Pale Green Persian Rug
This pale green Persian rug is hand knotted in Iran and measures 380 x 300 cm, or about 11.4 square metres. The field is a soft grey green, covered in small flowers and curling leaves in navy, gold and rust, and a sand coloured border surrounds it. It is a large rug with a quiet, cool background.
The design up close
At the centre a round rosette is built from rings of small flowers, with a gold and cream star at its middle. From it the pattern spreads across the whole field: palmettes, crescent shaped leaves, tiny blossoms and fine stems in navy, light blue, gold, rust and cream. The ground colour shows through between them, which keeps the design light.
There are no heavy corner pieces here. The flowers simply run out to the edge of the field, where a few narrow gold and cream stripes mark the start of the border.
The main border is sand beige with long palmettes and flowers in navy, gold and pale blue, and a cream guard border with small repeating motifs sits outside it. A white fringe finishes each end. Because the border is only a little darker than the field, the whole rug reads as one soft surface.
About Persian rugs
A Persian rug is made one knot at a time on a loom, and a room-size piece can take a weaver many months. No two are alike. The term means a rug hand knotted in Iran, and this one was made there.
How a pale green Persian rug is made
Each knot is tied by hand on a loom, row after row, and the pile is trimmed level when the weaving is done. This pale green Persian rug is hand knotted in Iran. The small differences you can find in the drawing of the flowers and the tone of the ground are what handwork leaves behind.
Colour in your room
Pale green is gentle and sits well with white, cream and soft grey walls and with pale timber floors. Navy or deep blue cushions pick up the pattern, and gold or brass lamps pick up the gold in the border.
Sizing it for your room
At 380 x 300 cm this pale green Persian rug covers about 11.4 square metres. A three-seat sofa of about 2.2 m leaves around 80 cm of rug showing past each end, and a coffee table with two armchairs fits on it. A queen bed, 153 cm wide, placed across the 300 cm width leaves about 74 cm on each side.
Under a dining table of about 240 x 100 cm the rug leaves about 70 cm at each end and 100 cm along each side, so chairs can be pulled out without leaving the rug.
Looking after your rug
Vacuum it on a suction-only setting, or with the beater bar switched off, so the brush does not pull at the knots. Turn it around every six to twelve months so sun and foot traffic wear it evenly. Blot spills with a clean white cloth and cold water rather than rubbing them in. When it needs a full clean, choose a cleaner who washes handmade rugs by hand.
Put a good underlay beneath it. It stops the rug sliding on timber or tiles, adds cushioning and takes some of the wear off the pile. Moths like wool in dark, quiet spots, such as the part of a rug under a sofa, so vacuum those areas often and lift the furniture now and then.
See it before you buy
Visit our showroom at 307 Penshurst St, North Willoughby, open every day from 10 am to 4:30 pm, to see this pale green Persian rug in person. If you would rather judge it in your own room, with your own light and furniture, book a home trial and we will bring a selection to you.
Browse more Traditional rugs, or ask about a custom made rug in your own size and colour. Read more about Persian carpets.
