5'2" x 7'8" Persian Isfahan Rug | Ivory Wool & Silk All-Over Floral | 500+ KPSI Semi-Antique

This 5'2" x 7'8" Persian Isfahan rug is a workshop piece from the 2000's, hand-knotted in fine wool with silk used through the flower heads and vine tracery. The pile is short and dense, the drawing is crisp enough to read individual petals from standing height, and the weave sits at roughly 500 knots per square inch, which is where Isfahan drawing of this kind becomes possible. It reads as a light, formal rug: an ivory field carrying an all-over floral system, framed by a salmon main border. Condition is excellent with full pile and even, hand-tied cream fringe at both ends. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity recording origin, materials, knot count and measurements. Buyers working to a standard 5 x 7 Persian rug footprint will find this one runs slightly longer at 7'8".

Design and Motifs

The field is an all-over floral composition rather than a heavy medallion layout. Thin tan vines curve across the ivory ground in mirrored pairs, carrying rounded palmettes, open rosettes, tulip buds, small five petal blossoms and curled saz leaves. At the exact center sits a single compact rosette, ringed by navy and light blue petals, with a small pendant motif above and below it, enough to anchor the eye without interrupting the repeat. The main border runs a salmon ground with a vase and bouquet motif at each midpoint, flanked by arabesque scrollwork in ivory and deep brown outlines, and it is held between narrow guard stripes of connected flower heads. The corners resolve cleanly, with the border drawing turning the corner without breaking the pattern, which is one of the fastest ways to judge a properly cartooned Isfahan.

Ivory, Salmon and Blue: The Color Story

Ivory is the dominant color, warmed toward cream where the light catches the silk, and it gives the rug an airy feel that suits pale walls and oak floors. The main border shifts into salmon pink and peach, with a soft tan outer edge that frames the whole piece. Inside the flowers the palette is far busier than it looks from a distance: rose and pink petals, light blue and sky blue leaves, deep navy blue accents that give the drawing its definition, plus small strikes of gold, rust, olive and burgundy in the flower centers. The silk highlights sit on the pink and pale blue elements, so the design brightens and dims as you walk around it. Nothing here is loud, and the contrast comes from precision rather than from strong color.

Isfahan: Weaving Town and Weaving Quality

Isfahan sits in central Persia and has been the reference point for court weaving since the Safavid workshops of the 16th century. The reputation of the city rests on drawing: the curved line, the flowing vine, the ability to hold a symmetrical repeat over the full length of a field. None of that works at a low knot count, which is why Isfahan workshops weave fine, on a cotton foundation, with wool and silk on the pile and a pile clipped very short so the cartoon reads exactly as it was drawn. On this rug you can see that discipline in the even vine spacing, the tight color outlines around every petal, and the clean back where the knot nodes sit in straight rows. At 5'2" x 7'8" it is a manageable size for a formal sitting area, a bedroom in front of the bed, or a study where it will be looked at closely.