A Field Built From Texture

This rug has no medallion, no border and no repeating motif. What organises the surface instead is rhythm: horizontal bands of tiny knotted marks — triangles, ladders, dashes, hooks, chevrons — that change from row to row, the way a hand-woven textile changes when the weaver picks up a different sequence. Some bands are dense and dark, others open into quiet stretches of plain ground. Read from a distance the whole field settles into soft horizontal striping; up close it breaks apart again into hundreds of individual small figures.

The vocabulary is loosely tribal, but the arrangement is contemporary — unstructured, asymmetric, closer to a woven study than to a traditional carpet layout.

Colour

The palette runs through warm earth: a cream to wheat-gold ground shifting band by band, cut through with rust red and deep oxblood, softened by stretches of olive and sage, and marked in places with near-black. Scattered through it are small flecks of pink, apricot and pale grey-blue — individual knots that carry a different fibre and catch the light differently from the wool around them. They are what keeps a largely neutral rug from reading as flat.

Because the tones are layered rather than blocked, the rug changes character with the light: warm and reddish under lamplight, considerably cooler and more olive in daylight.

Material and Construction

The pile is 85 % wool and 15 % viscose on a cotton foundation, hand-knotted in India at a low pile of approximately 7 to 9 mm. The viscose component is reclaimed sari yarn — in the trade often called sari silk, though the fibre is viscose, not silk. It is spun from offcuts and remnants of sari production and carries the irregular colour of its source material, which is why the bright flecks appear at random rather than in a pattern.

Practically it does two things: it puts a fine sheen into an otherwise matte wool surface, and it uses a textile stream that would otherwise be waste. The low pile makes the rug well suited to rooms with chairs and to underfloor heating.

Presence in the Room

At 235 × 300 cm (7.1 m²) this is a room-size rug:

• Dining room: Carries a table for six to eight with chairs staying on the pile when pushed back. The low, dense construction is practical under chair legs.
• Living room: Draws a seating group into one unit, with sofa and armchairs standing on the rug. The horizontal banding widens a room visually when laid across the line of sight.
• Bedroom or study: Soft wool underfoot, and a pattern quiet enough not to compete with furniture or art.

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Responsible Sourcing · Label STEP

Djoharian is a Label STEP certified dealer for fair-trade knotted rugs — fair wages for the weavers, no child labour, and ecologically responsible production. Visit the Label STEP entry for Djoharian Teppiche →

Djoharian — Since 1967

Founded in 1967, with roots in the Grand Carpet Bazaar of Tehran and more than five decades of experience in the international rug trade. Each piece is carefully selected, inspected and presented with the documentation a discerning buyer expects.

Service and Delivery

Every piece is expertly inspected in our atelier in Lohr am Main before dispatch. For expert washing and repair we offer our own professional rug cleaning service. Secure and fast worldwide shipping, fully insured, with personal consultation in our showroom or by video call.