9' x 12'3" Persian Heriz Sherabian Rug | Floral Medallion | Dense 3/8 Inch Wool Pile

Pick this one up by the corner and you feel the difference immediately: it is heavy, tightly packed and thick, with a 3/8 inch wool pile standing full and even across all 12'3" of its length. The drawing is a step above ordinary village work, closer to the finer Sherabian hand than to the blunt angular Heriz most buyers picture, with a large 8 petal floral medallion floating on a rose-red field and crisp ivory spandrels in the 4 corners. It is a true room-size piece at 9' x 12'3", one of the most usable proportions in the market, and it arrives in perfect condition with no repairs, no thin spots and clean white cotton fringe at both ends. Every rug we sell ships with a certificate of authenticity confirming it is hand-knotted, all wool and woven in Persia.

Design and Motifs

The center holds an 8 petal rosette medallion built in layers: a small ivory star at the core, a ring of stepped sky-blue and gold outlines, then 8 broad navy-black petals each filled with its own miniature bouquet. Above and below, twin cartouche pendants carry curled palmettes and split leaves that reach out into the field. The field itself is not empty for a moment, packed with vine scrolls, serrated leaves, rosettes and small blossoms in a dense all-over rhythm that keeps the eye moving. The ivory corner spandrels are drawn as flowering branches rather than flat blocks, which is the detail that separates the better weavings of this group from the plainer ones. A wide navy main border runs turtle palmettes alternating with round rosettes, flanked by gold-ground guard stripes of small connected blossoms and a fine sawtooth inner line that frames the field cleanly.

A Field of Rose Red, Navy and Ivory

The ground reads as a warm rose-red with brick and terracotta passages where the wool takes the dye differently, the gentle abrash that only natural fleece and open-air dyeing produce. Against it the navy main border sits almost black in the shade and resolves into deep indigo in direct light, giving the rug real weight around its perimeter. Ivory does the lifting: the spandrels, the guard-stripe blossoms and the small highlights inside the medallion petals all keep the red from going heavy. Scattered through the field are clear sky-blue leaves, soft gold and camel outlines, salmon pink blossoms and touches of charcoal and cream, which is why the colorway is logged as multi rather than a single tone. In a room with warm wood floors, cream walls or leather furniture it settles in instantly, and it is an easy match for anyone shopping red and burgundy Persian rugs.

Heriz Weaving and the Sherabian Hand

Heriz is a cluster of weaving villages east of Tabriz, on the slopes below Mount Sabalan, where mineral-rich water and famously tough highland fleece give the wool a hard, glossy surface that resists crushing for generations. Sherabian sits within that group and is known for a tighter, more detailed hand than the surrounding villages, which is exactly what you see here in the curved petal outlines and the flowering spandrels. The weave is on a cotton foundation with a heavy wool pile, beaten down hard so the back is firm and the knot rows are straight, and the ends and sides are original and secure. This is the kind of rug bought for a main living space and kept for 50 years, and if you are working to a room plan it belongs with the other 9x12 Persian rugs in the collection.