Children belong in school, not at a knotting frame or a loom. For us it therefore goes without saying that we only offer rugs made under fair conditions and without child labour.

We attach particular importance to humane working conditions and tolerate no child labour at any of our producers. Thank you for helping us to ensure fair conditions.

That is why we support the initiative Care & Fair against child labour in the rug trade.