Ziegler Oushak — Anglo-Persian Heritage, Djoharian Production

The Ziegler style traces back to the late 19th century, when the Manchester-based Ziegler & Co. commissioned Persian workshops to weave rugs with softer palettes and more spacious drawings, tailored to Western interiors. The Oushak vocabulary — large-scale floral arabesques, open fields, low pile — has since become one of the most recognisable design families in interior design.

This piece is a new, hand-knotted Djoharian production in India, woven in the classical Ziegler Oushak idiom: muted floral drawing, a deliberately low pile for clear pattern reading, and a wool surface that softens beautifully with use. The grounds are kept low and flat-woven in feel, so the floral tracery reads as the principal movement across an open field.

Colour and Composition

On a warm ivory-cream ground, an all-over pattern of stylised palmettes, leafy vine-scrolls and small rosettes is drawn loosely across the open field, framed by an angular palmette-and-vine border on a light ground with soft-blue guard stripes. The palette is muted and harmonious: ivory and cream, dove blue, gold and mustard, terracotta-rust and olive green, with touches of dark brown. The low pile and quiet colouring give the piece its distinctive vintage-look character — a calm, architectural surface rather than a high, dense one.

Presence in the Room

At 250 × 300 cm (7.5 m²) this is a generous large room-size rug. Three contexts in which the Ziegler Oushak reaches its full effect:

• Living room anchor: Beneath a sofa configuration, the muted floral field reads as a refined foundation — quiet enough to live with, distinctive enough to define a room.
• Dining room for 8–10: Under an extending table, the low pile keeps chair movement effortless and the floral drawing reads clearly from above.
• Industrial or modern interior: Against concrete, steel and oak, the soft Ziegler palette becomes a textile counterpoint to the architecture.

Specifications

Responsible Origin · Label STEP

Djoharian is a certified partner of Label STEP, the international fair-trade organisation for hand-knotted rugs. STEP audits production conditions on the ground — wages, working environment, no child labour — and tracks pieces from loom to dealer.

Djoharian — Since 1967

Our family business was founded in 1967, with roots in the Grand Carpet Bazaar of Tehran — five decades of trade and connoisseurship behind every piece we offer.

Service

Secure and fast worldwide shipping, fully insured. Each piece is professionally inspected and shipped with a certificate of authenticity. We are available for any questions on placement, care, or comparable pieces.