New Teheran | 204 x 146 cm | Nr. Z-2500

Modern New Teheran, grey-beige

Origin	India
Dimensions	204 cm x 146 cm (= 2.9784 m²)
Construction	hand-knotted
Material	Pile: viscose Weft & Warp: cotton
knots per m²2	200.000
Pile height	7mm
Year of manufacture	2023
Colour	Grey-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

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 clear, abstract design of this contemporary rug speaks especially to people who love simple, modern interiors and architecture. The design idea for this rug comes from Europe. Free from the rules of traditional rug patterns, it was developed for Western art and interior styles. That is not an entirely new development, though. The roots of European rug design go back to Art Deco rugs, which were made to Western specifications between the late twenties and the fifties.

The background of this New Teheran is grey-beige.

 

Material

The pile of this New Teheran is made of hard-wearing viscose. The colloquial term "artificial silk" is not permitted under the German Textile Labelling Act (TKG). Viscose — also written viscose and known as acetate silk or rayon — is generally obtained from cellulose, a natural product, and therefore from wood as a raw material. In India, however, the cellulose pulp is also obtained from bamboo. In an elaborate process, the pulpy cellulose is drawn out into one continuous textile yarn. That 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". The weft and warp threads of this New Teheran are made of cotton. This versatile material is tear-resistant and stretchy, which makes it particularly suitable for a hard-wearing foundation.