Hamadan | 285 x 80 cm | Nr. Z-3817

120,00 €

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Hamadan

Craftsmanship and timeless elegance come together in this rug in light red and dark red. At approx. 160,000 knots per m² the workmanship is correspondingly painstaking, as you can see in the precise drawing of the design and the finely worked details. Its 285 × 80 cm make it a hallway runner. It looks just as good beside the bed. Colour and texture give any room a homely, exclusive note – a one-of-a-kind piece made to last for years.

Delivery time	2 days
Origin	Persia
Dimensions	285 cm x 80 cm (= 2.28 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool Weft & Warp: cotton
knots	160.000
Year of manufacture	1980
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

This Hamadan has a story to tell. It was knotted around 1980. It has been thoroughly cleaned and is in good but unrestored condition. The fringes could do with a repair. The edges are damaged in places. Parts of the border are missing on both sides. The rug has several bare patches. We have not restored this Hamadan, because we feel it has a special presence just as it is. If you would prefer otherwise, we will of course be happy to restore the rug for you. Either way, this Hamadan will give 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.