Eine Fotoaufnahme eines China Teppich Teppichs.

Old Chinese Rug | 352 x 257 cm | Nr. 16738

1.190,00 €

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Old China Rug

There is only one rug like this in sand yellow and blue-grey: it brings together traditional craftsmanship and timeless elegance. At approx. 90,000 knots per m² the workmanship is correspondingly painstaking, as you can see in the precise drawing and the finely worked details. Its 352 × 257 cm make it a rug for spacious living areas. It looks just as good in a reception area. Colouring and texture lend the room a homely atmosphere – with a character no other rug shares.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	China
Dimensions	352 cm x 257 cm (= 9.05 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	90.000
Year of manufacture	1990
Condition	pre-owned, cleaned & partially restored
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Rugs were in all likelihood known in China very early on. The Mongol invasion around 1279, which brought Central Asian rugs into the country that were used as tents and saddle gear, gave a boost to the local production that probably already existed in China at the time. An exhibition in Saint Louis in the USA in 1903 awakened interest in Chinese rugs in the Western world. Soon afterwards, rugs were being made in China solely for export to Europe and North America.

This old Chinese rug is around 36 years old and a real collector's piece.

Material

China rugs are hand-knotted from silky, lustrous wool. For our high-quality China rugs, the wool is obtained by gently shearing live sheep. New wool is a renewable, natural raw material with a number of impressive properties: thanks to the natural lanolin in the wool, the surface repels droplets of water and is naturally proofed against dirt. Wool also offers excellent thermal insulation, helps regulate the indoor climate and dampens sound. The knot density is relatively low – as is typical of Chinese rugs – and the pile is left long.

The weft and warp threads of this old Chinese rug are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and pliable, which makes it particularly well suited to a hard-wearing foundation weave.

Condition

You are not the first to take a liking to this old Chinese rug. It has had owners before you who treasured and used it. It was knotted around 1990. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good, though only partially restored, condition. In the centre there are a few large, light stains caused by damage in transit. We have not fully restored this old Chinese rug because we feel that it has a special presence just as it is. If you would prefer otherwise, we will of course be happy to carry on restoring the rug 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.