Rugsville Antique Heriz Rust Blue Wool Carpet 9' x 12'

The Heriz tradition came out of a region in north-western Persia where the wool from the local sheep ran coarser and longer than southern fleece. That fibre dictated a coarser knot, a bolder geometry, and a colour pair built around madder rust and indigo blue, because those two dyes took to coarse wool the way no other plant pigment did. The result was a tribal carpet that could survive heavy traffic and still hold a graphic authority. This rug carries that lineage with a rust ground holding a blue medallion in geometric stylization.

Three to four weavers shared the vertical loom for around six months. The pile is hand-spun lanolin-rich wool on a cotton warp, tied in Persian asymmetric knots row by row. Madder root, indigo, walnut hull, and oak gall were the dye plants. Each colour was matured in copper vessels for two to three weeks. The clipped pile was sun-dried and given a long mineral wash to mellow the saturation toward the patina of an antique village weaving.

The composition

A rust field carrying a stepped blue medallion at the centre and four spandrel quarters at the corners. The geometry is tribal, drawn freehand by feel rather than from a paper cartoon, which is why the lines breathe rather than ruling. The border is a triple band, the principal one in indigo with a stylised rosette repeat, the two guards in cream and walnut. The blue and rust hold each other in the relationship that has carried Heriz weaving for two centuries.

What you are buying

Antique Heriz carpets at 9' x 12' with similar geometry and condition reach thirty to seventy thousand US dollars at international auction when they appear. This is a new weaving in the same fibre, on the same loom architecture, to the same density. At one and a half lac it sits at a fraction of the auction comparable and appreciates with use rather than depreciating.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) carries a ten-seat dining table or a deep sectional with all front legs of the seating on wool. The rust ground anchors chalk plaster and warms walnut casework. The medallion centres a room without dictating the furniture layout. Pairs with brass, leather, raw linen, and unframed canvas.

Conservation

Rotate the rug a half turn each spring and autumn. Vacuum weekly, beater bar off. Blot spills with clean cotton at once, never rub. Hand-wash by a trained wool conservator every six years. With this care the rug crosses a century in regular use.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted hand-spun wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 274 x 366 cm (9' x 12')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 3-4 weavers, ~6 months
• Pile: hand-spun lanolin-rich wool
• Dye: vegetable (madder, indigo, walnut, oak gall)
• Origin: India

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