Talkhonceh 151 × 106cm

Carpet No.: 8993

Size: 151x106cm

Knot density: approximately 160,000 knots per m²

Age: 20-50 years old

Composition: wool

This rug is hand knotted and there may be slight differences in shape, thickness and pattern. This is especially true for nomadic rugs.

Workmanship: hand knotted

Talkhonceh carpets are knotted in the southwestern region of Chahar Mahal. Their iconography has been influenced by the Bakhtiari, Lori and Ghashghai, giving rise to high-quality examples with shiny pile. Natural colours are used, juxtaposed in a play of contrasts with bright hues. The most common layout is that of rhomboid-shaped medallions arranged in the centre on a single row or across the entire field of the carpet, but we can also find concentric medallions with an infinite number of small motifs scattered across the entire field, such as rosettes, eight-pointed stars and animals. Thanks to its geographical position of 2000 metres above sea level, which makes the climate very cold, the wool of the sheep is very fine, and characterises the fineness of Talkhonceh carpets. The warp and weft are usually made of cotton, while the wool pile has a medium shear. Whoever buys a Talkhonceh buys a very versatile carpet that can be easily combined with both classic and modern furnishings. Often linked to the name Nain, it follows the denomination “La” which in Persian means layers, or the number of threads that make up a warp, used for knotting the carpet. The fewer “layers” therefore “la” there are, the more valuable the carpet is, for example a Nain 4La will be finer than a Nain 6La or 9La. Often these carpets, being true works of art, are signed in the frame at the top by the master knotter who made them, among the most famous is the master Habibian, who became famous for the very high quality of his carpets especially suitable for an elite of connoisseurs. In recent years a production has also developed that has nothing to do with the Nain, the nain tabas belong to this category.