I just purchased a nice rug from a private seller who claims his mother bought it in 1997 from a large Persian rug store in Wisconsin for $8000. He says it should be 100% silk but is not sure.

It's 9x12 and was difficult to take complete pictures of the whole rug, but I tried to include both edges of the rug in different pictures.

After placing the rug in my home, I am also confused of what type of Persian rug this is, and if it is silk or wool. I have tried the "burn" test and it did smell like burning hair, but im not sure how that identifies it clearly.
Please if anyone can tell me what region/type of rug this is, estimated value, and if it is silk or wool?
I really appreciate your help!

Thank you Shereen, I appreciate your help, I assumed
It was not silk, but since I don't know much about rugs, I'll ask you guys!

Thank you RugPro, I paid $900, my husband thinks it's too much, im trying to prove him wrong :)

I had another question, I did the burn test on a piece from the fringe, and it smelled almost like plastic, very different from the rug fibers, is that how cotton from these types of rugs burns?

Cotton is a plant fiber.When ignited it burns with a steady flame and smells like burning leaves.The ash left is easily crumbled.
Silk is a protein fiber and usually burns readily ,not necessarily with a steady flame,and smells like burning hair.The ash is easily crumbled.

Definitely a wool on cotton rug, hard to tell from the pictures, sometimes there are white highlights done in silk but a lot of the time it's not really silk and is cotton which if there are highlights in this rug I would presume would be the case. Again from the pictures and resolution of the pictures it's hard to tell whether it's Iranian or Pakistani

Regardless it's a nice rug, quite fine, looks to be good condition and clean... at $900 you got an absolute bargain, buying new in the UK you would be talking around £4000, more if it's Persian.

thank you all for the reassurance! I dont think there are any silk highlights, it looks uniform through out
I'll try to attach closer pictures of the details, will that help to identify this type of rug?
Thank you :)