Hamadan Medallion Navy Rose

The Hamadan weaving district of western Iran — encompassing dozens of villages across the Zagros foothills — represents one of the most prolific and historically continuous hand-knotting traditions in the Persian world, prized for robust single-weft construction, saturated vegetable-derived dyes, and an honest tribal directness that sets it apart from the court workshops of Tabriz or Isfahan. This piece presents a deep midnight-navy ground of exceptional depth, upon which an elongated diamond medallion in aged madder rose anchors the composition, its scrolling palmette pendants reaching toward ivory spandrel corners filled with spiralling vine work; the surrounding field is densely populated with herati-derived rosettes, serrated leaves, and boteh-like floral clusters rendered in saffron gold, burnt sienna, and muted sky blue, creating a jewel-box density characteristic of the Tuyserkan and Nahavand village subgroups within the Hamadan region. The main border carries a classical reciprocal floral vine in terracotta on ivory, contained by narrow sawtooth guard stripes, while the outermost band employs a running sequence of stylised shrubs and geometric trees — a border treatment closely associated with Hamadan village production of the mid-to-late twentieth century. The rug carries a measured, grounded authority — the kind of piece that anchors a room rather than decorates it.