Sky Blue Vintage Persian Rug
This sky blue vintage Persian rug is hand knotted in Iran from wool and measures 392 x 290 cm, or about 11.4 square metres. A sky blue field with rust and navy accents sits inside a wide blue border, with a navy medallion at the centre.
The design up close
A navy medallion with pointed ends sits at the centre, ringed in rust and cream, and carries fine small flowers inside it. The field around it is sky blue, with rust showing through in patches so it looks mottled and softly worn. Fine tendrils and flowers in olive, cream and pale green cross the whole surface.
The field is framed by a pale green and rust cartouche with scrolled edges, and by lobed spandrels at the four corners in blue-green and cream. A narrow band of cream and green separates the field from the border.
The wide border is sky blue again, with large diamond shapes in cream, rust and navy linked by curling scrolls. Rust shows at the outer edge. The ends are finished with a pale blue fringe, and the colours across the rug shift from patch to patch.
About Persian rugs
Every Persian rug is woven in Iran. It is made one knot at a time on a loom, and a room-size piece can take a weaver many months, which is why no two are alike. “Persian rug” and “Persian carpet” mean the same thing: a rug hand knotted in Iran.
How a sky blue vintage Persian rug is made
Each knot in a sky blue vintage Persian rug is tied by hand on a loom, row after row, and the pile is then trimmed level. The pile here is wool. As a hand knotted rug, every knot is tied by hand, so the rows carry small differences in spacing and tone, and turning the rug over shows the design clearly on the back.
This rug is vintage, and the uneven, softened colour across the field fits that description.
Colour in your room
Sky blue is a cool, fresh colour, and the rust warms it. This rug works with cream, white or pale grey walls, timber floors, and furniture in tan, leather or charcoal. In a coastal or relaxed room it gives a lot of colour without feeling heavy, and cushions in rust or navy will pick up its details.
Sizing it for your room
At 392 x 290 cm, this sky blue vintage Persian rug covers about 11.4 square metres. A three-seat sofa of about 2.2 m leaves roughly 86 cm of rug showing past each end, so a sofa and two armchairs can share it around a coffee table.
Under a dining table of about 240 x 100 cm, it leaves about 76 cm at each end and 95 cm along each side, enough for chairs to slide back and stay on 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 sky blue vintage 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.
