A 3X5 piece I love, but how old and I believe it's senneh or am I wrong

Thanks, and I appreciate the comments. You're probably right and yet I still have a question. I realize senneh rugs do not use senneh knots but Turkish. The first thing I saw was the obvious knob of the knots and read the following


"Polychrome warps are getting to be rare, not too many years ago polychrome warps were typical of the better Senneh city production. Now I see fewer and fewer every year. Senneh rugs were made with a single weft construction where the yarn had a tight twist. This gave Senneh a sandpaper like feel to the back. The city production was finer of a type indicating supervised or workshop production.d felt with the knobs of the knots causing a sandpaper feel."

So how does the above statement fit or not fit what you see in my rug. The fringe of my rug are white.

Thanks

Hi,
I'm at the end of my very limited expertise on Sennah pile rugs. However, I did stumble on this article by Marla Mallet, who seems to know more about weaving than anybody. http://marlamallett.com/up-three.htm Look for the section titled "A Distinctive Senneh Weave." What she describes is a sort of hybrid single-weft weave, not like a Bijar at all.

As for single vs. double wefted, I have also seen referenced to single wefted Sennehs, but generally see them called double-wefted "like a Bijar." Here's an explanation from Barry Connell:

From: Susane
Could you please tell me what is a Seneh rug and what does it look like?
Thank you,
Susane

Hi Susane,
Three main types of rugs are called Senna, Sennah, Sanandaj, Bijar, Gerus Bijar etc.... There are Sennah kelims which are finely woven wool flatweaves these are rigs with no pile. Then there are thin city rugs. I have never seen a new one. They are easy to spot because they use traditional patterns but are single wefted and are thin and fine. The new ones are made in the surrounding area and are thick and sturdy with a deeply depressed double thick foundation. I went through my notes and found a few examples.
Senneh/Sanandaj Rugs the O'Connell
Best wishes,
Barry


So, "deeply depressed double thick foundation" is quite different than what Marla describes. Confusing! Still, the back of your rug did not look like Marla's description, and it did look single wefted, so I would stick with Hamadan until someone opines who knows what they're talking about.

It is a Koliay, probably 1975 - 80.