8' x 9'9" Chinese Oriental Rug | Traditional All-Over Floral | Black & Burgundy | Never Used

A jet black field is the first thing you notice on this 8' x 9'9" hand-knotted rug, and the second is how much drawing fits on it. The wool is spun fine and clipped low, which is why the blossoms read crisply instead of blurring into the dark ground, and the surface carries a quiet sheen under light. It is brand new and has never been laid in a room, so the pile still stands up square, the fringe is clean and even, and the selvedges are tight on all 4 sides. Among 8x10 Oriental rugs this is the formal end of the range: a traditional, workshop-drawn floral meant for a dining table or a seating group rather than a casual space. Every rug we ship leaves with a certificate of authenticity confirming the hand-knotted construction, materials, measurements and origin.

Design and Motifs

There is no medallion here. The field is a true all-over composition built on a lattice of thin scrolling vines that arc from edge to edge, each curve hung with multi-petal rosettes, lotus palmettes, feathered leaves and small spray clusters of 5 petal blossoms. Look closely at the center of the field in the detail photo and the symmetry gives the pattern away: the vines mirror along both the long and short axes, so the eye keeps finding matched pairs of palmettes on either side of the midline. The border system runs 3 bands plus guard stripes, a wide burgundy main border carrying alternating large palmettes and rosette bouquets, framed inside and out by ivory guards drawn with a running vine and tiny blossoms, and closed with a narrow black outer line that seals the pattern against the fringe. The corners are resolved properly, with the border motif turning cleanly at each of the 4 corners instead of being cut off mid-flower, which is a good tell on a workshop piece.

The Color Palette, Black Ground With Burgundy and Rose

The ground is a dense, even black with no abrash and no streaking, the kind of flat dark field that makes the rest of the palette look lit from behind. Against it the florals are worked mainly in soft rose and blush pink, deepening to a dusty old-rose in the larger palmettes, with ivory and cream used for highlights, petal outlines and the brightest blossom hearts. Olive and sage green appear only in the leaves and calyxes, so the greens read as foliage rather than as a color block, and small touches of tan, taupe and soft gold warm up the vine work. The main border shifts to a deep burgundy with a wine undertone, cooler and more saturated than the rose in the field, which is what gives the rug its strong frame. If you are shopping specifically for black and ivory Oriental rugs, this one pairs easily with dark wood, brass and cream upholstery.

Origin and Weaving Quality

This rug was made in China, where workshops have spent decades building a reputation for fine traditional hand-knotted work in exactly this idiom: classic curvilinear floral drawing on a cotton foundation, with tightly spun wool clipped short so the detail survives. That is why it belongs in the broader family of hand-knotted work sold as an Oriental rug, a term that describes construction and tradition rather than one single country. The ruler photo tells you most of what you need to know about the weave: the knot rows are straight and closely packed, the back is flat and regular, and the pile depth is consistent from one end of the rug to the other, with no waviness or pull along the sides. Handled in person it feels firm and substantial for an 8 by 10, which is what you want from a rug that will sit under a dining table and take chair legs for years.