7'10" x 9'8" Indian Jaipur Rug | Traditional All-Over Floral Lattice | Brand New Wool Pile

This 7'10" x 9'8" rug was hand-knotted in the workshops of Jaipur, in Rajasthan, India, and it has never been on a floor. The pile is 100% wool on a cotton foundation, the drawing is a continuous floral lattice rather than a single medallion, and the weave is fine enough that the vine lines stay thin and unbroken right through the field. In practical terms it reads as a true 8x10 area rug, the size that anchors most living and dining rooms. As an Oriental rug of recent production it carries no wear, no repairs and no restoration history, and it ships with our certificate of authenticity confirming the hand-knotted construction, the wool pile and the Indian origin.

Design and Motifs

The field is built on a diamond lattice formed by thin paired vines that cross and recross across the full 9'8" length. Where the vines meet, the weaver has set an 8 petal rosette with a dark cross-shaped center, and inside each lattice compartment sits a smaller quatrefoil flower head flanked by serrated leaves, curling split palmettes and tiny buds. Because the all-over design repeats without a central medallion, the rug can be turned or placed off-center under a sofa or a dining table without losing its balance. The frame is unusually complete for a new piece: a wide main border of large open blossoms and feathered leaves on a meandering stem, held between narrow braided-ribbon guard stripes and two fine floral minor bands, with a plain outer edge and hand-tied ivory fringe at both ends. The close-up images show how cleanly the outlines are drawn, which is the honest test of a lattice pattern at this scale.

The Color Palette: Beige, Burgundy, Green and Brown

The ground is a warm beige that lifts toward soft gold and light camel in daylight, a touch deeper at the center of the field and lighter along the borders, so the rug never looks flat. Against it the rosettes are worked in rose-tan and terracotta with burgundy and near-black centers, and the small flower heads carry the same burgundy at their hearts. Olive and sage green appear in the leaves and in the outlines of several lattice compartments, which keeps the warm tones from turning into a single wash of brown. The vine work and the fine detail outlining are drawn in deep brown with occasional dark navy flecks in the leaf tips, a restrained touch that sharpens the whole field. The main border repeats the palette on a lighter ivory-beige ground: pink-rose and gold blossoms, olive foliage and brown stems. It is a neutral rug with real depth of color rather than a beige rug with nothing happening in it, and it sits easily with oak and walnut floors, cream walls and both traditional and transitional furniture.

Jaipur, India and the Quality of This Weave

Jaipur has been a court and workshop city since the 18th century, and today Rajasthan is one of the few places in the world still producing hand-knotted rugs of this standard in quantity. India is where most of the best contemporary hand-knotted work is now made, and this rug is a fair example of why: a tight, even wool pile knotted on a cotton warp, a straight selvage, square corners and a knot count fine enough to carry curved vine drawing without the lines breaking into steps. The back and fringe photograph, taken with a ruler and our hand-knotted tag, shows the individual knot rows and the hand-tied finish, the two things that separate a genuine hand-knotted rug from a tufted or machine-made imitation. Woven for the long term and never walked on, this is a piece a buyer can put down today and expect to pass along.