Help with an Oriental rug please

[sonomabarn67]

I've hurt my back and have trouble unloading this rug to get pictures so I'm just showing half.  It is 6'x9' and very heavy with a very thick pile. Does anyone recognize the region?  19 x 19  stitches per inch = 361 Wool and maybe some silk mixed in.

My back is screaming so I can't even get it out of the car.

Thanks.

[sonomabarn67]

Isfahan?

[sonomabarn67]

Yes, I believe you are right. In reading about Isfahan rugs, the older ones (?) have a cotton warp with wool  weft (sometimes part silk)  like this one. The white bumps in the warp are called stubs. These were woven at Isfahan starting around 1920. Obviously I know nothing about these rugs other than what I just read but if anyone knows more than what I just uncovered, please chime in.

[lacemaker3]

I'm sorry to hear about your back ... do take care of yourself 🥃, and leave the rug where it is if necessary.

I am no good on identifying styles of rugs, and you obviously already know how to ID the fibre content. I would have called the uneven bits in the warp "slubs", maybe that's another name for them. Perhaps that would be a sign that the cotton was handspun, but that's just a guess on my part. Slubs are more common in cotton thread than wool or silk, because the staple length in cotton is so short (cotton fibres are much shorter than wool, and silk fibres are even longer than wool, much longer).

@jsales0  has been able to identify some rug styles, maybe she can  confirm this one.

[sonomabarn67]

Yes, I think it might be a regional name for them,  I was just reading from a rug dealer's page. What I see in looking at the back is that it looks like vegetal dyes were used I don't see anything that looks aniline. I know how that affects Navajo weaving as one indicator of date but unsure on weavings like this.

Thanks for the kind words on my back, I got in a wreck a year ago and the pain is still there. Another reason to not drink and drive...not me, the lady who hit me.