Persian Antique Malayer Rug

Three great diamonds marching down a red road, and no one is in a hurry.

This antique Malayer rug comes from Persia, present day Iran, and dates to the early 20th century. It is wool pile, about 100 years old. Malayer rugs take their name from a weaving district in Persia, where village weavers made sturdy runners like this to cover long hallways and the narrow rooms of Persian houses. Stepped navy lines form the diamonds here, each filled with hundreds of tiny motifs on a coral red field. Smaller patterned triangles fill the corners. Banded ivory borders with small repeating figures run down both sides. It measures 197 by 61 inches.

Few hallways have earned one. Yours could start now.