Vintage Pakistani Tabriz Rug, 09'02 X 13'00

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79432 Vintage Pakistani Tabriz Rug, 09'02 x 13'00.

The Celestial Court: A Vintage Pakistani Tabriz Masterpiece of Timeless Elegance

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The Celestial Court: A Vintage Pakistani Tabriz Masterpiece of Timeless Elegance

This hand-knotted wool and silk vintage Tabriz rug is a commanding expression of classical Persian grandeur, meticulously woven in Pakistan in reverence to one of Iran’s most esteemed weaving traditions. At its heart rests a cusped medallion of ceremonial elegance, its sculpted contours anchored by trefoil pendants that lend a sense of balance, authority, and architectural poise. The composition reads like a courtly emblem—formal, assured, and unmistakably noble—created to impress not through excess, but through refinement.

The deep navy field unfurls as a nocturnal garden, alive with an orchestration of palmettes, lotus blossoms, peonies, rosettes, and hyacinths, all interwoven with graceful leaves and drifting cloudband motifs. Each element carries symbolic weight: the lotus speaks to renewal and purity, peonies evoke honor and abundance, while cloudbands—borrowed from East Asian cosmology—suggest divine movement and celestial continuity. The inclusion of silk highlights lends a subtle luminosity, allowing the iconic motifs to shimmer with quiet opulence as light moves across the sumptuous surface.

The corner spandrels mirror the medallion’s cusped geometry, extending its language outward while introducing additional cloudbands that soften the transition between center and frame. This repetition creates visual harmony and reinforces the medallion’s authority, as though the entire field radiates from a single, sacred axis. The result is immersive rather than ornamental—a design meant to envelop the viewer in order, rhythm, and cultivated beauty.

Encasing the composition is a lavish floral border flanked by triple meandering guard bands, each densely packed with scrolling blossoms that form a ceremonial enclosure. This layered framing recalls palace carpets woven for grand reception halls, where every edge was designed to signal prestige and permanence. Sophisticated, storied, and unapologetically regal, this extraordinary masterpiece stands as a statement of connoisseurship—an exquisite work of art that elevates its surroundings with timeless authority and quiet magnificence.

Abrash.
Hand knotted wool. Hand knotted silk.
Made in Pakistan.
Measures: 09'02 x 13'00.
Pile Height: 0.25 of an inch.
Date: 1950's. Mid-20th Century. See less