8995 · 9' x 12'6" Persian Mahal Oversized Rug
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The cream floral spray in the dark navy ring is the place to start describing this remarkable rug. Worked on a deep red field, dainty scrolling vines and tiny blossoms spread in cream, steel blue and some pale green. The middle of the field carries a diamond medallion, a cream floral spray inside a dark navy ring edged in teal, with notched pendants above and below. Gorgeous cream and pale blue spandrels hold blue vine and pink blossoms at the four corners. The border proper is dark navy, carrying large rosettes in dusty rose and cream. Narrow steel blue and cream guard stripes run along each side of the border. Pile is full over the face and the borders. Teal and steel blue cool the red ground in a large room. At 9' by 12'6", 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 Mahal rugs
In the late 19th century the Ziegler company of Arak, then called Sultanabad, was the biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia. It had its rugs made less complex than traditional Persian carpets, so that they would not look out of place in European homes. Mahal rugs come from the villages around Arak in central Persia, and they were woven large and open from the beginning. This rug has the wide field of that type, with a medallion at the center and floral sprays scattered across the red. Cream and teal sit among the flowers, and the navy border closes the field. Pink blossoms in the corners echo the dusty rose rosettes of the border.
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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