An intricate and truly elegant navy blue and taupe Silk Nain (Persia) rug (9LA classification) c.1950

ABOUT

Pile: silk
Weft: cotton yarn
Warp: silk
Knot: asymmetrical

Very similar to an Isfahan rug.

288 x 173 cm

ABOUT NAIN

Carpets from the city have a high reputation and are very popular. Material as well as the workmanship is of highest class and the knot density is high; often more than one million knots per square meter. 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.

In connection with Nain carpets some denominations occur; 4La, 6La and 9La, where "La" in farsi means layer. This denomination is used to decide the quality of a Nain carpet and it refers to the number of layer of threads that have been used in every warp-thread at the manufacturing of the carpet. Persia, around 1970

In other words: the lower La-number the finer and more expensive carpets, see the following enumeration.

4La = exclusive quality - 6La = extra fine quality - 9La = good quality

(It is very hard to find Nain 4La carpets today.)

CONDITION

Slight signs of wear.