{"title":"7x10 Vintage Rugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage Persian and Turkish rugs measuring roughly 7x10 feet. Room size, fits a dining table with chairs pulled out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout two thirds of the 7x10 rugs are Persian and the rest Turkish, and Isparta and Tabriz are the most common names. Cream and deep red fields lead the color mix, with burgundy close behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach rug is a single piece with no twin, hand-knotted around fifty years ago and professionally washed and cleaned before it was listed. Measurements drift on handmade rugs, so check each listing for the true size in feet and inches, with centimeters in parentheses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery 7x10 ships free and insured within the US and Canada, and returns are welcome for seven days (fourteen in the European Union).\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"5378-7x10-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"5378 - Persian Tabriz Area Rug 6'7\" x 9'11\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA red cross-shaped core sits inside the stepped cream medallion of this charming rug. Angular vines, flower heads and small leaves in pink, red and sage green cover the aubergine field. A beautiful stepped cream medallion at the center holds a red cross-shaped core, with red lozenges above and below and green palmettes at the top and bottom. Cream spandrels sit in the four angles, set with pink and blue geometric lozenges. The main border is deep red, set with delicate cream and pink flowers, olive leaves and small green motifs. Wide guard stripes on a cream ground carry red and blue flowers and olive sprigs on both sides. The pile is low across the field, where the weave shows through, and full in the border. The dark aubergine field sets off the red frame. At 6'7\" by 9'11\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsma’il, the first Safavid shah, was crowned in Tabriz in 1501. Tabriz stood for a long period on the great caravan routes to Trebizond and Tiflis, and became the principal market of Persia for the export of rugs. The city workshop tradition of Tabriz, in northwestern Persia, shows in the discipline of the drawing. Centered medallions, borders that turn cleanly at the corners and vine scrolls planned in full before weaving began are the marks of Tabriz work. This piece has a central medallion and a border that turns cleanly at each corner. Pink, cream and sage sit against the aubergine ground, with the dense pattern spread across the whole field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201187762489,"sku":"CAN_5378_200x303","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5378__10288644292921__45527474929977.png?v=1788431568"},{"product_id":"5838-7x10-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","title":"5838 - Persian Mashhad Area Rug 6'11\" x 9'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the lobed medallion, lovely pendants run up and down to cream and blue cross shapes. Charming curled vines, paisley leaves and flower heads in cream, steel blue and gold cover the burgundy field. A lobed medallion with scrolled loops sits at the center, near-black around a gold core, with pendants running up and down to cream and blue cross shapes. Gorgeous near-black spandrels fill the four corners, each holding a red palmette and cream scrolling vines. The wide main border has a near-black ground, set with large palmettes and a central rosette in red, steel blue and gold. Cream guard bands with red leaves and small near-black accents run on either side of it. The pile is low across the field, where pale specks of the foundation show, and full in the borders. Dense red and near-black drawing gives a sitting area substance without weighing it down. At 6'11\" by 9'10\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravelers of the Safavid era remarked on the fine Khorasan carpets sold in the Persian Gulf port of Hormuz and in one of the main caravansaries of Isfahan. The Herat carpets are the classic carpets of Khorasan, and pieces in the herati pattern survive from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Mashhad is the great weaving city of Khorasan in northeastern Persia, and it specialized in large formats. Its rugs show deep madder red grounds, a single dominant medallion, and borders wide enough to hold their own at scale. This rug has the single medallion, a wide border and a red field. Touches of steel blue in the vine sprays and the guard bands bring a cooler note.