10'9" x 16'4" Persian Rug | Semi-Antique All-Over Floral | Maroon Field, Navy Border

This is a true room-filler: a semi-antique Persian rug measuring 10'9" x 16'4", hand-knotted in wool on a cotton foundation and still carrying a full, even pile after decades of careful life. The maroon field runs unbroken from end to end with no central medallion, so the eye reads the whole surface at once, and the deep navy main border pulls the composition together like a frame around a painting. At this scale the drawing had to stay disciplined across more than 175 square feet, and it does: the repeat holds its rhythm corner to corner. Pieces in genuine oversize dimensions are the hardest part of the market to source, and if you are shopping the wider selection of oversize Persian rugs you already know how few honest, clean examples surface. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

The field is built on a lattice of curled vine scroll, each compartment anchored by a lobed palmette or an 8 petal rosette, with smaller blossoms, serrated leaves and paired vine tips filling the ground between them. It is the classic all-over repeat pattern handled with real drafting control: the underlying grid is strictly geometric, while the individual flowers and scrolling arms are drawn on a curved line. The main border carries a procession of large palmettes and rosettes on navy, separated by turtle-like vine forms, and is held between narrow ivory and rust guard stripes that run all 4 sides. The corners resolve cleanly rather than being cut off mid-motif, which is the mark of a weaver working from a properly scaled cartoon rather than improvising at the end of a long run.

A Maroon Field With Navy, Ivory and Sage Accents

The dominant color is maroon, reading warmer and more raspberry where the light hits the pile directly and deepening toward oxblood in the shadows, the natural abrash of wool dyed in small lots. Against that ground the weaver set indigo and mid-blue palmettes, ivory and cream scrolling arms that trace the lattice and give the field its glow, plus smaller notes of salmon, soft sage green, olive and old gold inside the flowerheads. The main border is a deep navy that reads nearly black at a distance, which is exactly why the maroon field looks as saturated as it does. Ivory guard stripes and the natural cotton fringe at both ends supply the light edges. In a room this is a warm, formal palette that sits comfortably with mahogany and walnut furniture, brass, and cream or oatmeal walls.

Persian Origin and Weaving Quality

Woven in Persia on a cotton warp and weft with a hand-spun wool pile, this rug was made on a loom wide enough to carry a 10'9" width, which in itself limits it to an established workshop rather than a village house loom. The back photograph shows the answer to the quality question: small, tightly packed knots in straight, even rows, with the border motifs legible from the reverse side, a detail you only get when the weave is fine and the beat-down consistent. The wool has that slightly waxy handle that comes from good highland fleece and takes a sheen underfoot as it ages. Sold and shipped by a direct importer, this piece has the density and the honest wear pattern of a rug that was woven to be used for several generations more.