Rugsville Tabriz Wool Rust Black Carpet 2'6" x 19

Tabriz weaving spent the better part of five centuries refining the long, narrow runner into a piece of architecture in its own right. The format was born for the corridors of Persian courtyards and the long entry passages of merchant houses, and it survives because nothing else organises a hallway with the same authority. The pattern carried in this runner descends from that lineage of repeating medallions and floral guard bands, scaled and proportioned so the eye reads the full nineteen feet as a single intentional gesture rather than a stretch of decoration.

A single weaver shared the loom for close to seven months. Wool was tied row by row in the asymmetric Persian knot against a vertical beam, with the foundation built on cotton warp for stability across the long span. The pile was clipped low to keep the line work crisp and the rust ground readable, and the colour bath was layered in two passes so the black guard bands sit clean against the warm field rather than bleeding into it.

The composition

A rust ground laid the length of the runner, broken at intervals by black medallions and indigo-shadowed vine work that lifts the corners. The rust shifts toward terracotta where the light falls across the pile and toward dried brick where the shadows hold, and the black reads as soft graphite rather than ink. The wool will warm over the next decade and the rust will move closer to old leather. A long Tabriz runner does not arrive finished. It settles into the floor it lives on.

What you are buying

Genuine antique Tabriz runners at this length, from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, surface at international auction in the range of $8,000 to $20,000 when condition holds. This is a new weaving in the same Persian tradition, on the same kind of loom, with the same fibre and the same density of work. The piece appreciates with use rather than depreciating. A runner of this scale almost never comes out of the loom in current production; the format alone justifies the price.

The piece in a room

2'6" x 19' (76 x 579 cm) is the canonical long-corridor scale, sized for an entry hall, an upstairs landing, or the long axis between a primary suite and a study. The rust ground holds against limestone and warm wood floors, and the black medallions give the space a rhythm that matches a row of sconces or framed prints along the wall. Avoid laying it under doors that swing onto the pile.

Conservation

Rotate end for end every spring and autumn so foot traffic and light age the runner evenly along its length. Vacuum weekly with suction only, beater bar disengaged. Blot spills with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. A wool-trained conservator should hand-wash the runner every five to seven years. Cared for this way, the piece will outlast the corridor it was bought for.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 76 x 579 cm (2'6" x 19')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 1 weaver, ~7 months
• Pile: 8 mm wool
• Dye: vegetable tones in rust and black
• Origin: India

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