5599 · 9'5" x 12'8" Persian Birjand Oversized Rug
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Botehs in tight lines across this deep burgundy field are charming. Rows of botehs run in tight lines across a deep burgundy field, each one outlined in cream and filled with navy, blue and green. Pink blossoms and tiny flowers are packed between them. The repeat runs straight to the border, with no medallion to interrupt it. A gorgeous near-black navy main border carries cream-edged paisleys, palmettes and red and rose flower heads, with cream lozenges set at intervals along the long sides. Wide salmon-cream guards of vine and small red flowers frame both sides, with slim striped guards beyond them. A few tiny worn flecks show the foundation, nothing you notice from standing height. Deep red and dark navy suit leather, brass and dark wood, and the even repeat stays calm in a busy room. At 9'5" by 12'8", 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. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.
About Birjand rugs
Under the Safavid dynasty in the 16th and 17th centuries Khorasan was a larger province that also took in the cities of Merv and Herat. In South Khorasan in eastern Persia, Birjand is the main weaving town, and its rugs are finer and more formal than most village work. This one keeps to the region on the points that count: curved lines throughout and a palette of madder red and deep blue with ivory in the details. The drawing is so dense that every boteh stays legible even at small scale. Where it departs is the plan. Instead of the floral lattice or centered medallion you might expect, the field is given over to rows of boteh, which stay formal because the rows are so even.
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.
Rugs in their new homes
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