11216 · 8' x 11'9" Persian Tabriz Oversized Rug
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A great walnut star medallion sits at the heart of this lovely rug. Over a khaki field, teal and walnut vines wander in every direction, set with tiny leaves and flower heads. The medallion is a many-pointed star of pale petals on walnut, around an ivory roundel with a small square core. Oval pendants with dusty rose centers sit above and below it, each tipped with a small rosette. Dusty rose spandrels fill the corners and run along both sides, holding walnut leaf forms and teal scrolls. The handsome ivory main border carries a repeat of cross-shaped flowers and leafy sprays. Narrow guard stripes in dusty rose and walnut frame it. The pile is low, and a few pale specks show in the field. It settles a quiet room in dusty rose and khaki, and the walnut star gives the eye a place to rest. At 8' by 11'9", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.
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 Tabriz rugs
A special court workshop, possibly at Tabriz, is credited with translating the most splendid book illuminations into carpets. Since the late 19th century a complex design has usually reached the weavers as a cartoon, laid out on squared paper with one square for each knot. The city workshop tradition of Tabriz, in northwestern Persia, shows in the discipline of the drawing. Centered medallions, borders that turn cleanly at the corners and vine scrolls planned in full before weaving began are the marks of Tabriz work. This rug has a centered star medallion, an ivory border that turns cleanly at each corner, and vines laid out across the whole field. Its dusty rose spandrels reach down both long sides, so the khaki field sits inside a rose frame with pointed ends.
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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