Rugsville Antique Persian Vegetable dyes Wool Carpet 8' x 10'

A medallion at the right scale is the hardest single element to draw in a Persian carpet. Too large and it crowds the field. Too small and the corner spandrels lose their relationship to the centre. The antique Persian piece in front of you carries a medallion that holds the proportion correctly, anchored against an open vegetable-dyed ground that reads as architecture rather than as ornament. That balance is what kept the original village workshops in commission for two centuries.

Three weavers shared the loom in India for roughly six months. Around 1.7 million Persian-asymmetric knots were tied row by row against a vertical beam, the wool drawn from a long-staple fleece washed before spinning so it lifts plant dye to the depth the antique palette requires. The dye baths were prepared from madder, indigo, oak gall, and walnut hull, each matured for two to three weeks in copper vats before the skein was lowered.

The composition

A faded ivory ground holds a soft madder medallion at the centre and corner spandrels that echo it at a quieter scale. Vine work in fermented indigo and walnut runs through the field, with the irregular grace only plant dye produces. A single deep guard band closes the border. The colour is not finished. The ivory warms into bone over a decade, the madder mellows into terracotta, and the indigo deepens. The rug arrives ready to begin its life rather than at the end of someone else's.

What you are buying

Comparable antique Persian carpets in honest condition trade at international auction between twenty-five and fifty thousand dollars when they surface. This is a new weaving in the same village tradition, in the same fibre, in the same dye process at the same density. The rug appreciates with use rather than depreciating, a property no other floor object carries at any price point.

The piece in a room

8' x 10' (244 x 305 cm) anchors a primary living area beneath the front feet of a sectional or sits under a six-to-eight seater dining table with an even reveal on every side. The faded ivory and madder palette works with walnut and oak floors, with leather and linen upholstery, and with the warmer metals.

Conservation

Rotate a half turn every six months. Vacuum weekly with suction alone, beater bar off. Blot spills at once with a clean cotton cloth and cool water. A wool-trained conservator should hand-wash the rug every five years. Under that regime the piece runs ninety years on a domestic floor.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 244 x 305 cm (8' x 10')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 3 weavers, ~6 months
• Pile: 10 mm wool
• Dye: vegetable (madder, indigo, oak gall, walnut hull)
• Origin: India

Free shipping anywhere in India. Cash on delivery available. 7-day exchange. The piece is crated for safe storage.