Provenance and Heritage

Bidjar, in the Kurdish highlands of western Iran, gives its name to the densest and most durable hand-knotted rugs in the Persian canon — the pile is beaten down so firmly while the wool is still damp that collectors have long called them the “iron rugs of Persia.” A Bidjar of this construction lies flat from the first day, holds its shape without a backing, and takes decades of traffic without thinning.

Design and Construction

A large ivory hexagonal medallion sits at the centre, itself filled with a miniature Herati lattice in wine red, olive and rose, and outlined by a fine grey-blue serrated contour. It is set within a second, larger hexagon on a rust-orange ground — an unusual and warm field colour for a Bidjar, more Ferahan than the customary madder red — which carries the same Herati lattice at full scale, punctuated by small ivory rosettes.

The four corner spandrels are worked in deep navy, so the composition reads as three distinct zones rather than one flat plane. A broad ivory main border with red serrated palmettes and a geometric vine frames the whole, held between red guard stripes and closed by a black selvedge. Ivory cotton fringes finish both ends.

Quality

Knotted at approximately 360,000 knots per square metre, or roughly 230 kpsi (knots per square inch), with a 10 mm pile. At that density the Herati stays fully drawn across the whole field, and the corner spandrels keep their pattern rather than reading as blocks of dark colour — the detail that separates a good Bidjar from an ordinary one.

Presence in the Room

At 152 × 90 cm (1.37 m²) this is a versatile small format:

• Entrance hall: substantial enough to define the space, dense enough to take the traffic.
• Beside a bed: the full length of a single bed, with room to step onto it.
• In front of a sofa or fireplace: the warm rust ground sits well with wood and leather.

Specifications

Responsible Origin · Label STEP

Djoharian is a certified partner of Label STEP, the international fair-trade organisation for hand-knotted rugs — fair pay for the weavers, no child labour, and ecologically responsible production.

Djoharian — Since 1967

Our family business was founded in 1967, with roots in the Grand Carpet Bazaar of Tehran — five decades of trade and connoisseurship behind every piece we offer.

Service and Care

Every piece is 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.