Tableau rug is an Iranian innovation originally. A pictorial carpet, picture carpet, tableau rug, carpet tableau or rug tableau is an ornamental rug specially prepared for hanging on room and hall walls for decoration. The designs and samples on pictorial carpets are completely different from those on common floor rugs. Pictorial carpets are generally made of silk but they have also been made from wool. Pictorial carpets are usually framed to sell and use. Pictorial carpets are being woven exactly the same way as the Persian rug has been made over the past 2500 years so there is no different in quality. The main different is that in pictorial carpet, there is not the ancient design and it always has a picture or scenery that are much more colorful with many different scenes. This beautiful Persian, Tabriz Tableau Rug (Pictorial carpet) is woven in a city called Tabriz. Tabriz is very famous for its rug weaving techniques by using double knot. Due to this fact Tabriz rug are best in tableau rug (Pictorial Carpet) and can show lot of details. The quality of Tabriz rug are among the highest & best in the world of rugs. This outstanding handmade, master piece of Tabriz is made of Wool and Cotton. Its pattern represents "ALI IBN ABI TALIB" ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib was a cousin, son-in-law and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is one of the central figures in Shia Islam as the first Shia Imam .