
Tabriz Mahi 50 Raj | Exclusive | With Silk · with silk
357 × 248 cm
22.350 €














22.500 €
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This is a hand-knotted Tabriz, from the Persian city that has drawn the pattern books for Persian carpet weaving for five centuries, sized 358 x 251 cm (11'9" x 8'3"). Tabriz is where the medallion carpet reached its most disciplined form, and this piece follows that plan closely: a dense diamond lattice field with a bold medallion set precisely at its centre.
The field is a sandy beige, covered edge to edge in a fine grey-blue diamond lattice, the Mahi pattern repeated so evenly that from a distance it reads as texture rather than motif. Set on top of it is a scalloped medallion in deep brick-red and rust, its jagged outline the one break in the field's quiet regularity. A wide ivory border frames the whole, carrying floral rosettes in red, green and gold that echo the centre's colours out to the edge.
Tabriz workshops knot in the symmetric, or Turkish, knot, which locks each thread down tight and gives the clean, ruler-straight outlines a lattice this fine depends on. The pile mixes wool with silk; silk spins far finer than wool, so the weaver can pack in more knots without the weave losing its grip, and here that runs to 501,000-640,000 knots per square metre, months of work at the loom. The rug carries its own signature, woven into the field near the border on the right.
A rug of this size suits a dining table or a sofa group in a living room. The sandy field warms a pale floor, and the red medallion holds its own against dark furniture. Underfoot the weave is dense and firm, made to be walked on rather than kept for best, and through the day its slight sheen shifts with the light, so the lattice never sits quite still.
More on Tabriz rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Exceptionally fine weave
At 358 × 251 cm (8.99 m²) this is a very large rug. It carries a whole seating group with every furniture leg on it, or a dining table with the chairs pushed back. In a small room it becomes the floor rather than a rug.
Yes, knotted by hand — knot by knot on a loom, not machine-made. The density is 501,000 to 640,000 knots per square metre; across 8.99 m² that is roughly 4.5 to 5.8 million individual knots, every one of them tied by hand.
This pile contains silk and is more delicate than pure wool. Vacuum without a rotating brush and along the pile, do not beat it, and keep it out of permanent direct sun. Blot spills at once with a light cloth, never rub. For a proper clean a silk-blend rug belongs in expert hands — we handle that for pieces bought from us.
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Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 169865