6' x 9'4" Persian Tabriz Rug | Ivory Floral Medallion | Semi-Antique Fine Wool Weave

This is a semi-antique Persian Tabriz in a size that solves a real room problem: at 6' x 9'4" it sits comfortably under a seating group or a 6 seat table without swallowing the floor. The pile is fine wool clipped low at 3/8", which is why the drawing stays legible right down to the smallest leaf tip, and the whole rug reads light, with an ivory ground carrying tan brown, terracotta and soft green tracery. Handling it, the weave feels tight and flat, the selvages are original and the fringes are the continuation of the cotton warps rather than an added band. Every rug we ship travels with a certificate of authenticity confirming it as a hand-knotted piece woven in Persia. Buyers comparing pieces in this bracket can browse the wider group of 6 x 9 Persian rugs to see where this one sits.

Design and Motifs

The layout is the classic curvilinear Tabriz formula, drawn with unusual restraint. A lobed central medallion sits on the long axis, filled with a small 8 petal rosette at its core and ringed by layered arabesque leafwork, with a pendant finial reaching toward each end. Four corner spandrels repeat the medallion's palette and its interlacing scrollwork, so the eye keeps circling back to the center. Between them the ivory field is not left open: it carries a continuous vine system of palmettes, cypress-like sprays, serrated saz leaves and small blossoms, each stem curving rather than turning corners, which is the test of a properly drafted Tabriz cartoon. The border system runs 5 bands, a wide main border of meandering vine and reciprocal palmette on a soft ground, flanked by narrow guard stripes of running floral heads and a fine outer stripe that frames the whole piece cleanly. Note how the field pattern mirrors top to bottom and left to right without becoming mechanical.

Ivory and Tan Brown Color Palette

The field is a warm ivory, closer to unbleached cream than white, and it takes light well on both wood and stone floors. Against it the medallion and spandrels read tan brown warming into terracotta and dried salmon, the deepest note in the rug and the reason the design holds its shape from across a room. The vinework moves through camel, honey gold and a muted sage to olive green, with the green concentrated in the stems and leaf outlines so the florals look grown rather than drawn. Small touches of dark navy and faded rust punctuate the blossoms and the guard stripes, providing just enough contrast to keep an otherwise pale rug from going flat. The main border sits a shade darker than the field in soft taupe and biscuit, and the outermost stripe picks up the terracotta again to close the composition. Overall this is a light neutral rug with brown and rust structure, easy beside oak, walnut, linen and cream upholstery.

Tabriz Origin and Weaving Quality

Tabriz sits in the northwest corner of Persia and has been the country's most commercially serious weaving city for centuries, the place where the cartoon-drawn, curvilinear court style was kept alive and taught. Tabriz workshops measure fineness in Raj, the number of knots across a gereh of about 2.75 in, and the discipline of that system shows in a rug like this one: straight sides, a square handle, a flat back and a knot count high enough to carry the thin vine lines you see in the field. The wool is spun tightly and clipped short, which is a Tabriz habit rather than an accident, since short pile keeps fine drawing sharp and wears slowly under traffic. Decades of use have taken the sheen off the surface in the best way, giving this piece the mellow, settled look that collectors pay for in semi-antique Persian Tabriz rugs, and the cotton foundation underneath it will outlast the furniture standing on it.