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201188909369,"sku":"CAN_5838_210x300","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5838__10288645308729__45527479091513.png?v=1788432138"},{"product_id":"5834-7x10-persian-handmade-davoodabad-vintage-rug","title":"5834 - Persian Davoodabad Area Rug 6'7\" x 10'","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharming rose flower sprays make up the pointed medallion at the center of this rug. Burgundy fills the open field, and a handsome pointed medallion of rose flower sprays stands at its center around a dark navy core edged in teal. Wide corner pieces in rose and olive, backed with teal, are packed with lovely flowers to their edges. The medallion-and-corners plan comes from hand-tooled book covers. The main border is only a narrow band of small red and navy chevrons. Wear has left pale streaks through the open burgundy where the pile has thinned. It brings warm rose and burgundy to a room, and the teal gives the eye a cool place to land. At 6'7\" by 10', it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavoodabad is one of the village names of the Arak district in central Persia. The town of Arak dates only from 1808, when it was founded as Sultanabad, a name the carpet trade kept. A hundred hamlets and villages within a day’s journey of Sultanabad wove rugs for its market, by the count of Walter Hawley, writing in 1913. Rugs from these villages share the district’s character: an all-over floral field and restrained color. This one keeps the flowers and the restraint but changes the layout. The flowers are gathered into the medallion and the wide corner pieces, which leaves the burgundy field open, and the rose, teal and olive stay in supporting roles. The name on the label is the village; the tradition behind it is the whole Arak weaving district.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201189040441,"sku":"CAN_5834_200x305","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5834__10288645439801__45527479648569.png?v=1788432131"},{"product_id":"5833-7x10-persian-handmade-yazd-vintage-rug","title":"5833 - Persian Yazd Area Rug 6'11\" x 9'11\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelightful diamonds in navy, steel blue and rust form a tight grid over a straw field. Over a straw field, a tight grid of diamonds in navy, steel blue and rust repeats across the open ground. The pattern runs edge to edge with no central figure to break the rhythm. A gorgeous red main border carries steel blue crosses and diamonds dotted in navy, between cream bands of small cartouches. Zigzag stripes in tan and steel blue run on either side. Full pile stands in the field and each border stripe. In a bright room, the straw ground lifts the red border. At 6'11\" by 9'11\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, set Yazd in the center of a sandy plain, midway between Kerman and Kashan. He found almost the last of the fire-worshippers of Persia still following the ancient faith there. Yazd sits on the edge of the central Persian desert and has been a textile city for centuries. Weavers there borrowed the medallion and vine drawing of Kerman to the south and worked it in a slightly cooler palette. This rug has that cooler palette, with navy and steel blue set against the warm straw ground. The drawing is firmly geometric, filling the field with a tight diamond grid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201189073209,"sku":"CAN_5833_210x303","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5833__10288645472569__45527479812409.png?v=1788432131"},{"product_id":"5817-7x10-persian-handmade-kashmar-vintage-rug","title":"5817 - Persian Kashmar Oversized Rug 7'5\" x 10'6\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe burgundy field of this rug becomes a wonderful garden of bowls and vases of blossoms. Set with bowls and vases of blossoms among fine vines in cream and blue, the burgundy field becomes a garden. A gorgeous navy medallion around a cream scrollwork core holds the middle, pendants above and below. A large boteh, the paisley leaf-drop, fills each corner and holds a striped cartouche on navy. Crescent panels at the middle of each long side hold the same bowls. A beautiful cream main border runs a dark vine with blue palmettes between slim guard bands in blue and navy. A low-cut pile keeps the burgundy and navy deep. It suits a formal setting, with the burgundy and navy in one family and the cream border lightening the frame. At 7'5\" by 10'6\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravelers of the Safavid era remarked on the fine Khorasan carpets sold in the Persian Gulf port of Hormuz and in one of the main caravansaries of Isfahan. The Herat carpets are the classic carpets of Khorasan, and pieces in the herati pattern survive from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Kashmar is in the Khorasan region of eastern Persia, and its workshops worked on a large scale. A taste for pictorial and garden designs, wide fields and generous borders sets it apart from the medallion tradition further west. On this rug the pictorial side shows in bowls and vases of flowers strewn across the field and in the large boteh at the corners. The medallion ties it to the west, but the vessels give the field a garden feel. The reds run deep, and the burgundy ground shows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201189499193,"sku":"CAN_5817_227x320","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5817__10288645898553__45527481450809.png?v=1788432105"},{"product_id":"5811-7x10-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"5811 - Persian Tabriz Area Rug 6'7\" x 10'2\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlower heads in gold and red sit in the wide navy band of this lovely rug. Across a burgundy field runs a herati lattice that signals abundance. Its curled leaves, in pale pink, turn around small crosses, with pretty sage green and gold rosettes between them. A wide navy band forms the splendid main border, carrying palmettes, petal fans that mean success, along with flower heads in gold and red. A sage green guard band with red rosettes and a narrow red and gold zigzag sit on each side. Wear is heaviest across the lower field and down the left border, where the navy has faded toward gray. It anchors a room in deep red, with the navy and sage green keeping the contrast calm. At 6'7\" by 10'2\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUNESCO lists the historic bazaar of Tabriz as World Heritage and calls it one of the most important commercial centers on the Silk Road. Tabriz in northwestern Persia is a city workshop tradition, and it shows in the weave and the discipline of the drawing. Medallions are properly centered, borders resolve at the corners, and the vine scrolls are laid out by someone who could see the whole cartoon before starting. This rug swaps the medallion for a repeating lattice, but the workshop order shows in the border, which turns each corner with a flower head. Tabriz workshops also worked in a wider palette than most; here sage green and gold sit easily against the red and navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201189663033,"sku":"CAN_5811_200x310","price":1275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5811__10288646062393__45527482073401.png?v=1788432098"},{"product_id":"5808-7x10-persian-handmade-bakhtiari-vintage-rug","title":"5808 - Persian Bakhtiari Area Rug 6'8\" x 9'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDusty rose spandrels with gray beige hooks sit in the corners of this charming rug. Over a near-black field, small rosettes, leaves and angular forms in brick, rose and cream dot the field. A large gray beige diamond medallion sits at the center, holding a stepped wine red core and sending pendants up and down. Dusty rose spandrels with gray beige hooks fill the four corners. The main border is set on gray beige, carrying a chain of lovely heart-shaped motifs in brown, brick and rose. Narrow guard stripes of small red diamonds on near-black flank it. The pile is low in places across the field, and the foundation shows in the worn core of the medallion. In a sitting area, the pale medallion lightens the near-black field. At 6'8\" by 9'10\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bakhtiari are divided into two main groups, the Chahar Lang, or Four Legs, and the Haft Lang, or Seven Legs. In 1909 Bakhtiari tribesmen under the chief Sardar Assad captured Tehran in a successful campaign for constitutional reform. Bakhtiari weaving comes from the Zagros mountains of western Persia. The weavers were people who moved their herds twice a year. This rug is built on one large diamond medallion with stepped, angular edges. Its pale center stands out sharply against the near-black field around it. Small rosettes and leaf forms fill the field around the medallion, and the border carries a chain of hearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201189761337,"sku":"CAN_5808_203x300","price":1125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5808__10288646160697__45527482433849.png?v=1788432091"},{"product_id":"5618-7x10-persian-handmade-birjand-vintage-rug","title":"5618 - Persian Birjand Area Rug 6'10\" x 9'11\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eRows of dark brown boteh lean the same way across this lovely rug. The field reads dark brown from a step back, packed with rows of dark brown boteh, a paisley leaf-drop, all leaning the same way. Each boteh holds a streak of blue and a small red flower, and the cream ground between them is threaded with fine green, blue and rust sprigs. No corner pieces interrupt the pattern, which runs straight out to the border. A terracotta main border carries small red and blue buds and sits between a navy guard stripe of tiny red and cream blossoms and narrow dotted lines. The pile lies short and wears low in places, and a light antique wash softened the colors without reaching the drawing. Its brown and cream fit a seating area, and the terracotta border warms the rim. At 6'10\" by 9'11\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravelers of the Safavid era remarked on the fine Khorasan carpets sold in the Persian Gulf port of Hormuz and in one of the main caravansaries of Isfahan. Birjand is the main weaving town of South Khorasan in eastern Persia, and its rugs are finer and more formal than most village work. The common plan is a repeating floral lattice or a centered medallion in curved lines. Unlike both, this rug fills the field with rows of boteh set on a slant. The palette stays close to the region’s madder, ivory and deep blue, with dark brown as the strong note. Up close, the