An Esfahan Qajar-restoration register

After the 1722 Afghan invasion shut down the great Safavid court ateliers in Esfahan, two generations passed before serious medallion weaving returned to central Iran. When it did — under early-Qajar patronage in the late 18th and early 19th centuries — the workshops produced a more restrained tradition than their Safavid predecessors: warm silver palettes, smaller central medallions, less polychrome ornament, more breathing room in the field. This piece is our 1200 Reeds quotation of that restoration grammar.

How warm silver behaves in a room

This is the warmest sibling in the Silver-Mono subcluster. The silver tones lean toward champagne and bone rather than steel and ice, which means the rug holds itself under warm 2700–3000K incandescent or candlelight and reads almost luminous against warm-wood furniture. Under cool 4000K LED the warmth thins and the rug reads more conventionally silver — still beautiful, but a different mood. Pairs uncommonly well with antique mahogany, walnut, and brass.

Construction

1200 Reeds — شانه shaneh 1200, تراکم tarakom >3,000,000 knots/m²

Pile

66% Polypropylene / 34% Polyester on premium cotton warp

Tradition quoted

Esfahan Qajar-restoration court (c. 1800–1860) — design-language reference

Composition

Silver-cream field, warm-silver royal medallion, restrained border ornament

Care

Vacuum regular setting; rotate twice yearly; professional clean every 18–24 months. Not a machine-washable rug.

Available sizes

• 3×6 ft — $109.99
• 4×6 ft — $164.99
• 5×7.5 ft — $199.99
• 5×8 ft — $219.99
• 8×10 ft — $329.99
• 8×11 ft — $495.00
• 10×13 ft — $659.99

Designer styling

Traditional and traditional-transitional rooms with warm woods: mahogany, walnut, cherry, antique brass, parchment lampshades, oil portraits. Excellent in formal living rooms, dining rooms with crystal chandeliers, libraries, and traditional master bedrooms. Pairs unusually well with antique Persian-painted ceramics and old-master prints.

Best for / skip if

Best for: formal traditional living and dining rooms with warm lighting and warm wood furniture; classical interiors that want a quiet anchor rather than a statement; renters with inherited furniture.

Skip if: the room is cool-toned modernist or coastal — the warm silver will clash. See the cohort’s classic-medallion sibling for a cooler register.

See it in our Sacramento showroom

Warm silver versus cool silver is the single judgment most shoppers misread from product photography. Our Watt Avenue showroom keeps the three Silver-Mono siblings laid out together so you can read the warmth difference in person. Visit the showroom or browse silver rugs.

Reed count and density. “1200 Reeds” (شانه ۱۲۰۰, shaneh 1200) describes warp density across the rug’s width; “tarakom” (تراکم) describes knot density. Our 1200 Reeds line exceeds 3,000,000 knots/m² — well above commodity machine-woven rugs and approaching mid-grade hand-knotted territory in fineness, though still a machine-woven design-language quotation of the traditions it references. Full reed-count guide.