$3,600
The Luri are the indigenes and it shows in their traditional weavings. Thousands of years living and weaving in the area of the first domestication of the sheep is a point of difference with other more recently arrived tribes.
Indecipherable motifs relate to a whole that channels the Neolithic: It’s about the fire, the food and the sky.
High lanolin black sheep wool warps indicative of the Luri tribe.
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In the world of handwoven rugs, the Persian Luri Runner Rug occupies a space all its own—neither urban nor ornate, neither formal nor polished. It is tribal weaving in its purest form, drawn from the Zagros Mountains of western Persia, where Luri nomads have lived, migrated, and made for centuries. These are not rugs made to please the market—they are rugs made to mark space, to carry memory, and to connect hand to ground.
At The Rug Shop, we specialise in finding authentic, unaltered Persian Luri Runner Rugs, woven from pure sheep wool, dyed with natural vegetable colour, and carrying the unmistakable irregularity of hand and tribe.
Luri design is not decorative in the Western sense. It is structural, spatial, relational. The motifs are simple: diamonds, medallions, tree-forms, stylised animals, sometimes a single stepped lozenge repeated down the axis. The spaces between motifs matter as much as the motifs themselves. Nothing is overworked. Nothing is wasted.
Each Persian Luri Runner Rug is a negotiation between memory and improvisation—between tradition and what the weaver felt that day.
Wool is everything. In the Persian Luri Runner Rug, the wool is not just the medium—it is the message. The Luri people raise their own sheep and spin their own fibre. The result is wool that speaks of the land: soft yet rugged, lanolin-rich, full of crimp and bounce. It wears well, moves well, and holds dye with soul.
At The Rug Shop, we prioritise Luri runners that have preserved their original, hand-spun wool. You can feel it in the hand—no chemical smoothness, no factory blandness. Just the honest irregularity of a spindle turned by hand, and a loom set up beneath a stretched canvas or sky.
The pile is generally medium to low, clipped to reveal the geometry with clarity. Nothing is fluffy. Everything is built to last.
The colours in a Persian Luri Runner Rug are drawn from earth, root, bark, and leaf. Madder root provides the dominant reds and rusts. Walnut husk gives brown and black. Pomegranate rind and onion skin offer ochre and gold. Indigo, when used, is deep and aged.
But the Luri approach to colour is less about harmony and more about resonance. The colours contrast boldly. Abrash is embraced. No two sections of the rug are quite the same. This is colour as lived experience—not controlled, but alive.
The Persian Luri Runner Rug doesn’t seek to impress. It seeks to ground. And that grounding begins with the dye.
To understand a Persian Luri Runner Rug, one must understand motion. The Luri are historically nomadic, their lives shaped by the needs of pasture and climate. The loom is transportable. The rug, therefore, is not just a product—it is part of life. It is a map of movement. A document of place.
This sense of movement comes through in the design. Borders bend. Motifs shift. The field breathes. There is rhythm, but not symmetry. There is structure, but not stiffness.
Each rug is individual—not just in colour and design, but in temperament. Some are solemn. Others joyful. Some whisper. Others declare. All are real.
As nomadic life recedes and commercial demand increases, the true Persian Luri Runner Rug is becoming harder to find. Mass-produced copies exist, but they lack the depth, variation, and material richness of the original.
At The Rug Shop, we seek only those rugs woven in the old ways—on ground looms, from real wool, with dyes made by hand. We choose not for uniformity, but for authenticity. And we believe our customers can feel the difference.
Can I get the same rug in a different size?
Each of our rugs is an individual, hand made work of art because of that it is not possible for us to have duplicates in different sizes.
How are your rugs made?
All of our rugs are 100% Handmade on a loom. We have created a close relationship with all of the craftspeople who make our rugs which allows us to get the highest quality rugs directly from the people who made them.
Are your rugs new/used?
We offer a variety of both new and used Persian rugs from many areas including Persia, Turkey, and Morocco see below for more info on locations.
NEW: We support over 30 families in Afghanistan who produce the highest quality Persian rugs.
OLD ANTIQUE VINTAGE: We source our used rugs from village and tribal families at source. As well as attend worldwide auctions. We have formed relationships with Persian rug collectors that allow us to get incredible pieces that are not normally on the market.
Can I try before i buy?
We have a “try before you buy” system for approved customers.
Where are your rugs from?
Afghanistan, Persia, Pakistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Morocco etc.
