New Teheran | 306 x 253 cm | Nr. 18894

Floral Neo Nain, blue-grey with border

Origin

Contemporary aesthetics meet Oriental tradition – for this Neo Nain rug we took our inspiration from the traditional pattern of Persian Nain rugs.

Nain is one of Iran's best-known rug provenances (source, origin). The town of Nain lies north-west of Isfahan and has a knotting tradition going back centuries. The pattern of Nain rugs with its floral tendrils is unmistakable and, in a sense, an archetype of the classic Persian rug.

We have reworked the traditional pattern templates and, above all, arranged the colouring completely anew. The result is a fusion of traditional Oriental rug design and modern European aesthetics. With our Neo Nain rugs we set out to meet the trends of European interior design, playing freely with the conventions of traditional rug knotting.

Pattern

The pattern, inspired by classic Oriental ornament, gives the impression that this hand-knotted rug already has a long history behind it. It looks as though it has been washed out or faded, which makes it almost abstract. In reality this Neo Nain is of course new and part of the latest generation of contemporary rug designs. It builds a bridge between modern designs and interiors and classic Oriental motifs. The pattern is restrained and yet present.

The lavish floral motifs of this Neo Nain are elegantly and variedly composed. The graceful vegetal symbols, depicting blossoms, leaves and branches, are artfully intertwined.

The ornate border forms a wonderful contrast with the centre and shapes the transition at the edge of the rug.

Individual areas of the pattern have a higher pile than the rest of this rug. The patterns of modern rugs are tending to become plainer and more abstract. Playing with different pile heights is a new approach, and it has replaced more elaborate, more insistent patterns. Because parts of the pattern have been brought out in two dimensions, though, the rug never looks dull. The accentuation is out of the ordinary and has a truly distinctive effect.

The background of this Neo Nain is grey-beige. The overall impression is also dominated by blue-grey and grey-beige. The border is worked in grey-beige and blue-grey.

Material

The pile of this Neo Nain is made of a hard-wearing blend of wool and viscose. Viscose – also called viscose rayon, 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 referred to as a continuous filament yarn. Because of the silky sheen of the yarn, viscose obtained from bamboo is also called "Bamboo Silk", bamboo silk. The colloquial term "artificial silk" is not permitted under the German Textile Labelling Act (TKG). The weft and warp threads of this Neo Nain are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and elastic and therefore particularly well suited to a hard-wearing foundation.