Rug 96759

Cotton fringe gives way to a firm rectangle of low, even wool. The field opens in a soft light blue that feels cool and airy, the surface gently banded by the nap so the color shimmers as you move. Down the center, three stacked medallions sit like lanterns—stepped diamonds with crisp edges—linked by a narrow bar so they read as one vertical spine. The upper and lower diamonds are pale, built of ivory panels shaded by small touches of brown, while the middle diamond glows in red, its interior set with tiny crosses and starbursts. Each medallion is ringed by neat saw-teeth and fine linear guards so the drawing stays precise against the light blue ground.
Around the spine the field is busy but ordered. Delicate floral sprigs run in rows—thin stems that branch into round blossoms—so the space fills evenly without ever feeling crowded. The blossoms switch gently between mustard, green, ivory, and quiet brown, the changes smooth enough that the eye glides from cluster to cluster. At the four corners of the field, large triangular spandrels tilt inward in red, each one patterned with small repeating flowers in ivory and mustard, tightening the frame and making the center feel luminous by contrast.
A layered border system gathers the whole picture. Closest to the field runs a fine guard that snaps the edge clean, then a broader walkway where little rosettes and linked motifs repeat with clockwork spacing, the figures trading light blue, ivory, and mustard. Outside this, a bold parade moves along a red ground: large latch-hook forms and stepped cartouches advance one after another, their bodies switching ivory, brown, green, and flickers of mustard. The turns at each corner are crisp; motifs meet and continue without a stumble. The outermost rim rests back to pale tones, closing the rug softly before the fringe returns.
From a distance the piece reads as a pale light blue garden pierced by a vertical chain of diamonds and held by strong red corners and borders. Up close the workmanship shows: outlines stay precise, color changes are smooth, and the low pile lets every tooth and petal remain sharp. The palette—light blue, red, ivory, mustard, brown, and small notes of green—keeps the mood calm and refined while the geometry carries the energy, a compact Shiraz that balances floral tenderness with exact, medallion-centered order.