First of all I definately don't have the pictures that are neccesary, since these are from an ad. My main question is the lack of border with this rug. When I look at this rug this afternoon will the lack of border mean it's a Sino-Kerman or Indo-Kerman? It is a 9'X6' rug.
On another rug RugPro called it a floating border, but that was an older rug. The story of this rug is it was with the house purchased 8 years ago. located in a part of town with older but very nice wooden floor homes. They like wood floors, but don't really like rugs. The first owner of the house said it an antique rug worth $1,500. They had someone else come out and tell them it was a $1,500 rug. They want a best offer.
A claim of $1,500 would seem to be for a common Kerman.
They don't know anything about rugs, but think it is a silk rug becuase of bright colors, feel and since they did a burn test and the thread balled up rather than leaving a thread.
I'm certainly assuming it's not silk since a 9X6 silk rug would not be $1,500 in any book. Obviously the first thing I wil look at is the thread count and having to be awful fine if it silk.
But the silk count is secondary. Does a Kerman need to have a Kerman border?
Thanks
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