tiny flowers between the boteh stay crisp, which gives the formal feel Birjand is known for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201198674233,"sku":"CAN_5618_208x303","price":1125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5618__10288652681529__45527511105849.png?v=1788431872"},{"product_id":"5611-7x10-persian-handmade-bakhtiari-vintage-rug","title":"5611 - Persian Bakhtiari Area Rug 6'7\" x 9'8\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe dark brown main border of this lovely rug alternates cream cartouches with rosettes. On a burgundy field, one large cream medallion carries a stepped octagon in rose at its core, with graceful stylized plant forms around it. Pointed pendants reach to the top and bottom. Small checkered squares and blossoms dot the field beyond it. Beautiful slate gray corner pieces carry the same small figures in red and cream. The main border is dark brown, with cream cartouches alternating with rosettes, and a cream guard stripe of crosses and flower heads runs just inside it. Wear is slight, and the pile is full across the field. It grounds a room with cream against burgundy, while the slate gray corners cool the warmth. At 6'7\" by 9'8\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bakhtiari are divided into two main groups, the Chahar Lang, or Four Legs, and the Haft Lang, or Seven Legs. In 1909 Bakhtiari tribesmen under the chief Sardar Assad captured Tehran in a successful campaign for constitutional reform. Bakhtiari weaving comes from the Zagros mountains of western Persia. Its signature is the garden panel: the field divided into a grid of compartments, each holding its own tree, vase or flowering plant. Bakhtiari weavers moved their herds twice a year. This rug leaves the grid behind. One large cream medallion takes the center of the burgundy field, and the small figures around it are scattered across the ground rather than set in compartments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201198903609,"sku":"CAN_5611_200x295","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5611__10288652910905__45527511990585.png?v=1788431862"},{"product_id":"5606-7x10-persian-handmade-heriz-vintage-rug","title":"5606 - Persian Heriz Area Rug 7'3\" x 9'7\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large star medallion with a red diamond core holds the center of this lovely rug. Angular vines and small flower heads in ivory, olive and slate blue fill the deep red field. A large star medallion sits at the center, a red diamond core inside an ivory ring, with stepped lozenge pendants above and below. Ivory ground fills both ends of the field with dainty red and olive flowers, and each corner holds a small near-black block. The gorgeous main border is near-black, carrying red and cream rosettes and hexagons. A wide olive-brown band set with small red and cream flowers lies inside it. A few small low spots show near the center. It brings warm red and ivory together, with the near-black border holding the frame. At 7'3\" by 9'7\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe carpets of the Heriz district were sold in the West under village names: Serapi for those in light, rather bright colors, and Gorevan for the darker ones. Serapi rugs, a Heriz type, take their name from the village of Sirab, in the mountains between Tabriz and Ardabil. Heriz sits east of Tabriz, and it does the opposite of what its neighbor does. Where Tabriz draws a curve, Heriz draws a straight line: big angular medallions, bold spandrels, terracotta and copper against ivory. This rug has an angular star medallion, with ivory ground at the field ends set against the deep red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201199034681,"sku":"CAN_5606_222x293","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5606__10288653041977__45527512449337.png?v=1788431855"},{"product_id":"5588-7x10-persian-handmade-hamedan-vintage-rug","title":"5588 - Persian Hamedan Area Rug 6'11\" x 10'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rug is lovely, with a stepped diamond medallion in deep red and ivory at the middle. Over a near-black field, small sprays of red, pink and cream blossoms surround a central figure. A stepped diamond medallion in deep red and ivory sits at the middle, with a red pendant above and below. Handsome ivory spandrels with stepped edges fill the four corners, set with a few red and brown motifs. The main border is burgundy, carrying a row of dainty flower heads in pink, blue and tan. Guard stripes of ivory with small red flowers run beside a thin blue line on both sides. The pile is full, with a few low spots in the near-black field. It brings the near-black field and the deep red into a room with a steady, grounded weight. At 6'11\" by 10'3\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA shrine in Hamedan long called the tomb of Esther is, by Britannica’s account, the tomb of Queen Shushandukht, wife of the Sasanian king Yazdegerd I. The physician and philosopher Avicenna died in Hamedan in 1037, and in the 1950s his tomb there was rebuilt as a mausoleum with a museum