Antique Abadeh | 79 x 62 cm | Nr. 8942

Antique Abadeh

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Persia
Dimensions	79 cm x 62 cm (= 0.49 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	180.000
Year of manufacture	1910
Condition	pre-owned, cleaned & partially restored
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

This rug was hand-knotted with the Persian knot in the small town of Abadeh and the surrounding villages. Abadeh lies between Isfahan and Shiraz. The brick-red colouring is typical of Abadeh rugs.

This antique Abadeh is a collector's piece. It is around 116 years old, and that alone makes it something quite special. Antique rugs like this Abadeh are as sought after as ever and fetch top prices at renowned auction houses.

Material

The technique used to prepare the materials for the pile of this Antique Abadeh is more than 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 example, you need roughly one kilo of ground madder root as dyestuff for every kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that is not too pale, it even takes two kilograms of weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is just as time- and labour-intensive. And fewer and fewer people still master 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 Antique Abadeh 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 Antique Abadeh had admirers before you. It was knotted around 1910. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good but only partly restored condition. The fringes have been secured. Overall the pile is worn down, in places heavily so. The edges in particular need attention. We have not fully restored this Antique Abadeh, because we feel it has a special presence exactly as it is. If you would like us to, we will of course carry the restoration further for you. We can bring almost any rug back to near-perfect condition.