11013 · 4'11" x 7'3" Persian Malayer Area Rug
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The rows of rust boteh are what the eye finds first on this charming rug. Worked on a beige field, each boteh, the paisley leaf-drop, has a rust heart outlined in navy and sits above a small flowering spray in slate blue and rose. Tiny rosettes dot the ground between the rows. There is no medallion, and the repeat runs over the whole field. The handsome rust border carries large lobed rosettes in slate blue, framed in navy and linked by a dark vine. Navy guard stripes with small rose and rust flower heads run on either side of it. The pile is low, with a few small spots where the foundation shows. It grounds a quiet room in warm rust and beige, and the navy stripes give its edges a clear line. At 4'11" by 7'3", it fits a bedroom beside the bed, a study under a desk, or a small sitting area.
Every rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. Hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, vintage, approx. 50 years (1970s). Condition: professionally washed & cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.
About Malayer rugs
Rugs from the villages around Hamedan were taken to the city, long one of the great rug markets of Persia, and were often sold abroad under its name. Malayer sits between Hamedan and Arak in western Persia, which is exactly where its weaving sits too. It joins the village tradition of Hamedan with the floral drawing of the Arak district. This rug shows the floral side in its border, where lobed rosettes and flower heads hang on a dark vine across the rust ground. Its field keeps a steady village rhythm, with boteh and flowering sprays set in straight rows over beige. Navy and slate blue outline nearly every motif, so the pattern stays clear from end to end.
Shipping & delivery
Shipping is free and fully insured in the US and Canada. To the UK, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand we ship fully insured, with rates calculated at checkout. Orders are processed and shipped within one to four days and most arrive within about ten days, sometimes as fast as three depending on your location, carefully wrapped, with tracking sent the moment your rug leaves us.
Full shipping detailsAuthenticity
Every rug is an original, hand-knotted vintage piece, never machine-made, printed or reproduced. We inspect and photograph each rug in our own studio, so the piece you see is the exact piece you receive.
Our authenticity promiseCare & cleaning
Vacuum gently, rotate every few months, blot spills immediately and use a quality rug pad. Have it professionally cleaned every few years, never machine-washed.
Full care guideReturns
If a rug isn’t right for your space, get in touch within 7 days of delivery (14 days in the European Union) and we’ll help arrange a return or exchange. Because each piece is one of a kind, we handle every return personally.
Returns & exchangesMade entirely by hand.
Every knot in this rug was tied by hand, one at a time, on an upright loom. A piece like this is the work of two or three weavers sitting side by side for months, wool worked row by row into a pattern carried from memory, its colors softened by decades of light and use. Nothing about it was quick, and no two are ever the same.
The kind of thing that only gets better with age, and quietly passes from one home to the next.
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