Ivory Lotus Tabriz
Only one available — one-of-a-kind.
- Hand-knotted
- Ships from Japan
- 30-day returns
- Secure payment
An ivory field carrying a lobed central medallion in coral, gold and sage, with a small cusped pendant reaching from each end of it and gold spandrels closing the field corners. Scrolling vines, palmettes and blossoms in coral, sage green, gold and cream spread across the ground between them. A wide border of leafy palmettes on a gold band frames the field, backed by narrow floral guards. Cream fringe at both ends.
Hand-knotted in wool with silk. The whole rug sits within a single warm range — measured, ninety per cent of the surface falls in one orange-gold band — so the drawing is separated from the ground by the lustre of the silk rather than by any strong change of colour. At 61×92cm this is a small mat, suited to a bedside, an entrance or a wall hanging.
- Origin: Pakistan
- Type: Pakistani double knot, hand-knotted
- Material: Wool with silk
- Design: Central medallion, floral
- Size: 61×92cm (2'0"×3'0") — Extra Small
- Colour: Ivory and coral, with gold and sage
- SKU: MDS 819152
- One-of-a-kind: Yes
Hand-knotted from wool with silk, with a natural fringe at both ends. The silk is what makes a design this fine possible at this size: it holds a crisp edge on motifs only a few millimetres across, and gives the surface the sheen that separates the drawing from the ground.
Wool and silk shrink at different rates, so this rug must never be washed, steamed or shampooed — any deep clean is a job for a specialist in mixed-fibre rugs. The palette is pale throughout and there is little tonal contrast to disguise a mark, so it is better suited to a low-traffic spot, a bedside or a wall than to a hallway.
This is the Tabriz medallion scheme worked at its smallest useful scale. The full apparatus is here — lobed medallion on the centre line, cusped pendants above and below it, spandrels closing all four corners, a field of scrolling vine between, and a palmette border framing the whole — but it has been fitted into a mat barely two feet across. Nothing has been left out to make it fit; the drawing has simply been made smaller.
That is what the silk is for. At this scale the palmettes and blossoms are a few millimetres across, and a coarser yarn would round them off into blobs; a silk-blended pile holds an edge at a size where wool alone cannot. The palette works the same way — measured, ninety per cent of the rug sits within a single warm orange-gold range, so what separates the medallion from the field is not colour but the way the silk turns the light. Tilt the rug or walk past it and the medallion brightens and recedes. That shift is doing the work that a strong contrasting ground would do on a larger rug.
Shipping & Returns
Shipping
We ship from Japan to the United States, the United Kingdom and 19 European countries. Shipping is free on orders of ¥150,000 or more (approx. $1,000 / £790 / €920); orders below that ship at a ¥15,000 flat rate (approx. $99 / £79 / €92). Each rug is carefully rolled and wrapped. Orders are dispatched within 3 to 5 business days, then take 7 to 15 business days in transit. Every order ships with tracking. Import duties and taxes may apply in your country; please contact us before ordering for details.
Returns
For a change of mind, contact us within 30 days of delivery. Items must be unused, in original condition and in original packaging. Return shipping is paid by the customer and can be expensive from outside Japan, so please ask us about size or colour before you order. If your rug arrives damaged, defective or not as ordered, contact us with photos within 30 days of delivery: we pay for the return and send a replacement or a full refund.
