Old Nain Tudeshk | 308 x 235 cm | Nr. 14915

Old Nain Tudeshk

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Persia
Dimensions	308 cm x 235 cm (= 7.24 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: kork wool with pure silk Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	1.000.000
Year of manufacture	1920
Condition	pre-owned, but in very good condition (cleaned & restored)
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

This rug was hand-knotted in the town of Tudeshk, not far from the oasis city of Nain. The region around Nain is one of Iran's best-known rug provenances (source, origin). The town of Nain lies north-west of Isfahan and has an old weaving tradition. Before the Qajar dynasty (1794 - 1925), the finest cloaks for noblemen – known as abas – were made here. Under the influence of Western culture, the traditional cloak was displaced as clothing by the suit. The weavers shifted their business and began knotting rugs.

Today's rugs from Nain owe their unmistakable patterns and colour combinations above all to the master Hadj Fatollah Habibian Naiini. He restricted himself to fewer than ten colours in his knotting and so laid the foundation for the colour composition of the Nain rugs that remain so popular today. To this day the base colours are usually white or beige and blue, although Nain rugs in red, green and yellow are appearing more and more often. Floral patterns whose outlines are accentuated with silk are typical. Thanks to their understated elegance, Nain rugs also work well in modern interiors.

Nain rugs are distinguished by four quality grades, which are given in Lah (the Persian word for layer). Lah describes the number of threads twisted together to form the warp. The more threads are used, the thicker the warp and therefore the knots, and the lower the knot density.

This old Alter Nain Tudeshk is around 106 years old and a true collector's piece.

Material

The pile of this Alter Nain Tudeshk was hand-knotted from kurk wool and silk. Kurk wool, also spelled kork wool, is an especially fine-threaded knotting yarn that feels almost velvety. Kurk wool is taken from the neck, the belly and the inner sides of the sheep's legs and is of particularly high quality. The pattern of this Alter Nain Tudeshk is picked out in lustrous pure silk, which is reeled by hand from the cocoons of the silkworm. The silk elements create a shimmering contrast and let the colours glow in different facets, depending on how the light falls.

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

Condition

This Alter Nain Tudeshk has a story to tell. It was knotted around 1920. We have cleaned it thoroughly and restored it with great care. Despite its age, it is therefore in very good condition.