Over the past month, three looks have come up again and again in what leaves this collection: soft ivory-and-blush Tabriz, plush undyed Tulu, and hard-wearing rust Hamadan. That is worth knowing if you have been circling a purchase, because nothing here is restocked. Every piece is one of a kind, so the palettes that keep finding homes are a useful signal for what to look at now. Here is what is driving each of those three trends, and which pieces are still available in the same range.
Ivory and blush Tabriz keeps finding homes
Tabriz weavers work in fine, dense knots, which is why the pattern holds its detail even on a room-sized rug, and why a pale ground with blush and taupe reads as soft rather than busy from across a room. It is a palette that tends to get chosen as the anchor of a living room or a formal dining room, the piece the furniture gets arranged around. That combination of scale and restraint is what keeps the look in demand.
The largest one in stock right now is a Vintage Tabriz Area Rug at 9' x 12' in ivory and blush with blue-gray and sage running through the border. If your room wants something warmer, the 8' x 10' Vintage Tabriz carries ivory, blush, and sand with a pale celadon edge, and has the same faded hand.
At a lower entry point, a 7' x 10' Vintage Tabriz brings terra cotta and rose into the same ivory ground. It is the most forgiving of the three in a room that already has a lot of color, since the pattern stays quiet and the warmth does the work.
Plush Tulu for rooms that need texture, not pattern
Tulu is the opposite proposition: long, plush pile and almost no pattern to speak of, in undyed ivory, camel, and taupe. A large Tulu does not read as a rug so much as a floor finish, and that is usually what people are after when they buy one. It changes how a room feels underfoot rather than how it looks from the doorway.
A 9' x 12' Vintage Tulu is the closest thing in stock to the classic soft ivory and camel version, with pale gold and a soft gray running through it. For a room with cooler tones, the 8' x 10' Vintage Tulu sits in gray, ivory, and charcoal with a little terracotta, and does the same job in a bedroom or a reading corner.
Rust Hamadan where the floor takes a beating
Hamadan weaving is sturdy and tightly packed, built for daily foot traffic rather than a formal room. The rust and terracotta palette that runs through most of them hides wear the way a pale rug never will, which is why these keep moving for entryways, kitchens, and hallways. A small one is also not the same size of decision a living room rug is.
An Antique Hamadan Area Rug at 2' x 4' is the simplest version of this: rust and navy with brick and gold, sized for a doorway or the space in front of a kitchen sink. For a corridor, a Vintage Hamadan Runner at 2' x 10' holds slate, rust, and terracotta down the length of a hallway, in a weave sturdy enough to shrug off the traffic.
The thread running through all three is the same: warm, faded palettes and honest hand-knotted construction. Browse Vintage Rugs to see what else is sitting in these palettes right now.
