8'10" x 11'7" Zigler Oriental Rug | Gray & Mauve All-Over Floral | Brand New Natural Wool

This is a brand new, never used hand-knotted Zigler measuring 8'10" x 11'7", a true room size piece that sits comfortably in the 9x12 rug class once furniture is in place. The whole rug is built on quiet contrast: a gray-mauve field, a pale ivory main border, and drawing carried out in apricot, soft gold, sage and small points of deep teal. The wool is natural and hand-spun, with the slight unevenness in the yarn that makes the color breathe rather than sit flat, and the pile has a low, dense feel underfoot that you can see in the rolled view. The fringe is full and untouched, the selvages are tight, and the back shows an even, consistent knot line across the full 139 inches of length. It ships with our certificate of authenticity confirming the rug as hand-knotted, the fiber content, and the stated measurements.

Design and Motifs

There is no central medallion here. The field carries a repeating lattice of large palmettes and radiating rosettes connected by thin, pale vine scroll, the classic structure of all over rugs, which is why this piece works under a dining table or a sectional without the design being swallowed. Look closely at the field and the vocabulary is generous: 8 petal rosettes with teal centers, broad serrated leaves, split palmettes drawn in gold and apricot, and small cruciform flowerheads scattered between the main shapes. The main border runs a stately meander of large leafy palmettes joined by a ribbon vine, framed inside and out by a narrow guard stripe of alternating slanted leaves and tiny blossoms. The corners resolve cleanly, with the border pattern turned rather than cut, which tells you the weaver was following a proper cartoon all 4 corners around.

A Palette of Gray, Mauve and Rust

The field color is the reason to buy this rug. It is a gray that leans mauve, a warm smoky taupe that photographs cooler in flat overhead light and warmer when seen from floor level, so it reads differently morning and evening in the same room. Against it, the drawing is deliberately low contrast: butter gold and apricot in the palmettes, a dusty rust in the vine work, pale sage and celadon in the leaves, and ivory outlining that separates the shapes without hardening them. The only strong notes are the small deep teal and navy accents at the flower centers, which stop the whole surface from going hazy. The border shifts a half step lighter than the field, a sandy ivory that gives the rug a visible frame. Buyers working with greige walls, oak floors, linen upholstery or anything in the family of gray and charcoal rugs will find this palette does the job a solid rug cannot, adding pattern while staying neutral.

Made in Pakistan in the Zigler Tradition

This rug was hand-knotted in Pakistan, where the Zigler style, also spelled Ziegler, has become the signature product of the best workshops around Lahore and Peshawar. The name comes from the 19th century Ziegler and Co. commissions, a Manchester trading house that had classical all over drawing redrawn in softer, lighter palettes for Western interiors, and today's weavers continue that brief with hand-spun natural wool and muted dye lots. Pakistan now produces some of the finest hand-knotted work available at this scale, and the qualities you look for are visible in the photos: an even knot line on the reverse, straight sides over nearly 12 feet, no abrash banding where a dye lot changed mid-weave, and a clipped pile uniform enough that the drawing stays crisp. If you are weighing this piece against other types, our guide on what separates a Persian rug from a broader Oriental rug explains how the categories differ in weave, origin and price.