19'6" x 29'6" Persian Tabriz Mansion Rug | Signed Marand Wool & Silk | Approx. 500 KPSI, Never Used

A rug of 19'6" x 29'6" is not a room rug, it is a floor plan. This one covers 575 square feet in a single unbroken piece of hand-knotted wool and silk, woven in the 1970s on a loom tall enough that the weavers worked from a bench that was raised as the pile grew. The workshop signed it in a cartouche at one end, which is something a weaver only does when the piece is meant to be remembered. It has never been used: the pile stands full, the ivory fringe is original and untrimmed, and the selvages are tight the whole way around. Pieces at this scale, at roughly 500 knots per square inch, almost never come to market in perfect condition, and among oversize Persian rugs this is the top of what a Tabriz-tradition atelier could produce. It ships with a certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

The center holds a lobed ivory and pale green medallion built around an 8 petal rosette, with a crimson and sky blue starburst at its heart and a tiny gold button at the exact center. Long leafy pendants run off the medallion top and bottom, each ending in a fanned lilac and rose palmette. Four corner spandrels in deep mauve carry brown scrolling arabesques and sprays of pink cherry blossom, and they are drawn deliberately darker than the field so the medallion reads across the whole 29'6" length. Between them the field is covered in a fine all-over vine: split palmettes, curling serrated leaves, small five petal blossoms and slender tendrils, all outlined in dark brown so the drawing stays crisp against the pale ground. The ivory main border alternates large lotus palmettes with blue and burgundy rosettes and scrolling acanthus, framed by narrow peach and celadon guard stripes. At one end the signature cartouche sits in navy script on an ivory ground, flanked by yellow lily sprays.

A Soft Peach Pink Palette Lit with Ivory and Green

The field is a soft peach pink, warmer than blush and cooler than salmon, and it shifts gently between the two as the pile direction changes across such a wide expanse. Against it the medallion is pale celadon green and cream, the spandrels are a smoky mauve edging toward plum, and the main border is a warm ivory that reads almost champagne in daylight. The detail work is where the silk earns its place: the fine vinework, blossom edges and leaf tips are picked out in silk that catches the light and sits half a tone brighter than the wool around it. Accent colors stay small and precise, so deep crimson centers, marigold and saffron yellow, sky blue, lilac, olive green and dark brown outlines all appear in the palmettes without ever crowding the pale ground. It is a genuinely quiet, light color scheme for a rug this size, which is why it works under heavy furniture and high ceilings instead of fighting them.

Marand Weaving in the Tabriz Tradition

The cartouche names Marand, a weaving town about 40 miles northwest of Tabriz that works in the Tabriz tradition, to Tabriz standards and on the Raj system, and whose output is sold within the Tabriz group. That lineage shows in the drawing here: the curved line never breaks, the medallion is symmetrical across 19'6" of width, and the vine repeats resolve cleanly into all 4 corners, which only happens when the cartoon is followed knot for knot by a large team working in step. At roughly 500 knots per square inch on a cotton foundation, this is workshop-grade fineness rather than village weaving, and holding that count over 575 square feet is the real achievement. The 1970s date, the untouched pile and the signature together place it firmly in collector territory; if you want to understand how weavers, wool and construction are read for age, our guide on how to date an oriental rug walks through the same evidence we used on this piece.