Vintage Persian Hamadan Rug handmade wool repeating motifs

repeating motifs

Size: 276 x 216 cm | 9'1" x 7'1"

Size: 287 x 197 cm | 9'5" x 6'6"

It is something machine-made rugs can never offer

the colours have already mellowed and the pile has settled into the kind of refinement that only natural dyes and fine wool together produce over time

Vintage Persian Hamadan Rug handmade wool repeating motifsThe Hamadan region of western Iran is home to over 1,500 weaving villages, each with their own patterns, their own colour sensibility, and their own interpretation of the craft. No central workshop, no shared pattern book. What gets called a Hamadan rug is actually the product of hundreds of distinct communities, which is why these rugs have a character that more uniform weaving traditions simply cannot replicate. This rug is hand knotted from hand