Name: Ivory Gonbad
Brand: RUGINZA
SKU: NCA3567
Price: 5528.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Ivory and blue Gonbad dome medallion Nain rug, 156×260cm

Gonbad dome medallion detail in ivory and blue on Nain rug

Border detail of ivory blue Gonbad Nain rug

Hand-knotted wool pile of Gonbad Nain rug, 156×260cm

Ivory blue Gonbad Nain rug 156×260cm, Persian craftsmanship

Ivory and blue Gonbad rug for a bedroom, about 2 tatami

One-of-a-kind ivory and blue Gonbad dome Persian Nain rug

Hand-knotted Persian Nain rug with Gonbad dome design

Ivory and blue Gonbad Nain Persian rug, hand-knotted

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Size

156×260cm

Color — Ivory

Ivory

Rug material

Wool

Only one available — one-of-a-kind.

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A finely hand-knotted Persian Nain from the desert-edge town of Nain in central Persia (Iran), woven in 100% wool in the Gonbad or dome design. The whole field is composed as the interior of a mosque dome seen from directly below: a small rosette at the centre releases long radiating rays that widen as they travel outward, each compartment filled with floral work in pale sky blue, deep navy, red, green and ivory.

Along the lower edge runs an arcade of arched niches representing the mihrabs and columns of the mosque wall, drawn in perspective so the architecture appears to fall away towards the dome above. The weaver's signature cartouche is woven into the lower border. A one-of-a-kind piece.

Origin: Iran
Type: Persian Nain, hand-knotted
Material: 100% wool
Design: Gonbad Dome
Size: 156×260cm (5'1"×8'6") — Medium
Colour: Ivory
SKU: NCA3567
One-of-a-kind: Yes

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Material: 100 percent hand-spun wool pile, hand-knotted on a cotton foundation.

Care instructions

Vacuum gently and regularly on a low setting.
Rotate the rug every six months for even wear.
Blot spills immediately, working from the outside in.
Keep out of prolonged direct sunlight.
Have the rug professionally hand-cleaned every few years.

Gonbad is the Persian word for dome, and a Gonbad rug asks you to read the floor as a ceiling. Lie it flat and you are looking straight up into a mosque: a rosette at the apex, ribs radiating outward and widening as they descend, and at the lower edge an arcade of mihrab niches standing in for the walls. The widening of the rays is a deliberate trick of perspective, giving the flat pile a sense of real depth. The design is thought to derive from the seventeenth-century dome of the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque in Isfahan and entered carpet weaving around the turn of the twentieth century. It is among the most demanding of all Persian designs, since every ray must be drawn to a different width yet resolve perfectly at the centre, and Nain — a town whose weavers came to carpets from fine cloth-making and are known above all for precision — is one of the few places that weaves it well.

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Shipping
We ship from Japan to the United States, the United Kingdom and 19 European countries. Shipping is free on orders of ¥150,000 or more (approx. $1,000 / £790 / €920); orders below that ship at a ¥15,000 flat rate (approx. $99 / £79 / €92). Each rug is carefully rolled and wrapped. Orders are dispatched within 3 to 5 business days, then take 7 to 15 business days in transit. Every order ships with tracking. Import duties and taxes may apply in your country; please contact us before ordering for details.

Returns
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