Kerman

Kerman Ivory Medallion — Antique Wash

Kerman rugs are famous throughout the world for their soft, pastel palettes and the refined elegance of their curvilinear floral designs. This outstanding example is built around a large navy blue diamond medallion that anchors a generous ivory field filled with roses, peonies, and curving vines in the city's characteristic painterly style. The antique-wash finish — a traditional technique applied to many Kerman rugs to soften the colours and give the surface a beautiful aged quality — gives this piece the appearance of a rug several decades older than it is, with all the visual warmth and mellowness of a true antique. A rug of extraordinary decorative power.