The Tabriz Midnight Medallion Rug - 4x6
Small in scale. Absolute in presence.
There is a particular confidence that belongs only to dark rugs. Where ivory fields invite and azure fields open, midnight commands. The Tabriz Midnight Medallion enters a room with the quiet authority of something that knows exactly what it is — and has nothing to prove.
The field is near-black, a deep charcoal navy that absorbs light rather than reflecting it, creating a depth that makes every element placed upon it appear to float. And float they do. Ivory and blush florals drift across that dark ground like blossoms on still water — unhurried, weightless, impossibly delicate against the darkness beneath them. Persian weavers have understood for centuries that no colour sings more purely than ivory on black. This rug is the proof of that understanding.
At its centre, a lobed medallion in the same midnight ground creates a composition within a composition — an inner world of concentrated complexity rising from the field around it. Within the medallion, a star of pale ivory, dusty rose and powder blue burns at the very heart, its petals radiating outward through rings of arabesques and scrollwork that grow progressively larger as they reach the medallion's edge. It is a design that moves outward from stillness. From a single point of perfect calm, everything unfolds.
The transition from inner field to outer field is where this rug reveals its full sophistication. A band of warm antique gold separates the midnight centre from the golden outer field — a breath of light between two darknesses that makes both richer for the contrast. That outer champagne and gold ground carries its own scattered floral garden, lighter in tone, softer in mood, the perfect counterpoint to the intensity of the centre. Then the border arrives — deep navy again, carrying a dense procession of ivory, crimson and blush florals framed by fine lines of red and gold — layered, considered, complete.
This is Tabriz design in its most assured register. Every transition earned. Every contrast intentional. Nothing added without reason, nothing omitted that belongs.
367 knots per square inch. Hand-knotted in pure silk. Woven in Henan Province by craftspeople working a tradition centuries in the making.
At 4x6 the Tabriz Midnight is the most versatile piece in the Mizan collection. Precisely scaled for a bedroom, a study, a dressing room or as a defining centrepiece in a smaller living space — it brings the full weight of the Persian weaving tradition to rooms that larger pieces cannot serve. Do not mistake its scale for restraint. At 367 knots per square inch every inch of this 4x6 surface contains the same density of craft, the same hours of labour, the same devotion to the work as a piece three times its size.
The midnight silk field does something in candlelight and warm artificial light that daylight cannot fully reveal — it comes alive. The dark ground deepens further, the ivory florals glow against it with an almost luminescent quality, and the gold outer field warms to something close to amber. This is a rug that earns its place in a room used in the evening. It was made for that light.
At this price point and this scale, the Tabriz Midnight is also the most accessible entry into the Mizan collection — and the one most likely to never be available again. Pieces at this knot density and this level of design refinement do not return once they are gone.
One piece. One home. Exclusively yours.
Material: 100% Pure Silk Knot Density: 367 knots per square inch Origin: Henan Province, China Weave: Hand-knotted Size: 4x6