Rug 72764

The rug is a rectangle with short cotton fringe at the ends and a firm, low wool pile that feels even and compact. Step inside the borders and the picture forms: a dark navy blue ground holds a chain of multiple diamonds arranged along the center line, each diamond clearly edged and stacked like ornaments on a cord. The top and bottom diamonds are red; the midpoints alternate between ivory and red, so the eye follows a red–ivory–red rhythm down the axis. Every diamond carries a tight cluster of small geometric blossoms—four rounded rosettes at the quarters with a tiny center—drawn in light blue, green, ivory, and touches of brown; thin accent knots of mustard appear as warm sparks inside some flowers. Short stepped bars in navy blue brace the diamonds at their points, keeping the geometry steady.
The field outside the medallion chain stays navy blue, but it is busy with ordered scatter: octagons, small crosses, and tiny rosettes repeated in measured spacing. These satellites echo the medallions’ palette—red, ivory, light blue, green, and brown—so nothing feels isolated; each small form answers the next, keeping the surface dense yet readable. The drawing is bold: outlines are strong, angles crisp, and color changes are abrupt, so every shape stands clean against its neighbor.
Around the field rises a layered frame of multiple borders. Closest in is a narrow ivory track with a continuous bead of tiny rosettes in navy blue and red, turning the corners with crisp precision. Next comes a broad red band patterned with marching rosettes and latch-hook forms; the figures alternate with small spaces so the rhythm breathes. Outside that a darker navy blue stripe presents a meander of stepped lines, then another ivory band repeats the rosette chain, and the outermost brown guard completes the wall. The proportions are balanced: borders feel weighty enough to contain the strong center, but they never overwhelm it.
Seen from across a room, the rug reads as a navy field carrying a vertical ladder of red and ivory diamonds, all tightly framed by red and ivory walls. Up close, the texture remains even, the edge finishing clean, and the natural dyes hold a strong glow—red warm and saturated, navy blue deep and anchoring, ivory bright and clarifying, with light blue and green cooling the mix and tiny mustard notes adding warmth. The overall mood is traditional Shiraz: tribal geometry disciplined into symmetry, a compact piece whose order and color let it act like a small, woven icon at the center of a room.