12'1" x 17'8" Jaipur Oriental Rug | Antique Reproduction All-Over Floral on Teal Blue | Brand New

This is a true 12 x 18 oversize rug, hand-knotted in wool on a cotton foundation in Jaipur and drawn after the classical court florals that Indian workshops have been reproducing for generations. It has never been laid in a home, and it shows: the pile still carries its full cut-wool luster in the raking light of image 6, the selvages are straight, and the ivory fringe has not been walked on. Every rug we ship arrives with a certificate of authenticity stating that it is hand-knotted, together with its origin, materials and size. A piece at 145" x 212" would attract a freight surcharge almost anywhere else; here it ships free to all 50 states.

Design and Motifs

There is no medallion here. The field carries an all-over floral design that repeats in mirrored pairs along the long axis, so the drawing reads the same walking in from either end. Large lobed palmettes sit at the centre of each repeat, some cream-grounded with a green heart, others fanned out in gold and rust. Between them run split arabesque vines, long sickle leaves, lotus heads, budding tulip forms and small 8 petal rosettes, packed tightly enough that the teal ground shows through as outline rather than open space. The main border answers the field with alternating palmette cartouches and lobed rosettes on burgundy, flanked by a saffron gold minor band of rosettes and paired leaves and a narrow green guard stripe. Note how cleanly the corners turn in image 10 and image 11: the border motif resolves at the corner instead of being chopped, which is the mark of a properly drafted cartoon rather than a rushed one.

Teal, Gold and Burgundy: The Color Story

The field is the unusual part. It is a deep petrol teal, blue under cool light and distinctly green under warm light, with the abrash of good hand-spun wool visible as soft banding across the width in image 5. Over that ground the ornament runs warm: saffron and mustard gold in the palmettes, olive and sage green in the leafwork, cream and ivory in the largest blossoms, with terracotta, brick red and a soft coral pink used as small accents inside the flower heads. The main border is a deep burgundy wine, the strongest single block of color in the rug, carrying gold and pale green drawing that lifts it away from the field. Around it a saffron gold band and a green guard stripe act as the bridge between the red border and the teal outer guard, and the ivory cotton fringe finishes both ends. In a room with wood floors, dark cabinetry or brass fittings this combination of teal, gold and burgundy behaves like a warm rug rather than a cool one.

Made in India: Jaipur Weaving and Quality

Jaipur, in Rajasthan, is one of the workshop centres that made India the source of most of the world's good contemporary hand-knotted work. The weavers there knot on cotton warps, clip the pile fairly short so the drawing stays legible, and finish with hand-tied fringe and hand-sewn selvages, all of which you can read on the reverse in image 8 and image 13: even rows, clear knot definition, no crowding or pulled edges across 145" of width. The wool is well spun and takes dye deeply, which is why the gold and burgundy still look saturated rather than chalky. If you are weighing what separates an Oriental rug like this from a machine-made copy, this is the answer in physical form: a single piece, knot by knot, at a scale very few looms can even accommodate.