Bakhtiari Panel Design Rug | 143 x 71 cm | Nr. Z-2442

Bakhtiari Panel-Pattern Rug

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	India
Dimensions	143 cm x 71 cm (= 1.02 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool (hand-spun, natural dyes) & viscose Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	360.000
Year of manufacture	2010
Condition	pre-owned, but in very good condition (cleaned & restored)
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

The pattern of this Bakhtiari panel-pattern rug takes its cue from the pattern elements of classic Bakhtiari rugs. This rug, however, was not knotted in Iran but in Pakistan.

The Bakhtiari (also Bachtiari) are an ancient, widely branched people living in south-western Iran. Their rugs are known collectively as Bakhtiar or Bakhtiari, where the "i" corresponds to our preposition "of". Bakhtiari rugs – the rugs of the Bakhtiari – comprise numerous sub-provenances with a variety of pattern types.

In our Bakhtiari panel-pattern rugs the classic pattern elements are arranged in panels that seem to float on the contrasting, monochrome ground. As with classic Bakhtiari rugs, natural dyes and hand-spun wool were used in their making, so that despite their intensity they feel pleasantly restrained and resemble their classic models in workmanship and line.

Material

The pile of this Bakhtiari panel-pattern rug is made from a hard-wearing blend of hand-spun wool and viscose.

Viscose (also known as acetate silk or rayon) is always obtained from cellulose, a natural product, and thus from the raw material wood. In India the cellulose pulp is obtained from bamboo. In an elaborate process the pulpy cellulose is drawn into one continuous textile yarn. This is why viscose is also called continuous filament yarn. Because of the silky sheen of the yarn, viscose obtained from bamboo is also known as "Bamboo Silk". The colloquial term "artificial silk" is not permitted under the German Textile Labelling Act (TKG).

The technique used to prepare the wool for the pile of this Bakhtiari panel-pattern rug is over 200 years old. The wool was dyed with natural colours and spun by hand. Dyeing with natural or plant-based colours is more complicated, more expensive and more time-consuming than dyeing with chemical dyes. For a luminous red, for instance, you need around one kilo of ground madder root as dyestuff per kilo of wool. For a strong yellow that isn't too pale, you even need two kilograms of the dyestuff weld per kilo of wool. Spinning the wool is just as time-consuming and labour-intensive. On top of that, fewer and fewer people still know how to spin 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 Bakhtiari panel-pattern rug are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and yet elastic, which makes it particularly well suited to a hard-wearing foundation.

Condition

You are not the first to take a liking to this Bakhtiari panel-pattern rug. It had owners before you who valued and used it. Some areas of the rug are discoloured. It was knotted around 2010. We have cleaned it thoroughly and restored it with care. That is why – despite its age – it is in very good condition.