Hamadan | 162 x 108 cm | Nr. Z-2399

230,00 €

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Hamadan

Craftsmanship and timeless elegance meet in this dark red rug. Its knot density of roughly 240,000 knots per m² makes the painstaking workmanship visible – right down to the finely worked details. At 162 × 108 cm it is well placed as a rug for the bedroom or study. It shows just as well in a smaller living room. Colour and texture lend any room a homely, exclusive note – a one-of-a-kind piece that will last for years.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Persia
Dimensions	162 cm x 108 cm (= 1.75 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	240.000
Year of manufacture	1960
Condition	pre-owned and cleaned
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.

Material

The pile of this 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 range of impressive qualities: thanks to the natural lanolin in the wool, the surface repels droplets of water and is 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 Hamadan are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and elastic, which makes it particularly well suited to a hard-wearing foundation weave.

Condition

You are not the first to take a liking to this Hamadan. It has had owners before you who valued and used it. It was knotted in around 1960. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good but unrestored condition. The fringes could do with a repair. Parts of the border are missing along one side. We have not restored this Hamadan, because we feel it has a special charm just as it is. If you would like us to, we will of course gladly restore the rug for you. Either way, this Hamadan will bring you pleasure for decades to come.

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.