9'11" x 12'9" Indian Oriental Rug | Navy Paisley Herati All-Over Field | Rust Border | Never Used

This is a big, quiet, serious floor rug. At 9'11" x 12'9" it fills the same footprint buyers shop for when they search 10 x 13 area rugs, with a field so dark it reads almost black until light catches the wool and the navy comes forward. Every inch of that field is filled with small paisleys, and the whole thing is contained by a wide rust border drawn with big curling boteh and sage green leafwork. The pile is 100% wool on a cotton foundation, the weave is dense and even, and the rug has never been on a floor: it is brand new, with clean ivory fringe and full, uncut pile at the ends. It ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming it is genuinely hand-knotted.

Design and Motifs

There is no medallion here, and that is the point. The field is an all-over paisley design, with rows of boteh set on the diagonal so the eye travels across the rug rather than to a single center. Each paisley is outlined by a fine vine and packed with tiny flower heads and Herati style leaves, which is why the drawing stays readable even from standing height. The main border runs rust and carries much larger paisleys, alternating with palmette and tulip forms, each one shaded through green, gold and ivory. Inside and outside that band are narrow guard stripes, one on a gold ground with a running floral vine, another on slate blue with small rosettes, and the outermost edge finishes in the same dark navy as the field. The corners resolve cleanly, with the border pattern turning without a break, which is a sign the cartoon was followed carefully all the way around.

Navy, Rust and Green Read Across the Room

The field is a deep midnight navy that photographs close to black and softens toward ink blue in daylight, as the close-up and the rolled shots show. Against it, the paisleys glow in warm tan and antique gold, lifted by small hits of coral, brick red, pale pink and ivory, with sage and olive green leaves cooling the whole thing down. The border switches the balance completely: a warm rust to terracotta ground, brighter and more orange along the rolled edge where the pile catches light, carrying green paisleys, blue-grey outlines and cream flower sprays. A gold guard band sits between field and border like a line of light, and the navy outer edge ties the frame back to the center. In practice this is a dark rug that behaves like a warm one, since the rust and gold keep it from going heavy in a room with limited daylight.

Hand-Knotted in India: Town Tradition and Weave Quality

India is where most of the world's good contemporary hand-knotted work is made today, and this piece is a fair example of why: the weavers there have kept classical drawing alive while producing at a scale and a price no other country matches. The back shows a tight, regular knot with clear definition on every small paisley, a straight cotton foundation and firm selvages, all of it consistent from end to end rather than loosening where a lesser workshop would rush. The wool is natural and takes dye with depth instead of flatness, and the pile has been clipped low enough to hold the fine detail of the field. If you are weighing the difference between this and a village or workshop piece from Persia, our guide to what makes an Oriental rug distinct is worth reading before you decide.