7'1" x 7'3" Round Oriental Rug | Fine Wool & Silk Tabriz Design | Star Medallion | Brand New

A true round in a size that is genuinely hard to find, this 7'1" x 7'3" piece is hand-knotted in wool with silk worked into the highlights, on a cotton foundation. It has never been on a floor: the pile stands full and even, the ivory fringe is still crisp and hand-tied, and the wool carries the quiet sheen that only comes from a tight weave and good fleece. The drawing follows the classic Tabriz formula, a radiating star medallion at the center with a dense floral field around it, and it has been adapted cleanly to the circle so the pattern resolves without a single awkward join. As a direct importer we ship this rug with a certificate of authenticity confirming that it is hand-knotted, and documenting its size, materials and origin.

Design and Motifs

At the center sits a small round medallion built from an 8 petal rosette inside a burgundy ring, with a gold and sage cartwheel of palmettes spinning out from it. Beyond that the field opens into a large star, its points drawn with serrated leaves and stepped tips, so the eye reads 16 radiating spokes before it reaches the field proper. That field is filled edge to edge with curled vine, split palmettes, lotus blossoms and small multicolor rosettes, all drawn with the curved line that defines Tabriz work rather than village geometry. The border system is layered rather than single: a sage main border carrying an alternating palmette and vine meander, flanked by a tan floral band and several narrow guard stripes in ivory and burgundy, with the outermost edge finished in plain ivory before the fringe. Because the format is round, the border repeats are spaced to meet themselves exactly, which takes real planning at the loom and is the first thing to check on any circular rug.

Color: Warm Ivory with Sage, Tan, Burgundy and Gold

The field is a warm ivory, closer to clotted cream than white, and the silk highlights catch light across it so the ground shifts slightly as you walk around the rug. The star outline and the main border are a soft sage green, grayed down rather than bright, which keeps the palette earthy instead of decorative. Tan and antique gold carry the palmettes and the secondary floral band, and the only strong note in the whole rug is burgundy, used sparingly in the medallion ring, in small blossom centers and in the guard stripes. Black brown outlines the vines and gives the drawing its definition, while touches of dusty rose, slate blue green and pale celadon appear inside individual flower heads, visible in the close-up images. The overall read in a room is ivory with green and gold, a palette that works against oak, walnut and painted floors and does not fight existing upholstery.

Origin and Weaving Quality

This rug was made in China, in the workshop tradition that has spent decades weaving classical northwest designs, and it is an honest Oriental rug rather than a copy pretending otherwise. The weavers follow the Tabriz drawing closely, and what they bring to it is knot count: the back, shown against a ruler in the last image, is fine and tightly packed, with small regular knots and no slack in the rows, which is why detail this small holds its shape on a curve. The wool is well spun and the silk is restricted to highlight areas, the way good hand-knotted Oriental rugs use it, for sheen in the flower heads and leaf tips rather than across the whole pile where it would wear. Combined with the cotton foundation and the perfect, unused condition, this is a round that will sit flat, hold its circle and take daily traffic for generations.