10' x 13' Persian Tabriz Rug | Semi-Antique Floral Medallion | Teal Center on Deep Red Field

This is a semi-antique Persian Tabriz woven in the classic city formula: one teal medallion anchoring a crimson field that is packed, corner to corner, with curling vine and palmette work. It measures 10' x 13' and sits in the sweet spot for a large sitting room or a formal dining table, which is why 10x13 Persian Tabriz rugs disappear faster than any other size we import. The pile is hand-knotted wool at roughly 3/8", the foundation is cotton, and the back photo shows the tight, regular knotting and the original cotton fringe. The condition is excellent, with even pile from end to end and no thin areas, and every rug we ship carries our certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

The center holds a lobed, star-pointed medallion with an ivory 8 petal rosette at its heart, ringed by teal arabesque scrollwork and a small crown pendant top and bottom. Around it the field never rests: split palmettes, serrated leaves, rosettes and sickle-leaf vines run in balanced pairs so the drawing mirrors across both axes, with soft ivory spandrels filling the 4 corners of the inner field. The main border carries a bold navy ground with a repeating scrolling cloudband and lotus procession, framed by teal guard stripes and a fine ivory meander. This is the busy, confident floral vocabulary Tabriz workshops built their reputation on, and at this scale the repeat is large enough to read clearly from across a room rather than blurring into texture.

Color: Crimson, Navy and Teal Blue

The field is a true crimson red with a slight raspberry cast where the light catches the pile, and it is the warm, saturated tone that makes red and burgundy Persian rugs so easy to build a room around. Against it the medallion reads teal blue, a greener, dustier blue than the deep navy of the main border, and that contrast of two separate blues is what gives the center its lift. Ivory and soft cream carry the outlines, the corner spandrels and the inner guard stripe, keeping the dense drawing legible instead of crowded. Through the field and border you also get rose pink, apricot, pale gold and a dark olive green in the leaves, with the outer selvage finished in plain red. Overall it is a warm, multi-colored palette: reds and ivories dominate, blues structure it, and the small rose and gold notes keep it from reading heavy.

Tabriz: The Weaving Capital of Northwest Persia

Tabriz has been the commercial heart of Persian weaving for centuries, the city where professional designers put a drawing on paper and master weavers followed it knot for knot. Quality there is measured in Raj, the number of knots per gereh across the width, which is why Tabriz pieces are graded so precisely: 40 Raj is everyday commercial work, 50 is fine, and 60 to 70 Raj belongs to the top workshops. This rug sits in the solid workshop range rather than the collector end, with a firm handle, a well-drawn curved line and the slightly lower, more compact pile that comes with age and honest use. If you want to understand where a piece like this falls on the timeline, our guide on how to date an oriental rug walks through the same clues we read here: the wool, the dye behavior, the fringe and the wear pattern on the back.