10'1" x 14' Oushak Rug | Light Blue All-Over Floral | Hand-Knotted Wool, Made in India

This 10'1" x 14' rug is a newly woven Oushak, hand-knotted one knot at a time in wool on a cotton foundation. It is a big, calm, low-contrast piece: a soft sky blue field carrying a loose all-over botanical scheme, framed by a slate gray main border and a pair of ivory guard stripes. Nothing about it shouts, which is exactly why it works under furniture in a large room. It has never been used, the pile is full and even, and the rug ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming it as a genuine hand-knotted piece. If you are shopping 10x14 area rugs, this is the size that finally lets a sofa, chairs and coffee table sit fully on the wool rather than perched on an edge.

Design and Motifs

The field is drawn as a true all-over pattern with no central medallion. Large serrated palmettes and 8 petal rosettes float on thin, almost sketch-like vines, spaced widely enough that the blue ground reads as open air between them. Half-drawn blossoms and curled leaves fill the gaps, and the drawing stays deliberately angular rather than curvilinear, which is the hallmark of the Oushak vocabulary. The main border repeats a row of big rust and blue rosettes separated by paired brown leaf sprays, and the inner and outer guard stripes run a small reciprocal vine in ivory that keeps the whole composition tidy. Corners are resolved cleanly on all 4 sides, and the closeup photo shows how each motif is outlined in a darker tone so the pattern holds its shape from standing height.

A Palette of Light Blue, Gray and Rust

Color is the reason to buy this one. The field is a pale sky blue with a faint gray cast, the kind of tone that shifts with the light and never fights the wall paint. Against it the weaver placed rust and terracotta blossoms, which are the only warm notes in the rug and do all the work of waking it up. Around them sit medium blue, chocolate brown, taupe, soft lavender and clean ivory, all at low contrast. The main border steps down to a deeper slate gray with a lavender wash, so the frame is darker than the center without going heavy. Ivory guard stripes separate the two zones. Practically, this palette lives happily with white oak, brushed brass, linen upholstery and both cool and warm neutrals, and the mixed grounds hide everyday traffic better than a solid pale field would.

Oushak Weaving, Hand-Knotted in India

The Oushak design comes out of western Anatolia, where weavers built their reputation on large-scale, open drawing and gentle color rather than dense court detail. This piece was woven in India, which is now where most of the world's best contemporary hand-knotted work is produced, on looms that handle a 14 foot length without distortion. The back photo shows the honest evidence: hand-tied knots row by row, an even cotton warp and weft, and hand-finished fringe rather than a machine-sewn edge. The pile is a good handspun wool with a slight tonal variation across the field, which gives the surface its depth. As an Oriental rug in an oversize format, it is built to be walked on for decades, and this one starts that life brand new.