9'8" x 13' Persian Varamin Rug | All-Over Boteh and Rosette Field | Ivory Border, Excellent Condition

Varamin weavers do not chase medallions. They fill the field, edge to edge, with a repeating architecture of rosettes and boteh that has to line up over 13 feet without a single drift, and that is exactly what this 9'8" x 13' piece does. It is hand-knotted in wool on a cotton foundation, with a 3/8" pile that still stands full and even across the whole surface, and the condition is excellent with no wear, no repair and no thin spots. At just under 10 by 13 feet it settles into a formal living room or a large dining set-up without crowding the walls, one of the most usable proportions among 10x13 Persian rugs. Every rug we ship carries our certificate of authenticity, which records the origin, materials, construction and measurements for insurance and resale.

Design and Motifs

The field is a strict repeating lattice with no central medallion, the classic Varamin approach to an all-over design. Ivory and camel 8 petal rosettes sit inside dark outlined stars, alternating with four-leaf palmette clusters, and between them the weaver has set rows of boteh, the curling paisley that reads as a leaf in one direction and a teardrop in the other. Tiny checkerboard squares and cruciform dots fill the ground between motifs, so there is no dead space anywhere in 13 feet of field. The main border carries large ivory-ground rosettes and matching boteh, separated by a navy outer guard and a fine camel meander on the inner edge, with the corners resolved cleanly rather than cut off mid-motif. The overall effect is orderly and geometric at a distance and surprisingly detailed the moment you stand over it.

A Deep Rose Pink Field Against an Ivory Border

The ground is a saturated dark pink with red at its core, the kind of madder-family tone that shifts toward raspberry in daylight and toward a warm brick red under lamps. Against it the ivory reads almost cream, used for the main border ground and for the brightest rosettes in the field so the pattern lifts instead of blurring. The supporting palette is small and disciplined: inky navy outlines that give the stars their weight, soft camel and gold in the petals and vine work, and small hits of pine green in the leaves that keep the pink from going sweet. The border rosettes pick up a dusty salmon and a teal blue center that you only notice up close, visible in the corner photograph. It is a warm rug, and it works best with wood floors, cream or oatmeal walls, and furniture in natural linen, walnut or brass.

Varamin Weaving and Why the Quality Shows

Varamin sits on the plain southeast of the capital in north central Persia, a farming district whose weavers built a reputation on repeating field patterns rather than court-style curvilinear drawing. The tradition demands accuracy: a lattice this tight punishes any slip in the count, because a single row out of register would travel visibly down the length of the rug. Here the rows stay true, the boteh keep their spacing from end to end, and the selvedges and ends are straight and sound. The weave is dense and firm on a cotton foundation, with a short, tightly packed wool pile that resists crushing under furniture, which is why rugs from this group hold up so well in heavy-traffic rooms. It is a village weave in the best sense, made to be used rather than admired from the doorway.