9'1" x 12'3" Jaipur Wool and Silk Rug | Transitional All-Over Floral | Brand New, Made in India

This rug came out of a Jaipur workshop in Rajasthan, knotted in wool with silk worked through the flowers and leaves so the drawing lifts off the ground whenever light crosses it. The field is a soft light green, the main border ivory, and the whole surface is covered in a mirrored floral vine rather than a central medallion, which is why it reads as calm rather than busy from across a room. At 9'1" x 12'3" it is a true room-size piece that settles under a sofa group or a dining table with all chairs on the wool, and it sits in the most-searched proportion we stock, so it is worth comparing against our other 9x12 hand-knotted rugs before you decide. It is brand new, never used, with full pile and clean cotton fringe, and it ships with a certificate of authenticity.

Design and Motifs

The layout is an all-over floral repeat built on a continuous vine that loops the length of the field and mirrors itself across the center axis. Large lobed palmettes anchor the rhythm down the middle, each one drawn with 8 or more petals in layered gold, rose and deep maroon around a dark heart, while smaller rosettes, tulip forms, curling serrated leaves and split arabesque scrolls fill the ground between them. There is no medallion and no open field, so the pattern carries evenly whether the rug is seen from the doorway or from a seat. The ivory main border runs a matching vine with alternating rosettes and leaf sprays, framed on both sides by a narrow brown guard stripe and a fine red outline that keeps the edges crisp. It is a transitional drawing: classical Mughal and Oriental vocabulary, but softened in scale and color so it works in a contemporary room as easily as a traditional one.

Light Green Field With Ivory, Brown and Rose Accents

The ground is a pale, slightly grayed light green, closer to celadon than to sage, and it is the reason this rug is so easy to place: it reads as a soft neutral from a distance and only shows its green when you stand on it. Against that ground the palmettes work through gold, warm tan, olive, dusty rose and small pockets of maroon, with ivory and cream used for the smallest buds so the eye has bright points to land on. The main border is ivory with brown and rose vinework, and the outer band is a mushroom brown that grounds the whole piece and stops the pale field from floating. Where silk is used, in petal edges, leaf tips and vine outlines, the color shifts as you move around the rug, so the 4 corners never look quite the same as the center. Pinks and maroons are restrained accents, not dominant tones.

Woven in Jaipur, Rajasthan

Jaipur is where a great deal of the world's best contemporary hand-knotted weaving is now done, and we say that plainly: the workshops there have the trained drawing hands, the wool supply and the finishing discipline that this kind of curved floral pattern demands. This piece is knotted knot by knot on a cotton foundation, with a wool and silk pile clipped low enough to hold the fine vine work without blurring it, and the back shown in the photographs is tight, even and legible motif for motif. If you are weighing the difference between this kind of weaving and older village work, our guide on Oriental rug terminology explains how the categories are actually used in the trade. The selvages are firmly overcast, the ends are secured, and the fringe is original warp, all of which is what you want to see in a rug expected to stay in a family for decades.