Heriz carpets earned their reputation in the dining rooms and libraries of late-Victorian America for one reason. The angular drawing and the cotton foundation made them more durable underfoot than any contemporary Persian alternative, and they aged into a richer palette rather than fading.

The loom carried this piece for several months. Hand-tied knots at approximately 145 per square inch on a cotton foundation. Hand-spun wool dyed in small lots from madder root, indigo, oak gall, and walnut hull, each batch matured in copper vats for two to three weeks before the wool was lowered.

The composition

Stylised flowers float across the ground in a loose all-over repeat. The blue grounds the composition; the rust works as relief above it. Vegetable-dyed wool gives the colour a slight irregularity that flat synthetic dye cannot match. The field will read differently in morning light than in evening light, the way oil paint does.

What you are buying

Fine Tabriz and Mughal-style work of this density rarely appears in retail at this number outside India. The same rug catalogued through a Western gallery would be priced at a multiple. Hand-knotted wool work appreciates with care; the rug rewards ownership rather than depreciating it.

The piece in a room

At the size as listed, the rug works as the central composition of a room arranged around it. Mid-tone walls hold the saturation. The blue carries warmth into the architecture without competing with upholstery or art.

Conservation

Rotate a half turn each spring and autumn so light and traffic age the rug evenly. Vacuum weekly with suction only, beater bar disengaged. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth without rubbing. Hand-wash by a wool-trained conservator every five years. Cared for this way, the rug runs eighty to a hundred years and outlives its first owner.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: size as listed
• Construction: symmetric (Turkish) knot, hand-tied
• Pile: 10 mm, hand-spun wool
• Dye: vegetable (madder, indigo, oak gall, walnut hull)
• Origin: India

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