6'5" x 9'9" Persian Tabriz Rug | Ivory All-Over Floral Field | Aqua Green Border

A room-size Tabriz in the lighter palette that collectors chase and decorators ask for: an ivory field carrying a dense, mirrored garden of flowerheads, framed by a wide band of soft aqua green. At 6'5" x 9'9" it sits comfortably under a sofa group or a 6 seat table without crowding the walls, and the pile is clipped low enough that the drawing stays crisp from standing height. The weave is hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation, the selvages and both end finishes are intact, and the condition is excellent with full, even pile across the field. Every rug we sell leaves Freeport with a certificate of authenticity listing origin, materials and measurements.

Design and Motifs

There is no central medallion here. Instead the field runs as a classic all-over floral design, mirrored on the long axis so the pattern reads the same from either end of the room. Thin brown vines link large lobed palmettes, 8 and 10 petal rosettes, tulip heads, split leaves and small curling tendrils, with two larger lotus palmettes anchoring the top and bottom centers in place of a medallion. The 4 corners of the field carry their own small blossom groups rather than solid spandrels, which keeps the ivory ground open and uninterrupted. The border system is three deep: a narrow burgundy outer band of linked rosettes, the wide aqua green main border filled with alternating fan palmettes and vine-connected flowerheads, and an inner burgundy guard stripe with a fine stepped outline that squares the design off neatly. Outlining throughout is done in dark navy, which is what gives each flower its clean silhouette against the pale ground.

Color: Warm Ivory Field, Muted Aqua Green Border

The field is a warm, oatmeal-leaning ivory rather than a stark white, which is why it sits easily on oak, walnut or limestone floors. Across it the flowers are worked in wine burgundy and brick red, with secondary fills of salmon pink, apricot, soft gold, powder blue and a greyed sea green that echoes the border. Leaves and tendrils run olive and teal, and every element is outlined in near-black navy for definition. The main border is the rug's signature note: a dusty aqua green, closer to a faded celadon than a bright turquoise, with gold and ivory palmettes floating in it. Burgundy guard stripes on either side of that band pull the red of the field outward and tie the whole composition together. The combination is unusually light for a Persian Tabriz, which makes it a strong candidate for buyers browsing ivory Persian rugs who still want real depth of color in the drawing.

Tabriz Weaving and Quality

Tabriz sits in the far northwest of Persia and has been the country's most organized weaving city for centuries, with workshops that draw their own cartoons and measure fineness in Raj, the number of knots counted across a gereh of about 2.75 inches. In that system 40 Raj is everyday commercial work, 50 is fine, and 60 and above is collector territory, and the city's reputation rests on its ability to hold a curved vine and a precise outline at those counts. This piece shows the traits that come with that tradition: a cotton foundation that keeps the rug flat and square, a low shorn wool pile that lets fine detail survive, and the tight, evenly spaced knotting visible on the reverse in the last photograph, where individual knots sit in clean rows with no gaps or crowding. Tabriz wool is firm rather than soft, so a rug like this one takes traffic in a living room or dining room for decades while the ivory ground stays bright.