10x14 Persian Najafabad | Cherry Red Field | Star Medallion Floral | 200-220 KPSI

This 9'8" x 14'4" Persian Najafabad is the kind of formal floral that holds a 10x14 room together. The field is a deep cherry red, drawn with a continuous arabesque of palmettes, lotus blossoms, and fine curling vine work in ivory, sky blue, olive, and gold, all radiating around a sophisticated star-shaped central medallion with deep navy quatrefoil cartouches and a soft ivory inner field. The drawing is refined enough to feel like Isfahan workshop work, with the size and presence of a true room-size carpet. For background on this style, see our complete guide to Isfahan rugs.

Design and Motifs

The central medallion is the standout: an eight-point star with navy quatrefoil arms wrapped around a cream rosette core, anchored top and bottom by smaller navy palmette pendants that draw the eye down the length of the rug. Around it the field reads as a single, continuous Shah Abbasi style garden, palmettes opening, lotus blossoms turning back on themselves, vine work threading between them, never repeating in the same way twice. The drawing is fluid but disciplined, which is exactly what separates a Najafabad of this caliber from a generic Isfahan-style floral.

Colors and Placement

The palette is the classic Najafabad triad of cherry red, deep navy, and ivory, lifted by a soft sky blue that runs through the vine work and the medallion, with olive green and gold doing the floral highlights. The wide navy main border carries the same palmette and rosette vocabulary as the field, framed by ivory and sky-blue guard stripes that keep the borders feeling open rather than heavy. At 9'8" x 14'4" it is a true 10x14, sized for a long dining table with chairs fully on the rug, a large primary bedroom with a king bed and bench, or a formal living room with a sectional and two flanking armchairs all sitting on the wool.

Origin and Construction

Najafabad is a city in Isfahan Province in central Persia, long known for producing finely woven workshop rugs in the Isfahan tradition at a slightly larger, more accessible scale. This piece is hand-knotted in 100% wool on a cotton foundation at 200 to 220 KPSI, dense enough to render the small floral detailing crisply across a rug this large. The pile is full, the selvages and fringes are intact, and the rug is in excellent, never-used condition straight from our import inventory. For broader context on this weaving tradition, see the world of Persian rugs.