Yellow Anatolian Hand-Knotted Wool Rug, Pinhan Series

The word behind the series is pinhan, which in Turkish means concealed: the Pinhan Series yellow rug in hand-knotted wool, Anatolian figures worked into a mustard-and-gold field, on a cotton foundation, tied in Afghanistan and Pakistan for Halıcızade alone.

01The tone of the ground

One piece in stock. Yellow is the difficult color. Too clean and it turns acid; too soft and it slides into beige within a year of daylight. This one sits at mustard, with gold coming through wherever the pile catches the sun, and the Anatolian figures are drawn in tones dark enough to stay legible against it. The name suits the drawing.

02The mark of slow weaving

From across a room the rug is simply warm, and only from standing height above it do the small geometric forms separate out of the ground. The knot is the double one, tied over two warps at a time — the symmetrical knot Anatolian weavers have used since at least the 13th century, when the Seljuk rugs now held in Konya were made.

03How it feels underfoot

Wool is what the foot meets, and beneath it cotton runs as the frame with a trace of synthetic thread worked in for strength that Halıcızade would rather declare than leave out. No dimension is recorded for this piece, so none is quoted.

04From the hand of the weaver

Vacuum it; leave the washing to a rug cleaner. Hand-knotted in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Pinhan series drawn for Halıcızade. Mustard and gold in the field, with Anatolian figures in darker tones. The double knot is used, the same symmetrical knot found in 13th-century Anatolian weaving. Wool surface throughout; the foundation is cotton with a trace of synthetic yarn. Pinhan means concealed, and the drawing is meant to be read from above rather than across. No size is recorded for this piece in the house's own data. Sweep or vacuum at home, and use a professional for washing. Most people rule yellow out early, and it is the one color that will change a dark room in an afternoon.