Antique Bakhtiari | 293 x 163 cm | Nr. Z-780

Antique Bakhtiari | 293 x 163 cm | Nr. Z-780

1.900,00 €

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Antique Bakhtiari

This rug in rust red and dark blue brings together traditional craftsmanship and timeless elegance. At around 200,000 knots per m², the workmanship is correspondingly painstaking, evident in the precise drawing and the finely worked details. Its 293 × 163 cm make it a runner for a hallway or entrance area. It also looks good beside the bed. This one-of-a-kind piece brings individual character into the room and keeps its value far beyond short-lived trends.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Persia
Dimensions	293 cm x 163 cm (= 4.78 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool Weft & Warp: wool
knots	200.000
Year of manufacture	1910
Condition	pre-owned, cleaned & partially restored
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

The Bakhtiari (also Bachtiari) are an ancient, widely branching people living in south-western Iran. The collective name for their rugs is Bakhtiar or Bakhtiari, where the ‘i’ corresponds to our preposition ‘of’. Bakhtiari rugs – the rugs of the Bakhtiari – take in numerous sub-provenances with a range of pattern types. For all this breadth, Bakhtiar rugs resemble one another in their colour compositions, in their various handcrafted techniques and in their line, which is always floral.

Bakhtiari rugs are made mainly with natural dyes, which feel pleasant despite their intensity and take on a beautiful patina over the years. Frequently used colours are brown for the outlines, plus red, bottle green, yellow and white as a highlight that gives the rug its likeable character.

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

Material

The pile of this Antique Bakhtiari 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 qualities: 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 foundation (weft and warp threads) of this Antique Bakhtiari is made of new wool.

Condition

This Antique Bakhtiari has had admirers before you. It was knotted around 1910. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good but only partly restored condition. The pile is worn in places. The fringes could do with a repair. On one side, parts of the border are missing. We have not fully restored this Antique Bakhtiari because we feel it has a special charm just as it is. If you would like us to, we will of course be glad to restore it 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.

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.