When you’ve looked at enough Heriz rugs with the center medallion, you get used to seeing the classic layout. This one is strikingly different and will make you do a double take. The whole design feels more intentional and more architectural. Let’s start with the massive red field that steps out at the shoulders, hooks inward and extends down the field. It’s like a giant shield, a medallion all on its own.
Then, the striking chain motif that has a life of its own. A dark line with impact, tracing the red field. Within that chain...tiny, interconnected floral motifs. Once your eye finds it, you follow it all the way around. It’s a strong and exquisite outline. Further within the field, the inverse colors of the chain are showcased, too.
There is on the outermost part of the field, an amazing contrast with ivory that wraps around the red, helping give emphasis to the red medallion that almost floats. In the corners, great spandrels in sage green, filled with angular flowers and leaves. The corners have real weight. They really make that big red silhouette even more striking.
There’s so much going on, so much to discover. Then you find the medallion inside the medallion. That center could be a whole rug on its own. It’s a dark, jagged shape framed in stepped ivory, with a little red rosette at its heart. Ivory stems shoot up and down like branches, tipped with serrated leaves and flowers that look almost like arrowheads. Those hard angles give the drawing a tribal feel, and the way it all stretches lengthwise gives this Heriz a completely different presence. She’s downright regal.
And that border? Killer. It’s midnight blue, so deep it can read charcoal at first glance. Oversized turtle motifs, hooked leaves and zigzagging vines run right around it.
Busy? Absolutely, in the best way. The symmetry gives all that detail somewhere to go. Crimson, coral pink, clear blue and little hits of sage jump against the dark wool. In softer indoor light, the colors settle down a bit. The drawing still hits.
A stout, substantial Persian Heriz from the 1920s, handwoven in vegetable dyed wool.
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The Rug Rundown…
the wool…the weave…the wear
Size: 9'5 x 12'3
Material: Vegetable dyed wool
Construction: Handknotted
Origin: Persia
Age: 1920s
Design: Shield medallion with tribal geometric and botanical motifs.
Condition: Stout and substantial with rich color depth.
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