Fort Worth has always held two things at once. It is Cowtown, the place where the West begins, proud of the Stockyards, the cattle drives, and a handshake that means something. It is also home to one of the finest concentrations of art in the country, the Kimbell, the Amon Carter, and the Modern all within a few blocks of one another. A hand-knotted Persian rug lives exactly at that intersection: authentic heritage craft made entirely by hand, and at the same time a genuine work of art. That is why they belong in Fort Worth homes.

The homes of Westover Hills, Rivercrest, Mira Vista, and Montserrat are built on a Texas scale, with great rooms and formal spaces where a small rug simply disappears. These four are the anchors: a signed Mashad from the celebrated Sheshkalani workshop, a rare palace-size Peshawar in a washed paper-white, and two towering signed rugs from the master looms of Tabriz and Nain. Each one is the anchor the room is arranged around, not an afterthought placed under it.

Fort Worth rooms run big. The formal living and dining spaces in the estate neighborhoods, and the open great rooms of newer construction out toward the west and southwest, ask for a rug that reaches wall to wall and holds the furniture as one composition. A 10 by 13 anchors a generous living room; a true oversize or palace rug is what a double-height great room or a long formal dining space actually needs. Getting the scale right is the single most important decision, and it is the one most people get wrong by going too small.

Because we import directly with no middleman, we carry these large sizes in real depth, and we ship them free to Fort Worth with free returns if the scale is not right once it is down on your floor. Not sure whether your room wants a 10 by 13 or a 12 by 18? Send us the dimensions and we will tell you honestly, before you buy. We serve collectors across Texas the same way, including our neighbors over in Houston.

Fort Worth respects things made by hand and made to last, and it knows the difference between the real thing and a copy. That is the right frame of mind for buying a Persian rug. Every rug we sell is hand-knotted, and its fineness is measured honestly in knots per square inch, printed plainly in the spec table. The pile is wool and silk or pure silk on a hand-built foundation. These next four bring the same quality into more workable sizes, from a rare figurative Habibian to a luminous Isfahan.

You do not need to drive a showroom or haggle over a marked-up price. We are a direct importer, which means the rug you love comes to you at import cost, shipped free to Fort Worth and shipped the same day when you order before 2 PM. Try it in your own light, against your own walls. If it is not right, send it back free within 31 days for a same-day refund, and if you find the same rug cheaper elsewhere, our price beat guarantee holds. Questions about a specific rug, its size, or its weave, any hour of the day, call or text us at (855) 576-7705, reach us on live chat, or message us on WhatsApp. And our customers say it better than we can, five stars on Google, every single review.