7'11" x 8'1" Square Indian Oushak Rug | Camel Field, Ivory Floral Border | Brand New

A true square is one of the hardest shapes to shop for, and this one measures 7'11" x 8'1", close enough to a perfect 8x8 that it sits square under a round or square table without a visible pull to one side. The piece is hand-knotted in India with a 3/8" wool pile on a cotton foundation, drawn in the Oushak manner: a soft camel ground, one scalloped medallion at center, and four corner spandrels that frame the field rather than crowd it. It has never been used, the pile is full and even edge to edge, and the ivory cotton fringe is untouched. Every rug we ship carries a certificate of authenticity confirming that it is hand-knotted, along with the weave, material and measured size recorded on this page. If you have been comparing formats, our guide to square rugs is worth a look before you commit.

Design and Motifs

The center medallion is a scalloped lozenge outlined in ivory, filled with a pale sage ground, and finished with a single olive rosette at its heart with thin vine work running out to the four points. Small anchor pendants sit at the top and bottom tips. Around it the field carries an ordered repeat rather than a busy one: 8 petal star rosettes in brick red with sage centers, brown and black outlined snowflake rosettes with camel petals, feathered leaf sprays and small teardrop boteh set on their own so each motif reads clearly against open ground. The 4 corners are filled with large spandrels, two in deep caramel with scrolling ivory vine and two in soft sage, giving the square an intentional asymmetry of tone that keeps it from looking machine regular. The main border is wide and ivory, carrying alternating palmettes and cypress style flower heads joined by black outlined serrated leaves, and it is held between narrow guard stripes of small rust and cream boteh on a light green ground.

Camel, Cream and Rust Across the Field

The field is a warm camel tan that shifts with the light, reading closer to honey where the pile lies one way and closer to soft beige where it lies the other. Against it the palette stays in a narrow, warm register: brick rust and a softer rose pink in the rosettes, cocoa and caramel brown in the corner spandrels and leaf clusters, and pale sage green used sparingly in the medallion ground and in the petal centers. Cream and ivory do the outlining work, lifting every motif off the camel ground, while a very dark navy that reads nearly black defines the vine scrolls, the leaf tips and the small square dots scattered through the field. The main border shifts a shade lighter than the field, closer to sand and cream, which is what makes the square look larger than its measurement. It is a neutral rug in the useful sense: it will sit under brown, taupe, walnut and cream furnishings without competing, and it gives a room warmth instead of grey.

Woven in India in the Oushak Tradition

India is where most of the world's good contemporary hand-knotted work is now made, and this piece shows why. The knotting is regular across all 8 feet of width, the borders turn the corners cleanly, and the selvages are tight and straight, which is exactly what fails first on a lesser square. The drawing follows the Oushak tradition of open ground, large scale motifs and a soft antique palette, interpreted here by weavers working on a cotton warp and weft with a dense 3/8" wool pile that will take furniture legs and traffic for decades. If you are weighing this against a Persian piece, our article on the difference between a Persian and an Oriental rug explains where the two traditions overlap and where they part company.