9' x 12'8" Oriental Rug | Black All-Over Tabriz Design | Wool and Silk, Never Used

This 9' x 12'8" rug is a brand new, never used piece, hand-knotted in Pakistan with a wool and silk pile on a cotton foundation. The drawing follows the classic Tabriz workshop formula: a black field carrying an all-over floral system, framed by a wide beige main border and two narrow black guard bands. It is the kind of dark-ground room-size piece that anchors furniture instead of competing with it, and the silk highlights give the blossoms a quiet lift whenever the light moves across the surface. Every rug we ship carries a certificate of authenticity that records the size, materials, weave and origin.

Design and Motifs

There is no central medallion here. Instead, a lattice of slender olive vines runs corner to corner across the whole field in a true all-over floral design, each diamond of the lattice holding a different flower head: 8 petal rosettes, serrated palmettes, curling boteh paisleys and small budded sprays that fill the gaps between them. The repeat is mirrored rather than copied, so no two neighbouring blossoms read identically at close range. The wide main border is drawn on a beige ground with large curling split leaves and vase-like palmettes that turn the corners cleanly, a detail that separates workshop drawing from village guesswork. Inside and outside that band sit two black guard borders of small paired blossoms, with a fine minor stripe of tiny rosettes at the outer edge.

A Black Ground Lit With Rust, Olive and Ivory

The field is a deep, saturated black that photographs with a faint plum warmth when raking light hits the pile, and against it every accent colour reads clearly. Rust and copper carry the largest palmettes, backed by peach and soft coral shading that keeps them from going flat. Olive green traces the vine work and fills the split leaves, with pale sage, ivory and cream used for the smaller flower centres and outlines. Burgundy and a muted gold appear in single knots for definition, and a few slate blue touches cool the warmer clusters. The beige main border is several shades lighter than the field accents, so the frame reads as a bright halo around a dark centre. In a room, expect the black to ground dark woods and leather while the beige border picks up cream walls and lighter upholstery.

Woven in Pakistan to the Tabriz Standard

Pakistan has spent decades building workshops that weave classic city designs on cotton warps with fine, tightly packed knotting, and this piece is a good example of that tradition: even selvages, a flat handle, crisp outlines and a pile short enough to hold the detail of the smaller motifs. The wool takes colour deeply and the silk is used sparingly in highlight areas rather than across the whole surface, which is how a dark-ground rug keeps depth instead of looking glossy. If you are weighing this against a city-woven piece from Persia, our guide to what separates a Persian rug from an Oriental rug is worth reading, and you can browse more large hand-knotted area rugs in comparable dimensions.