Nain

Prodict ID:		8151
Origin:		Iran
Size:		358 x 257 cm
Style:		Nain
Age:		new
Material:

The picturesque city of Nain is close to the western edge of the great Dasht-e-Kavir desert in Iran, 200 kilometres east of Isfahan. Nain rugs are famous for the high quality of their constituent materials as well as for their workmanship. Their 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. Central medallions with arabesques and floral motifs are usual in Nain rugs. The quality of Nain carpets is measured in “La”s, as in 4La, 6La and 9La, where "La" is farsi for layer. It refers to the number of layers of threads used in every warp-thread in the manufacturing of the carpet. The lower the number the finer and the higher density of knots. It is possible to check how many layers have been used by counting the number of threads in a carpet’s fringes - if you can see 3 pairs of thread then it is a 6La carpet.