Size: 4'.01" x 5'.01"

This rug is reduced in size and sown in the middle, condition is evenly low pile. This is an extremely collectible rug, even though it is reduced, selling price for this rug is really reasonable.

Malayer is a large village located between the major weaving areas of Hamadan and Sarouk in Northwest Persia.   Malayer and the surrounding villages produced some of the most decorative of Persian village weavings. At the finer levels, each Malayer Oriental carpet is distinct, the weavers having drawn on a large pool of designs, investing much originality in their creation.

Finely woven for village Persian carpets, the best Malayer carpets were woven in the village of Mishin, and use a lustrous, resilient wool and subtle, mesmerizing, repeating patterns. Many of the weavers were of ethnic Turkish stock and the “Ghiordes” or symmetric knot was used in all Malayer carpets. The wool pile is often cut fairly short to accentuate the detail and clarity of the design.

Like all of the most artistic village rugs, older antique Malayer carpets are excellent investments which are now just beginning to approach the full recognition they deserve.