Oushak and Persian Pattern Rugs
Collection
Oushak rugs and Persian pattern rugs to the trade
Oushak rugs to the trade: 45 Oushak, Tabriz, Heriz, Mahal, Kashan and Herat patterns from Couristan (21), DMI (9), Nourison (6) and Kane Carpet (2). These are new rugs in the pattern of the antique ones: machine woven (15), Wilton (12) and flatweave (7) in wool (16), polyester (12), sisal and jute (11) and polypropylene (9), so the look can go into a dining room, a hallway or a hotel corridor without the fragility of a vintage oushak rug. 35 are made to order and 10 are custom.
An Oushak is a Turkish rug with a large-scale, loosely drawn floral or medallion in soft apricot, ivory, gray and faded blue; a Persian pattern is finer, denser and usually on a red or navy ground. Couristan's Mahal, Heriz, Floral Tabriz and Persian Garden are the Persian side of the collection; the washed, pale Oushak style rugs come from DMI and DMI's flatweave versions on a sisal and jute ground are the version used in a beach house. A modern Oushak with the pattern erased to a shadow sits in both.
A designer specs these for the border and the medallion, so the size is the pattern: a 9x12 Oushak and an 8x10 of the same name are different drawings and the medallion should land under the table or centered on the sofa. For a dining room add 24 inches past the table edge; for a living room, front legs on. The Couristan patterns are also woven as broadloom and runners, which is how a stair gets a Persian border. Odd sizes and recolored fields are made through custom rugs; see traditional rugs and machine woven.
