9' x 12' Oriental Wool and Silk Rug | Ivory Allover Floral Field with Black Border | Brand New

This 9' x 12' room size piece is hand-knotted on a cotton foundation in wool with silk drawn through the flower heads and vine work, which is why the blossoms catch light at a different angle than the ivory ground behind them. It has never been used, the pile stands full and even end to end, and the fringes are still crisp and untrimmed. It ships with a certificate of authenticity recording the weave, fiber content and measurements. Shoppers comparing 9 x 12 area rugs will notice how thin the vine line is held here, which is the tell of a fine weave rather than a standard room size floor covering.

Design and Motifs

The field carries no central medallion. Instead a continuous arabesque vine runs corner to corner in a fine tan line, budding into small rosettes and split leaves, with larger sprays of pink, burgundy and near-black blossoms arranged in curved garlands that read almost like scattered bouquets. Eight shield shaped cartouches in sage green with brown outlines punctuate the field at the sides and ends, each holding a burgundy palmette and a tight cluster of leaves, and a matching cartouche anchors the top and bottom center. The black main border is drawn with alternating palmettes and cupped flower heads linked by a scrolling brown vine, and it is framed on both sides by a taupe guard band and a wider ivory band of small connected blossoms. The corners resolve cleanly, with the border pattern turning without breaking the repeat, which is a drafting detail that separates a well drawn floor piece from a hurried one.

A Study in Ivory, Black and Sage Green

The ground is a warm ivory with a faint cream undertone, closer to unbleached linen than to bright white, and it holds the whole design together. Against it the main border goes to a true deep black, which gives the rug a hard outline on a pale floor and a strong frame on a dark one. The cartouches are a muted sage green, dusty rather than vivid, and they are shaded with olive and soft brown at the edges. Flower detail supplies the warmth: rose pink, deeper burgundy, a few coral and salmon notes, ivory highlights and small hits of teal and forest green in the leaves. Between the black border and the ivory field sit two quieter bands, one mauve taupe and one pale peach, and they do most of the work in keeping the contrast from feeling abrupt. The silk in the pile lifts the pinks and greens under lamplight while the wool ground stays matte, so the rug changes character between daylight and evening.

Origin and Weaving Quality

This rug was made in China, where a number of established workshops weave to the classical floral vocabulary of the Oriental rug tradition at a genuinely high standard. The knotting here is dense and regular, the back shows a tight even grain with no drift in the pattern lines, and the selvedges are firmly overcast, all signs of an experienced workshop rather than a production line. The wool is springy and takes a clean clip, and the silk is reserved for the areas where the design needs sheen instead of being spread across the whole pile. At 9' x 12' the rug sits square under a dining table with chairs pulled out, or carries a full seating group with the front legs on, and the allover layout means no piece of furniture will ever cover a medallion. Brand new and never used, it is ready to go straight down.