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Square Persian Rugs

Square Persian Rugs

Shop square Persian and oriental rugs, from 4x4 mats to 7x7, 8x8 and 10x10 squares. Square is the rarest format in hand-knotted weaving, and every rug here is one of a kind and photographed exactly as it will arrive. Free shipping and returns across the US and Canada.

Square Persian Rugs

Ask a weaver for a square rug and you are asking for something special. The classical design canon was drawn for the rectangle, so a true square forces the designer to rethink the whole composition: the medallion sits differently, the corners carry more weight, the borders meet as equals on all four sides. Few workshops bother, which makes the square the rarest format in hand-knotted weaving, and the pieces that exist tend to be woven with particular care precisely because they were never routine. Every square Persian rug on this page is hand-knotted, one-of-a-kind, and photographed exactly as it will arrive.

Certain floors were simply born square: the foyer under a center chandelier, the stair landing, the breakfast nook, the sitting corner built around a card table or four chairs. In those spaces a rectangle always compromises and a square resolves, centered under the light fixture with even margins all around. If your room bends further still, the rest of the rare-format family is close by: our round rugs sit naturally under circular tables and chandeliers, oval rugs soften a dining room or entry with a gentler line, and octagon rugs bring the most distinctive geometry in the trade to foyers and libraries. The full standard collection stands beside them all in our rectangular rugs.

Because squares are scarce, the wise move is flexibility on size before shape: tell our rug experts the space you are solving on phone or chat, any hour, and they will pull every square in the building plus the near-square pieces that would serve. Free shipping and free returns in all 50 states and Canada mean the rarest shape in the trade auditions in your home as easily as the most common.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where does a square rug work best?

In square rooms, under a round or square dining table, in a foyer or under a square coffee table with seating on all four sides. A square rug gives each side of the room the same weight.

What size square rug do I need under a round table?

Measure the table and add about 24 inches on every side so the chairs stay on the rug when pulled out. A 48-inch round table needs a square of about 8 x 8 feet.

Why are square Persian rugs so rare?

Classical Persian designs were drawn for rectangles, so a true square means reworking the whole composition. Few workshops take that on, which is why squares turn up far less often than standard sizes.

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