NAIN

Near the western end of the great Dast-e-Kavir desert, 200 kilometers east of Isfahan is the picturesque city of Nain. In the city one can see the characteristic clay buildings and one of the oldest mosques in Iran with remains from the 10th century. Carpets from this city have a great reputation and are very popular. The material as well as the quality of construction are in the highest category as well as the density of the knots. It is often more than a million knots per square meter. The material in more exclusive rugs consists of wool in silk warp or silk in warp as well as weft and pile. In relation to Nain carpets there are some names: 4LA, 6La and 9La, where "La" in Persian means mattress. This name is used to determine the quality of the Nain rug and refers to the number of layers of yarn used in each warp yarn in the construction of the carpet. The smaller the number, the thinner and higher the density of the knots that the carpet has. It is possible to check how many layers have been used on a carpet by counting the number of threads in one of the carpet fringes.