7'3" x 10'2" Persian Heriz Rug | Brick Red Field | Stepped Geometric Medallion | Excellent Condition

This is a classic village Heriz in the size most American rooms are actually built for, a true 7 x 10 Persian rug measuring 7'3" x 10'2". The pile is hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation, cropped to an even medium height with good body, and the wool still carries the dry lanolin sheen that northwest Persian flocks are known for. Condition is excellent: full pile edge to edge, straight sides, original ends with clean white fringe, and no repairs or thin spots visible in the photographs. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming it is handmade and stating origin, materials and dimensions.

Design and Motifs

The drawing is pure Heriz: everything curved has been translated into straight lines and steps. At the center sits an 8 point star medallion outlined in ivory, holding a small cruciform rosette and paired serrated leaves, set inside a larger stepped diamond with hooked pendants running north and south. Four framed cartouches in olive and camel anchor the corners of the medallion, and the brick red field around it is packed with angular palmettes, hooked vines, small blossoms and stray bird-like forms that the weavers filled in freehand, so no two quadrants repeat exactly. Ivory spandrels cut across all 4 corners with bold scrolling leafwork, and the main border carries a repeating rosette and lantern motif on a dark indigo ground between two narrow reciprocal guard stripes. It is one of the best examples of what buyers look for in geometric Persian rugs: strong, readable structure that holds a room together without fussiness.

Brick Red, Indigo and Olive in the Pile

The field is a warm brick red that shifts with the light, reading deeper and almost wine-toned in the flat overhead shots and brighter, closer to terracotta, in the raking close-up of the medallion. Against it the medallion works in two blues, a mid indigo for the star and a smoky slate blue for the surrounding lobes, both outlined in clean ivory that keeps the geometry sharp. Black is used sparingly and to real effect, as outlining around the palmettes and as the darkest ground in parts of the border, which is what gives the pattern its crisp edges from across the room. Olive and soft camel appear in the corner cartouches and scattered leaves, warming the palette, and small touches of rose pink lift the field detail. The ivory corners are the brightest note in the rug and pull the eye outward to the border.

Heriz Weaving in Northwest Persia

Heriz is a group of weaving villages east of Tabriz, on the slopes below Mount Sabalan, and its reputation rests on wool rather than knot count. The mineral-rich water and high pasture produce a famously tough, high-lanolin fleece that resists crushing and takes dye with unusual depth, which is why 80 and 100 year old Heriz rugs are still on floors in daily use. Weavers here work from memory and village cartoons rather than a fully drawn workshop cartoon, knotting on a sturdy cotton foundation at a village count that keeps the rug thick and structural. That combination, coarse in the best sense, is exactly what makes a Heriz the right rug for a busy living room, a dining room under a table, or a home office where a finer silk weave would be wasted.