Hello,

This looks like a Heriz variety carpet. This is North West Iran near Tabriz. While the weave does not look quite like a Heriz, there are surrounding towns and villages which make variations of the Heriz design and quality.

What I would suggest is given the size of the damaged area, and the extent of the damage into the surrounding area, the easiest thing would be to find a patch. This is something maybe a rug dealer could do to fix it. This is the only cost efficient way to fix. The cost of rewesaving a hole of this size probably could not be justified in terms of the rug's overall value, unless it were something sentimental where cost is no object.

I would bring this to a local reputable repair shop to evaluate the whole carpet. The carpet is not particularly valuable, especially in this state or even repaired.

Krow, I'm curious how far in depth the class you took went into how to decide when and what to repair... >>>

Well, it was a five week class so we had to go lightly over everything. But that was interesting. His equation was basically, what the rug would be worth in perfect condition, how extensive and what kind of damage there was and what it would cost to repair and then start subtracting from there. He briefly listed some off the cuff figures about what different kinds of repairs cost. I have seen repairs from perfect reweavings all the way down to patching, and patching badly.