Wool on silk

"Wool on silk" is a Materiality label in our listings: wool pile on silk warps. Iranica records a separate grade of reeled silk used for the warps of very fine wool carpets. Isfahan carpets are knotted on cotton or silk foundations depending on quality, and dealers describe the finer grades of Nain as wool on a silk warp.

Also wool pile on silk foundation · wool on a silk foundation · wool on silk warp · silk warp · silk-warp rug

See also Silk, Wool on cotton, Wool and silk on cotton, Isfahan, Nain, La (Nain grades), Warp

Last reviewed November 2026