Hi
sounds a lot of money to me £5000 plus no way to much
No way is it 800 kpsi
could be Nain but also could be a tabbas

I don't think it is Tabbas for one thing Tabas does do blue but not this shade of blue which is very much a Nain Blue. The signature appears to be genuine and it is a very fine piece but it is jufti knots, which just about all weavers in Nain are weaving. It is a very pretty piece and I think for the size if you are buying it from a shop then it is a very good price, as the shop price for a piece like this is much higher.

Little Persia they have been doing that for a long time now. Mofidi was probably the only one that didn't do it, even the new Habibians are doing it. You do find some independent weavers that love their work, who would not do jufti knots. Why they do it? it is purely short sightedness. They think they are saving money but in the long run it is not good for the reputation of Nain Weave, which is known as a very high quality product. The little money they save by doing that does not justify the action. Don't forget it halves their work time and some material.

well what they do it is not so obvious form the back but what it does is decrease the density of the rug consequently the durability and look in the long term

It is very difficult to tell for an untrained eye. Basically you have to fold the a bit of the rug from the front to open up the pile and then see if the knot is done round one set of warps or two. In other words instead of knotting round two warps they hold together two sets of two of warps and do the knots round them. I have just read it and it confuses me I hope my explanation does not confuse youjavascript:insertsmiley('%20','/forum/Images/Emoticons/eusa_think.gif')

The signature say "Iran Nain- Jaberi". Was the dealer Iranian, because it is written there why not be honest about it. Anyway each to their own.