9'9" x 13' Persian Heriz Rug | Stepped Geometric Medallion & Ivory Spandrels | Perfect Condition

This is a full room-size Persian Heriz, 9'9" x 13' of hand-knotted wool on a cotton foundation, drawn in the angular village idiom that made the Heriz district famous. The field reads as a deep saturated red, anchored by a large stepped medallion and framed by ivory spandrels that lift the corners and stop the pattern from feeling heavy. The pile is wool throughout, thick and springy underfoot, and the weave sits flat and true, as the angled and corner photographs show. It is in perfect condition with even pile and clean, tight selvedges. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming origin, materials and hand-knotted construction. Buyers searching 10x13 Persian rugs will recognize this as the classic living room and great room footprint.

Design and Motifs

The drawing is pure Heriz: everything is built from straight lines, hooks and steps rather than curves. At the center sits a large 8 point stepped medallion with a small hexagonal core, ringed by outlined lobes and finished top and bottom with tall anchor-shaped pendants. Around it the field fills with oversized angular palmettes, serrated leaves, hooked vine arms and small rosettes, each one outlined so the shapes read clearly from across the room. The 4 corners carry broad ivory spandrels packed with stepped leaf forms and small blossoms, which is the detail that gives this piece its lift. The border system runs 3 bands: a wide main border of linked hexagonal rosettes and star medallions, flanked by narrow reciprocal guard stripes with repeating flowerheads. Collectors of geometric Persian rugs look for exactly this balance of a bold center and a busy, well populated field.

A Deep Red Field With Ivory, Navy and Brown

Red is the dominant color and it moves: the ground shifts between a warm brick red and a deeper wine red, with lighter tomato and coral reds used inside the medallion lobes and the palmettes. Against that ground the ivory works hard, outlining the medallion, filling the corner spandrels and drawing the fine tracery lines that separate one motif from the next. Navy blue and a softer denim blue appear in the medallion core, in the border rosettes and in scattered small leaves, while chocolate brown, caramel and near-black outline the larger shapes and add depth in the corners. Touches of rust, pale peach and a little gold surface in the smallest flowerheads. The reverse photograph shows those same reds, blues, browns and ivories reading clean and clear at the knot, which is how you judge dye quality on a wool rug of this type.

Heriz Origin and Village Weaving Quality

Heriz is a group of villages east of Tabriz in northwest Persia, spread below Mount Sabalan. The mineral-rich water there is credited with the copper content of the local wool, which produces a fleece that is unusually tough and holds its luster for generations. Heriz weavers work from memory and from a simple scaled plan rather than a full cartoon, which is why the drawing is angular and why no two pieces are identical: the medallion on this rug is confidently placed but hand-adjusted, and the border repeats resolve differently at each end. Knot counts in the district are typically modest by workshop standards, and that is the point, since the heavier knot and thick wool pile are what make a Heriz one of the hardest-wearing floor rugs Persia produces. At 9'9" x 13' this one is scaled for a room where the rug takes the daily traffic and is expected to keep taking it.