Nazmiyal Persian Carpets and Rugs with Medallion Designs

Medallion designs come in many forms and are displayed in both floral and tribal rugs. They can be found in many different regions across the globe including Persian and Oriental areas such as Heriz, Kerman, and Khotan and even more Western regions such as this Aubusson Rug from France. Medallions are most often the focal point of the rug and make for excellent centerpieces. They are oftentimes more refined, but tribal and large scale medallion rugs are not uncommon as is seen in this Bakshaish rug from Northwest Persia. This Khorassan rug even shows how animal motifs can be incorporated into medallion rugs from Persia as many depict hunting scenes often with tigers and various types of fauna.

Major Rug Producing Regions that feature Medallion Rugs: Caucasus, China, East Turkestan, France, India, Israel, Persia, Spain, Turkey, Egypt, Mongolia, Tibet