7'8" x 9'9" Agra Oriental Rug | Traditional Rosette Panel Design | Burgundy & Gold | Made in India

This is a hand-knotted traditional Agra rug measuring 7'8" x 9'9", woven in India on a cotton foundation with a dense, lustrous wool pile. The drawing follows the old Agra workshop formula: a deep burgundy ground carrying nine large flowering rosette panels, framed by a wide antique gold border. It has never been used and remains in excellent condition, with full pile, straight sides and clean ivory fringes on both ends. It sits comfortably in the 8x10 Oriental rugs range, the most useful footprint for a seating group or a 6 to 8 chair table, and every piece we ship travels with a certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

The field is built as a repeating all over panel design, 3 oval cartouches across by 3 down, with half panels running off each edge so the pattern reads as a cut from a much larger carpet-sized composition. Each oval is outlined by a ring of serrated acanthus leaves and filled with its own small bouquet: a flowering vase, palmettes, carnations and cypress sprays, drawn so that no two panels repeat their interior exactly. Between the ovals the burgundy ground is broken by paired split leaf finials and little lozenge rosettes that lock the lattice together. The main border carries an interlaced strapwork vine with 8 petal rosettes and squared navy cruciform flowers, bracketed by two narrow guard stripes of alternating buds. It is formal drawing, but the slightly plump leaf work keeps it warm rather than stiff.

A Jewel Toned Multi-Color Palette

The ground is a dark aubergine burgundy, close to mulberry where the light catches the pile and nearly black plum in the shadows, which gives the rug real depth under lamplight. Against it the rosette panels alternate across a tight multi-colored range of salmon, pale ice blue, olive green and soft gold, each one ringed in a contrasting tone so the ovals seem to float. The border is a clear antique gold, more mustard than yellow, carrying navy, brick red and powder blue flower heads. Small touches of teal and copper appear in the leaf work, and the ivory fringe and narrow burgundy selvage close the whole thing cleanly. Because the gold occupies so much of the surface, the rug reads bright and warm from a distance and only shows its full color count up close.

Agra Weaving in India

Agra has been a carpet town since the Mughal court set up workshops there in the 16th century, and the city's weavers built their reputation on exactly this kind of panelled floral drawing in deep reds and golds. India is where most of the world's good contemporary hand-knotted work is now made, and this piece shows why: the knotting is even, the horizontal lines of the panels run true across 7'8" of width, and the wool has been spun and washed to hold a soft sheen rather than a synthetic gloss. The back, visible in the close-up, shows tidy rows on a cotton warp with the design reading clearly through, the mark of an attentive weaver rather than a rushed one. If you are weighing the difference between this and a Persian piece, our guide on what separates a Persian from an Oriental rug lays out the distinction in plain terms.