8'6" x 11'6" Sino Oriental Rug | All-Over Floral Ivory Field | Wool with Silk Highlights

This is a finely woven Sino Oriental rug measuring 8'6" x 11'6", hand-knotted on a cotton foundation in wool with silk highlights through the vines and flower heads. The pile is clipped low and even, which is why the drawing stays crisp at this scale, and the back tag reads "Authentic Hand Knotted". Nothing about it is machine made or printed: every knot was tied by hand, row by row, and the low clip is what gives the silk its quiet shine when you walk around it. It is in excellent condition and has never been used, with full pile, straight sides and original hand-tied fringe at both ends. A size like this covers a 12 seat dining table or a full seating group without the field disappearing under furniture, and it sits comfortably in the practical 9x12 area rug range. Every rug we ship carries a certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

There is no medallion here. Instead the weaver filled the whole field with a balanced all-over floral design, built from thin scrolling vines that curl into tight spirals and carry serrated leaves, small tulip and carnation sprays, and large layered palmettes that read almost like open chrysanthemums. The drawing is mirrored on both the long and short axes, so the pattern resolves neatly instead of drifting, and small 8 petal rosettes act as anchors down the center line. The border system runs 5 bands: a wide taupe main border of alternating palmettes and cusped rosette cartouches, flanked by narrow floral guard stripes and fine outline stripes that frame the field. Look at the corner photo and the corner resolutions are fully worked out, with the main border turning cleanly rather than being cut off, which is the mark of a drawn cartoon followed properly.

Ivory, Taupe, Burgundy and Green Coloring

The field is a warm ivory, closer to eggshell and cream than stark white, and it is the reason the rug works in so many rooms. Against it the vines are drawn in pale sand and a slightly deeper beige, so the scrollwork reads as texture more than contrast. The flowers carry the color: soft burgundy and brick rose in the palmette centers, terracotta and rust on the smaller blooms, muted sage and olive green in the leaves, with occasional charcoal and dark brown outlines that give each flower its edge. The main border shifts to taupe, a camel toned neutral that sits between the ivory field and the guard stripes and keeps the perimeter from going heavy. Ivory guard stripes and a single thin burgundy outline separate each band. It is a low contrast, layered palette rather than a bold one, so the rug brightens a room and tends to pick up whatever wood tone or upholstery is already there. Browse related ivory and beige rugs if you are matching a scheme.

Origin and Weaving Quality

Made in China, this is a Sino piece, meaning a Chinese workshop weaving a classical floral repertoire of the kind associated with the great Persian city workshops rather than traditional Chinese motifs. Chinese ateliers built that program deliberately in the later 20th century, hiring master drafters, using cotton warps and a dense, tightly packed weft, and clipping the pile very low so fine detail survives. The result is what you see in the close-up: flower heads only an inch or two across with 5 or 6 distinct shades inside them, and vine lines that hold a single knot width across a long curve. Silk was used selectively, on vine tips and petal accents, so the sheen catches the light in a way plain wool cannot. Handled side by side with other hand-knotted Oriental rugs of this type, the weave here is above average in knot count and unusually consistent in clip, and the rug has never been on a floor, so the full pile is still there for whoever puts it down first.