It is NOT original, but Pete L did a good job with these kind of details. It is 7 loops to the inch
Hello you both carpet admirers,
IMHO: take the 7 loops to the inch. That looks (to me) more accurate.
Square weave carpet is a bit of a difficult question since only so few 230ies and 250ies have totally factory original carpet.
Most of them have had it replaced some time during the last 44 - 49 years since the (wool, goat hair-containing) square weave carpet deteriorates much faster than the mainly fully synthetic multi loop material of the 280 SLs.
That's why many (especially US-based) 280 interiors survived (here with view to the carpet), more than the earlier 230/250ies.
So, how was the correct color, how was the correct weave on 230/250ies carpet?
I have only got one good pic showing the detail of the carpet, and that is John "TheLews" 250 carpet. Without (inch) ruler though but indicating pretty well its "loop size".
Furthermore I have some left over pieces from my 1964 carpet collection and I take out the ruler (well, it's in centimeter, not inchs) and look what I can find out this weekend.
Eventually, the carpet sources that the shops (like GAAH, Worldupholstery, K&K, KHM, SLS, etc.) have are some sort of a "company secret" to them. That means that not all of them have the same suppliers like with the Sonnenland softtop fabric, but their own ones.
As a result sand-coloured square weave from supplier A and supplier B are not necessarily the same, both, color and weave.
See and enjoy John's carpet. That gives you a good direction to a good and adequate replacement for your carpet.
IMHO: take the 7 loops to the inch. That looks (to me) more accurate.
Achim
(pepper&salt square weave carpet collector)