10' x 13'9" Ziegler Chobi Rug | Black Field All-Over Floral | Vegetable Dyed Wool | New

Hand-knotted in India in the Ziegler Chobi idiom, this 10' x 13'9" rug sets a deep black field under an even spread of vegetable dyed palmettes, rosettes and scrolling vines, then frames the whole thing in a wide ivory border. The wool is hand-spun and the pile is cut low at 1/4 inch, which keeps the drawing crisp and lets the rug sit flat under a sofa or a full dining set. It has never been used, and the proportions make it a straightforward answer for anyone comparing 10x14 rugs for a large open room. A certificate of authenticity confirming it as a genuine hand-knotted Oriental rug ships with it.

Design and Motifs

There is no central medallion here. The field runs as an all-over floral design, built on a loose lattice of thin vines that link large lobed palmettes, 8 petal rosettes, serrated acanthus leaves and small boteh forms. The close-up shows how disciplined the drawing is: each half of the field mirrors the other across the long axis, so the eye reads a repeating rhythm rather than a single focal point, and the layout stays balanced no matter which side of the room you enter from. The wide ivory main border alternates shield-shaped palmette cartouches with upright leaf sprays and star rosettes, held between camel-gold guard bands carrying a meandering vine, with a narrow reciprocal inner guard separating border from field and a plain black outer edge finishing the perimeter.

A Black Field Framed in Ivory and Camel

The ground is black, with a soft charcoal cast where the hand-spun wool catches light, and that darkness is exactly what makes the pattern read. Against it the vinework runs in pale sage and celadon green, while the palmettes and rosettes are drawn in ivory, cream, wheat and a warm biscuit tan, with a few blossoms shading toward soft peach. Small rust and brick red touches sit at the flower centers and in the leaf tips, just enough warmth to keep the palette from going cold. The border reverses everything: an ivory to light gold ground with olive green shields, camel outlines and the same rust accents, so the rug frames itself in light and the black field floats inside it. Practically, a black ground with ivory margins anchors pale oak or light stone floors and reads well next to cream upholstery, walnut furniture and brass.

Made in India: Ziegler Chobi Weaving Quality

India is where most of the world's good contemporary hand-knotted work is now made, and this piece shows why. The Ziegler Chobi style takes a classical all-over floral vocabulary and softens it with natural, vegetable derived dyes, so colors sit quietly next to each other instead of shouting. Chobi weaving relies on hand-spun wool, which absorbs dye unevenly by nature and gives the field that gentle tonal movement across its 13'9" length. Knotted on a cotton foundation, the rug is firm and square, with straight selvedges and clean cotton fringe at both ends as seen in the back and edge photographs. The low 1/4 inch clip suits a formal room where chairs need to slide, and the wool is dense enough underfoot that the pattern will hold its definition through years of real use.