What is Nain design rug?
Nain rugs are constructed using the Persian knot and typically have between 300 and 700 knots per square inch. The pile is usually very high quality wool, clipped short, and silk is often used as highlighting for detail in the design.
Do Persian rugs have a signature?
Not all Persian rugs have signatures on them. Only very few pieces that are painstakingly created by master craftsmen have this special feature on them. Signature rugs are not manufactured by just any ordinary weavers on home-made looms.
What is Nain silk?
Nain carpets often have a higher knot density than one million knots per square metre. The material in the more exclusive carpets consists of wool on a silk warp or silk in the warp as well as in the weft and pile. Patterns with a medallion in the middle together with arabesques and floral motifs are common.
What are Kashan carpets?
A Kashan rugs’ foundations are usually cotton, though their older pieces are made from pure silk. The body frame is crafted with wool that sometimes has silk mixed within. The finished texture of Kashan rugs is normally tight, yet soft to the touch.
What color is Nain?
With regard to color the Nain carpet typically consists of either earth red or muted blue highlights on a background of ivory or cream, though occassionally this scheme may be reversed.
What are the colors of a Nain rug?
Nain rugs are made with mostly beautiful muted colors, predominantly beige, dark blue, light blue, burgundy, green, ivory and many more. Nain rugs do not only use wool as their foundation.
Where was the origin of the Nain rug?
View all our fine Nain rugs. Nain is a town 150km to the east of Isfahan in central Iran; it is relatively new to the carpet world compared to ancient weaving centres such as Kashan, Isfahan and Yazd. Although it started out producing Isfahan carpets, in the mid 1930s Nain began developing its own style.
Where do you find the signature on a rug?
Usually the inscription is found in a cartouche centered at the end of the rug, inserted in a guard border. Often the signature represents the patronymic of a weaving family:
What kind of rug is made in Israel?
This high density rug is known as a Nain, made in the city of Nain in Israel. It’s a Habibian, which is the most famous name in Nain workshop rugs today. Let your eyes wander over it and take in its beauty. 3. Persian Silk Ghoum – €9,500