{"product_id":"1068-rare-blue-blooded-antique-persian-karaja-rug-with-midnight-cobalt-blue-circa-1910-1930-2-7-4-0","title":"1068 | RARE BLUE BLOODED Antique Persian Karaja Rug with Midnight \u0026 Cobalt Blue | Circa 1910–1930 | 2.7 × 4.0","description":"\u003ch3\u003eABOUT THIS RUG\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis blue has been waiting a hundred years for your beige living room.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet \u003cstrong\u003eBlue Blooded\u003c\/strong\u003e—an antique Persian Karaja from Northwest Persia with a color palette that feels almost impossible for its age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe field is a deep, saturated midnight indigo. Not faded navy. Not blue-gray.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMidnight.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRunning straight through it are three geometric medallions, each doing its own thing. The upper and lower medallions erupt in extraordinary cobalt blue with brick-red centers, while the middle flips the script entirely—a dusty salmon-pink medallion floating against all that darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the corners turn pink too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause apparently restraint wasn't on the loom that day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurrounding everything is a spectacular ivory border packed with angular, almost hieroglyphic-looking geometric forms in brown, blue and red. The contrast against the dark field is outrageous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMidnight indigo. Cobalt. Salmon pink. Ivory. Tobacco brown. Brick red. Tiny flashes of ochre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFind us a new rug with this palette. We'll wait.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Northwest Persia (Iran), attributed to Karaja \/ Karajeh in the greater Heriz weaving region\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Antique, likely circa 1910–1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-knotted wool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2'7\" × 4'0\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Midnight indigo, saturated cobalt blue, salmon pink, ivory, brick red, tobacco brown \u0026amp; ochre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesign:\u003c\/strong\u003e Three geometric medallions on a deep indigo field with salmon corner spandrels and graphic ivory border\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWHY WE LOVE IT\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe blues are absurd.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are antique Persian rugs with blue in them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd then there's this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe field drops into an almost bottomless midnight indigo while those electric cobalt medallions seem to sit right on top of it. Against all that blue, the salmon-pink center and corners shouldn't work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey absolutely do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's the kind of color combination that makes you wonder how something woven roughly a century ago somehow looks more interesting than 95% of what gets designed today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd look at the drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose medallions aren't perfectly centered. The outlines wander. The little motifs change shape. The ivory border twists its way around the rug with enough irregularity to make it unmistakably handmade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is rhythm here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut perfection?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWrong department.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCONDITION\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Blooded has survived remarkably well while retaining exactly the antique character we want to see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is age-related variation in the pile, handmade irregularity throughout, and visible wear along the ends and fringe consistent with an old village rug. The wool still carries tremendous visual depth, and most importantly, those extraordinary blues remain remarkably saturated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNothing has been artificially distressed to make this rug look interesting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt put in the years.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease review all photographs carefully, as they are considered part of the condition description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSTYLING NOTES\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt \u003cstrong\u003e2'7\" × 4'0\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, Blue Blooded is small enough to go almost anywhere and loud enough that nobody will overlook it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeside a bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the kitchen sink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn front of a console.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder a little table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an office that desperately needs evidence its owner has a personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut we'd really like to see this one surrounded by restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite plaster. Natural wood. Linen. Chrome. Travertine. Something aggressively contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen drop a hundred-year-old Persian rug with \u003cstrong\u003emidnight blue, electric cobalt and pink\u003c\/strong\u003e onto the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProblem solved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFINAL WORD\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome antique rugs are valuable because they're old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome because they're beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd every once in a while, you find one with colors that make you wonder how the hell they survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlue Blooded is that rug.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproximately a century old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour feet long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree medallions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd enough blue to make everything else in the room look underdressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGood luck finding another one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rug Snob","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50172460400888,"sku":null,"price":1356.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/5978\/3416\/files\/1068.1.jpg?v=1786912040","url":"https:\/\/www.rugsnob.com\/products\/1068-rare-blue-blooded-antique-persian-karaja-rug-with-midnight-cobalt-blue-circa-1910-1930-2-7-4-0","provider":"RUGSNOB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}