Isfahan Medallion Rug – Steel Blue, Crimson & Terracotta

This Isfahan carpet is the real thing: a formal workshop piece with a commanding central medallion in burnt terracotta, set against a cool steel-blue field that gives the whole composition an almost architectural stillness.
Every inch of the field is alive with curvilinear vines, palmettes, lotus blossoms and split-leaf arabesques radiating outward in perfect symmetry — the kind of dense, precise patterning that Isfahan and Kashan workshops spent centuries refining.

• ✔ Hand-knotted wool and silk pile
• ✔ 450,000–500,000 knots per square metre
• ✔ Silk warp for exceptional fineness
• ✔ Approx. 8 mm pile — firm yet softly lustrous
• ✔ 180 x 110 cm — ideal accent or hearth size

Run your hand across the surface and you'll feel the difference immediately — the wool-silk blend gives the pile a faint, cool sheen rather than the flat matte finish of a purely wool piece, and at 450,000 to 500,000 knots per square metre the weave is tight enough that the pattern holds razor-sharp edges even in the narrowest border stripes. RugEast sources pieces at this knot density specifically because it's where the curvilinear detail stops being approximate and starts being exact.
At roughly 8 mm thick it sits low and firm underfoot — well-suited to a hallway, a bedroom beside the bed, or anchoring a seating arrangement in a smaller sitting room — and the crimson-dominated main border, with its vase-and-floral cartouches and reciprocal palmette medallions, means the rug holds its own visually even against busy interiors. For general care, regular light vacuuming (without a beater bar) and prompt spot-cleaning will keep the wool-silk surface looking its best for decades; professional cleaning every few years is worthwhile given the quality of the materials. Traditional & Persian Rugs at RugEast spans everything from bold tribal pieces to formal city-workshop carpets like this one, so it's worth browsing if you're weighing up styles side by side.

Every rug ships with a certificate of authenticity — hand-knotted, genuine wool and silk, exactly as described.

More Fine Persian Rugs Worth a Look

If this Isfahan piece has caught your eye, the wider world of Isfahan Persian Rugs is full of comparable workshop carpets — same tradition of medallion composition and meticulous border work, each one slightly different in colour palette or field density. It's genuinely one of the most rewarding categories to explore slowly.