8' x 10' Oriental Rug | Black Floral Tabriz Design | Hand-Knotted Wool and Silk, Never Used

This is a brand new, never used 8' x 10' hand-knotted Oriental rug woven in wool with silk accents on a cotton foundation, drawn in the classic Tabriz floral idiom. The pile is still full and upright, the ends are firm, and the hand-tied ivory fringe has never been walked on. What sells this piece in person is the contrast: a true black ground that reads almost like velvet under light, carrying flower heads in ivory, salmon, soft gold and green, with the silk passes catching the light as you cross the room. It is a room-defining 8x10 area rug in perfect condition, and it ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming it is genuinely hand-knotted.

Design and Motifs

There is no central medallion here. Instead the weaver committed to a full all-over floral design, a network of thin dark vines that curl and rejoin across the entire field, each junction anchored by a rosette, a lotus palmette or a small flowering spray. The repeat is mirrored top to bottom and side to side, which is why the field looks calm rather than busy despite the number of individual flower heads packed into it. Tiny pale buds fill the negative space between the vines so the black ground never reads as empty. The border system runs 3 bands deep: a wide burgundy main border of sprays and palmettes, flanked by 2 taupe and ivory guard borders of alternating blossoms, with the corners resolved cleanly so the drawing turns the corner instead of breaking at it. That corner resolution is the detail to look at in the close-up photos, because it is where careless weaving usually shows.

Color Palette

The field is a deep, saturated black, not charcoal and not blue-black, and it functions as a backdrop the way a dark wall does behind a painting. Against it sit ivory and cream flower heads, warm gold and butter yellow rosette centers, salmon and rose pink petals, and muted sage to forest green leaves that keep the palette from turning sweet. Small touches of cornflower blue and deep wine appear inside individual blossoms, visible mainly when you are standing over the rug. The main border is a rich burgundy that grounds all 4 sides, separated from the field by a pale taupe and ivory guard band that gives the eye somewhere to rest. The silk passes are concentrated in the lighter flowers and the vine outlines, so the pattern shifts in brightness depending on where you stand and which way the pile is brushed.

Origin and Weaving Quality

This rug was made in China, in the workshop tradition that has spent decades weaving the great classical floral layouts to a high standard, and the layout it follows is the Tabriz floral drawing: curved vine, precise flower heads, deep multi-band borders. That drawing only works at a fine knot count, because the curves have to stay smooth at small scale, and the back of this piece shows the tight, even knotting and straight rows needed to carry it. The pile is clipped low so the outlines stay crisp, the selvedges are firm, and the cotton foundation keeps the 8' x 10' body flat and square on the floor. For a buyer who wants the formal look of a classical floral rug in brand new condition, with silk lifting the lighter tones, this is a well-made and honestly priced example.