Old Hamadan | 206 x 136 cm | Nr. 20064

1.100,00 €

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Old Hamadan

This rug in dark blue and dark red brings together traditional craftsmanship and timeless elegance. A knot density of around 120,000 knots per m² makes the painstaking work visible – right down to the finely executed details. At 206 × 136 cm, it is well placed as a rug for the bedroom or study. It shows to equally good effect in a child's room or a dressing room. This one-of-a-kind piece brings individual character to a room and keeps its value far beyond short-lived trends.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Persia
Dimensions	206 cm x 136 cm (= 2.8 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	120.000
Year of manufacture	1940
Condition	pre-owned, cleaned & partially restored
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Hamadan (also Hamedan) rugs are knotted in the area around the city of Hamadan in north-western Iran. Hamadan is one of the oldest cities in Persia and lies amid a well-watered fruit-growing region on the banks of the Qareh, at the foot of the Zagros foothills. Rug knotting has a centuries-old tradition in this region. Hamedan is a collective name, for village and nomad rugs from many surrounding places come onto the market in Hamedan. What is typical of rugs from the Hamadan region is that they are knotted with a single weft using the Turkish knot. That is to say, one weft thread is inserted after every row of knots. Persian rugs are normally knotted with two or three wefts.

This Old Hamadan is around 86 years old and a true collector's piece.

Material

The pile of this Old Hamadan was hand-knotted from high-quality new wool. New wool is obtained by gently shearing 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 therefore naturally protected against dirt. Wool also offers excellent thermal insulation, helps regulate the indoor climate and dampens sound.

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

Condition

This Old Hamadan has a history. It was knotted around 1940. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good but only partially restored condition. Only the edges of the rug are slightly damaged in places. We have not fully restored this Old Hamadan because we feel it has a special charm just as it is. If that is what you would like, we are of course happy to restore the rug further for you. We can bring almost any rug back to near-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.

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