New Teheran | 186 x 128 cm | Nr. Z-1948

Floral New Teheran, beige

Origin	India
Dimensions	186 cm x 128 cm (= 2.38 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: wool & viscose Weft & Warp: cotton
knots per m²2	200.000
Pile height	8mm
Year of manufacture	2022
Colour	Beige, Terracotta
Edition	one-of-a-kind piece

Origin

Contemporary aesthetics meet Oriental tradition – for this New Teheran rug we drew our inspiration from the traditional patterns of Persian Sarough rugs.

Sarough is one of Iran's best-known rug-knotting regions. Saroughs are famous for their floral Sultanabad designs. The delicate tendrils seem to branch out almost endlessly and are held in check only by the surrounding border.

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

Pattern

The lavish floral motifs of this New Teheran are elegantly drawn and full of variety. The graceful plant symbols – blossoms, leaves and branches – are artfully intertwined.

The surface of this New Teheran has a mottled look. Shifts in tone and the light-and-dark shading of the pile yarn make the colours shimmer and keep the rug from showing dirt. These so-called colour shifts, known as abrash, give the rug a livelier feel. The mottling comes about because the wool of this New Teheran was hand-spun. During dyeing, the natural dyes are absorbed to differing degrees.

The pattern, inspired by classic Oriental ornamentation, gives the impression that this hand-knotted rug already has a long history behind it. It looks as though it were washed out or faded, which makes it appear almost abstract. In reality, of course, this New Teheran is new and belongs to the youngest generation of contemporary rug designs. It builds a bridge between modern designs and interiors and classic Oriental motifs. The pattern is restrained and yet clearly present.

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 New Teheran is beige. The border is worked in beige and terracotta. The centre is terracotta.

Material

The pile of this New Teheran is made from a hard-wearing blend of 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 a continuous textile yarn. That is why viscose is also referred to as endless filament yarn. Because of the silky sheen of the yarn, viscose obtained from bamboo is also called "Bamboo Silk". The colloquial term "artificial silk" is not permitted under the German Textile Labelling Act (TKG). The weft and warp threads of this New Teheran are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and elastic, which makes it particularly well suited to a hard-wearing foundation.