10' x 13'9" Soltanabad Design Oriental Rug | Light Blue Field, Coral Border | Hand-Knotted Wool, New

This is a new hand-knotted wool rug built as a faithful reproduction of the old Soltanabad workshop carpets, and it is the kind of piece that reads as an antique from across the room and as a fresh, clean weave the moment you kneel down and put a hand on it. The pile is a dense, tightly clipped wool with a dry matte finish that lets the colors sit flat and calm rather than shine, and the handle is heavy and solid, exactly what you want under furniture in a room this size. At 10' x 13'9" it covers a full seating group with all four legs on the rug and still leaves an even reveal of floor on every side. It has never been used, it is in perfect condition with full pile edge to edge and clean original selvages and fringe, and it ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming it is a genuine hand-knotted Oriental rug.

Design and Motifs

The field carries a classic all-over floral Soltanabad drawing with no central medallion, so the pattern repeats in mirrored columns up the length of the rug and can be cropped by a sofa or a dining table without losing its logic. Large fan-shaped palmettes with ivory and teal petals anchor the vertical axis, linked by curling serrated leaves, slender vine tracery and small squared rosettes that sit like tiles inside the leaf cartouches. Between them sit tulip heads, 8 petal rosettes, budding sprays and split arabesques drawn with the slight angularity that gives village-style Soltanabad work its charm. The border system is a triple arrangement: a wide coral main band of alternating floral medallions and leafy uprights, flanked by ivory guard stripes carrying a stepped zigzag vine with small carnation heads. The corners resolve cleanly, the guard stripes turn without breaking the count, and the outer selvage finishes in the same light blue as the field.

The Light Blue and Coral Color Story

The ground is a soft light blue, closer to a weathered sky or sea glass than to navy, with gentle tonal movement through the pile that comes from the way the dyed wool takes color rather than from any fading. Against it the main border reads coral to terracotta, warm and slightly brick-leaning, and that blue and coral pairing is the whole reason this rug works: cool floor, warm frame. Inside both areas the accent palette is deep teal, olive and apple green, mustard and buttery yellow gold, salmon, oxblood red and a chalky ivory that outlines the larger palmettes and keeps the drawing legible. The closeups show real depth of shading within single motifs, for instance olive green centers set inside teal petals with coral outlines. It is a colorful rug, but the light field keeps it airy, and it sits comfortably with white walls, natural oak, brass and blue-gray upholstery.

Woven in India in the Soltanabad Tradition

This rug was made in India, which is where most of the world's best contemporary hand-knotted weaving now happens, and there is no reason to be shy about that. Indian workshops have spent decades rebuilding the old Soltanabad and Ziegler drawings, spinning heavier wool, and knotting on cotton foundations that hold a rug flat and square, and the result here is a weave with clean rows, a straight finished end and a back that shows the knot structure crisply in image 7 and image 12. The knotting is a medium village-grade count, which is correct for this design: Soltanabad patterns were never meant to be micro-fine, they rely on bold scale, good wool and confident color. For a buyer who wants the look of a 100 year old carpet with none of the wear, restoration or brittleness, a new piece like this in a true large room size is the practical answer.