9'9" x 13' Persian Tabriz Rug | All-Over Herati Mahi Field | Ivory Diamond Medallion

Laid flat, this 9'9" x 13' Persian Tabriz reads as one continuous field of small fish and leaf figures, anchored by a single ivory diamond at the center. The pile is clipped to 3/8", short enough that every knot of the drawing stays legible, and the rug lies square with straight sides, clean navy selvages and full, even pile from end to end. At close to 13 feet long it covers a standard living room under furniture rather than floating in the middle of it, which is why buyers searching 10x13 Persian rugs keep coming back to this format. It ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming it is hand-knotted in Persia.

Design and Motifs

The field is drawn in the Herati pattern, known to weavers as mahi, the fish: a rosette set inside a small diamond lattice, flanked by 4 curved lanceolate leaves that look like fish circling the flower. Here the repeat runs corner to corner as a true all-over Herati design, broken only by the ivory diamond medallion at the center and by a faint diamond outline that traces a larger version of the same shape across the field. The medallion is a small composition of its own, filled with the identical fish and rosette vocabulary on cream and framed by a serrated blue-green edge. The main border carries a turtle palmette and vine repeat, and several narrow guard stripes of rosettes and reciprocal zigzag step the pattern down to the plain navy edge.

A Navy Field Framed in Burgundy and Ivory

The ground is a deep indigo navy that goes nearly black in the corners and under low light, then opens up under a lamp to show the full palette held inside the lattice: rose pink, teal, sea green, saffron gold, chocolate brown, brick and cream, each rosette picked out in a different combination so the repeat never looks mechanical. Against that dark ground the main border reverses the balance, running a rich burgundy madder red that pulls the whole composition outward, while the ivory diamond at the center acts as the single bright point of the rug. Ivory and pale blue guard stripes separate every band, giving the borders definition instead of a solid block of red. Buyers who want a dark, furniture-friendly floor will find this reads as one of the more classic navy blue Persian rugs, warm rather than cold.

Tabriz Weaving in Northwest Persia

Tabriz sits in northwest Persia and has been a weaving capital for centuries, with workshops that measure their own fineness by the Raj system, counting knots across a gereh of about 2.75 in. The mahi Herati is the drawing Tabriz is most identified with, and the discipline it demands is visible here: the lattice holds its spacing across almost 13 feet without wandering, the diamond medallion sits true on both axes, and the leaves keep the same curve at the far ends of the field as they do in the center. The rug is knotted in wool on a cotton foundation, the combination Tabriz uses for room size pieces meant to be walked on rather than hung, which is what gives it the firm handle and flat lie you can see when it is rolled out. The back photograph shows tight, regular knotting and even tension throughout.