| Exact Size in ft: | Width: 1'10" x Length: 8'6" |
| Size in Inch: | Width: 22 in x Length: 102 in |
| Size in meters: | Length: 2.59 m x Width: 0.56 m |
| Some of many colors in this rug: |
Crimson Red, navy blue, ivory, pink, sky blue, light blue, gold, olive green, brown, beige, and burgundy. |
| Woven: | 100% Handmade and Hand knotted |
| Foundation: | Cotton |
| Pile: | Wool |
| Shape: | Runner |
| Style: | Repeated medallions, geometric floral lattice, vine border |
| Origin: | Persian Bijar | made in Persia |
| KPSI | 220 - 240 |
| Condition: | Excellent | never used | |
A finely hand-knotted Persian Bijar runner in an unusually narrow 1'10" width, making it a rare size for hallways and passages where standard runners don’t fit. Woven in the Bijar region of Iran — famous for the so-called “Iron Rugs of Persia” — this piece combines durability, dense pile, and a classical repeating medallion design.
This runner is built around a traditional Bijar repeat-medallion layout: a line of rounded, scalloped medallions runs down the center of a richly patterned red field. The proportions are elegant and elongated, but the real magic of this rug is in the color story.
Color Story
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Primary field color: the background is a deep Persian red, closer to pomegranate/madder red than bright scarlet — warm, saturated, and slightly shaded, the kind of red you see on good village Bijars. It gives the rug its overall warmth.
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Central medallions: each round medallion sits in a midnight navy / inky indigo ground. This navy is dark enough to read almost black in low light but reveals blue undertones in daylight. That dark field creates a dramatic contrast against the red ground.
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Medallion interiors: inside those navy frames you get small, repeating Persian motifs in ivory, soft cream, and light rose, plus tiny hits of turquoise-sky blue and cool steel blue. Those lighter colors keep the rug from feeling heavy and help the pattern “pop.”
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Accent colors in the field: scattered throughout the red field are small geometric floral devices in teal-green, olive, walnut brown, dusty pink, and dark denim blue. These are used sparsely — not to change the main color, but to give the surface life when you look closely.
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Borders: the main border is on an ivory / pale cream ground with a meandering floral-and-leaf repeat in red, navy, pink, brown, and sky blue. This light border frames the richer interior and gives the runner a finished, collectible look.
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Outlines & details: some motifs are outlined in brick red or dark brown for definition, and there are tiny golden-tan/yellow ochre touches at the tips of the medallions that add a warm highlight.
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Overall, the palette is classically Bijar: red + navy + ivory, but with more nuance — multiple blues, two reds, warm browns, and soft pink notes — so it reads rich and old-world, not flat.
Because of this layered palette, the runner will work with cherry, walnut, and oak floors, and it’s friendly to both warm and cool interiors — the red and ivory warm it up, the navy and blue anchor it.
Rarity / Size Note
Most Persian runners were woven around 2'6"–3' wide. At only 1'10" wide, this is a narrower-than-usual Bijar runner, which is genuinely harder to find — great for townhome hallways, beside a bed, between built-ins, or in passageways where you only have about 2 feet of clearance.
