7' x 7' Square Persian Nahavand Rug | All Over Diamond Medallion Design | New, Never Used

A true square is hard to find in Persian village weaving, and this 7' x 7' Nahavand is a clean one, 84" in both directions with straight sides and flat, even selvages. It is a new rug that has never been laid in a home: the 3/8" wool pile is full, the ivory cotton fringe is uncut and tidy, and the colors are still at full strength. The weave is tight single-knot village work on a cotton foundation, heavy enough to lie flat without a pad fighting it. Every rug we ship, including this one, comes with our certificate of authenticity recording origin, materials and hand-knotted construction. If you are shopping square sizes for a square room, a card table area or the center of a stair hall, this is the practical answer with real Persian weaving behind it.

Design and Motifs

Instead of one central medallion, the weaver drew a balanced all over design built from repeating medallions: one large ivory serrated star medallion in the exact center, 4 teal diamond medallions set at the quarters, and ivory half medallions broken along each side and corner so the pattern reads as a continuing field rather than a framed panel. Between them the ground is packed with small blossoms, 8 petal rosettes, budding sprays and narrow serrated leaves, all mirrored on both axes, which is exactly why the square format works so well here: the drawing looks identical from every seat in the room. The main border carries alternating rosette roundels and stepped cross flowers on a teal ground, framed by narrow red and ivory guard stripes and a reciprocal outer edge. Lines stay crisp and angular throughout, the honest village interpretation of a city floral plan.

Color and Palette

The field is a warm rose red that photographs closer to a soft salmon rose under daylight, a lighter and friendlier ground than the deep brick you usually see in west Persian village work. Against it the medallions read in two distinct blues: a mid teal blue in the 4 quarter medallions and the main border, and a darker navy blue used for outlining and for the small secondary blossoms. Cream and ivory do the heavy lifting in the center medallion and the side half medallions, keeping the dense field open and readable, while burgundy outlines give every flower a defined edge. Small hits of orange and apricot appear in the leaf tips and border rosettes, with black used sparingly for contour so the drawing stays sharp. If you are working in the red and burgundy rug family but want something softer and rosier than a classic crimson, this palette sits right in that gap.

Nahavand Origin and Weaving Quality

Nahavand is a town in western Persia, set in the Zagros foothills south of Hamedan, and its rugs are traded within the broader Persian Hamedan rugs group. The area is sheep country, and the highland wool is the reason these rugs wear the way they do: springy, high in lanolin, and tough enough to take decades of traffic without shedding its luster. Nahavand weavers work on vertical village looms with a cotton warp and weft, knotting a sturdy medium weave and clipping the pile at about 3/8", which is why the back of this rug reads so clearly and the pattern stays as legible as the photographs show. The drawing is passed down locally rather than taken from a workshop cartoon, so the repeating medallions carry small, deliberate variations from quarter to quarter. That is the signature of real village weaving, and on a square this size it gives you a floor piece that is both collectible and genuinely built to be walked on.