and a library. Hamedan specializes in long narrow formats, woven for the corridors of local houses, which is why so many fine vintage runners come from here. This piece is a room-size rug, with a stepped diamond medallion and ivory corners around a near-black center. Pink and blue flower heads run along the deep red border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201199558969,"sku":"CAN_5588_212x312","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5588__10288653566265__45527514677561.png?v=1788431829"},{"product_id":"5586-7x10-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"5586 - Persian Tabriz Oversized Rug 7'6\" x 10'4\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis charming rug sets palmettes and rosettes in gold, cream, rose and teal within a deep red field. Set within a deep red field, graceful scrolling vines carry palmettes and rosettes in gold, cream, rose and teal. No medallion interrupts the all-over repeat, which mirrors itself from side to side. The beautiful main border is sage gray, set with red rosettes, gold and brown palmettes and teal leaves. Thin olive gold lines and a small checked stripe in dark red and pink edge the border. The pile is low in a few places near the center of the field and full elsewhere. The sage border cools the deep red while the gold lifts it. At 7'6\" by 10'4\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the middle of the 1800s commercial carpet weaving revived in Persia, and Tabriz was one of its most important centers, weaving largely for Europe. Its weavers tie their knots with a small hooked knife instead of their fingers, and have been timed at faster than one knot a second. Tabriz in northwestern Persia is a city workshop tradition, and it shows in the discipline of the drawing. Medallions are properly centered, borders turn cleanly at the corners, and the vine scrolls follow a plan worked out in full before weaving began. This rug keeps that discipline: the sage border turns cleanly at each corner, and the vines mirror one another across the field. Gold, cream and teal sit against the deep red throughout the drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201199624505,"sku":"CAN_5586_228x316","price":1275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5586__10288653631801__45527514874169.png?v=1788431825"},{"product_id":"5570-7x10-persian-handmade-bakhtiari-vintage-rug","title":"5570 - Persian Bakhtiari Area Rug 7'1\" x 9'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHexagonal compartments divide this burgundy rug into many charming gardens. A grid of hexagonal compartments divides the burgundy field into many small gardens. Each panel holds a tree, a vase or a flowering plant in dark brown, rose and cream. There is no central medallion, only the gorgeous repeating lattice that covers the whole ground. The main border is a row of cream-outlined hexagons with red, brown and near-black centers. Narrow guard stripes in a rose and brown zigzag run along both edges of the hexagons. The pile is low across the center, where white specks show and the drawing reads paler than at the edges. It brings a structured warmth to a room, the dark brown and near-black drawing grounding the softer red and rose tones. At 7'1\" by 9'10\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bakhtiari move their flocks 150 miles each year between winter pastures in the plains and summer pastures in the mountains. Bakhtiari rugs were made under the patronage of the tribe in certain villages southwest of Isfahan. The garden panel is the signature of Bakhtiari weaving, which comes from the Zagros mountains of western Persia. A grid of compartments divides the field, and each one holds its own tree, vase or flowering plant. Bakhtiari weavers moved their herds twice a year. This rug keeps that compartment layout, with a tree, vase or plant in each hexagon. Rose and cream lift the burgundy ground, and red and cream hexagons mark the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The main border is navy, carrying large palmettes and floral sprays in cream, rust and gold. Narrow guard stripes in camel and red edge the border on either side. Full pile covers the field and both borders. It anchors a sitting area, and the cream corners lighten the rust ground. At 6'9\" by 9'10\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsma’il, the first Safavid shah, was crowned in Tabriz in 1501. Medallion carpet designs of the 16th century are usually associated with Tabriz, then the Safavid capital and the seat of the royal design workshops. Tabriz in northwestern Persia has a city workshop tradition, and the discipline of the drawing shows it. Medallions sit properly centered, borders turn cleanly at the corners, and the vine scrolls follow a plan laid out in full before weaving began. This rug keeps that order, with a centered medallion and a border that turns precisely at every corner. Rather than the ivory and gray beige grounds many workshops used, this rug sticks to rust and navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201200607545,"sku":"CAN_5554_205x300","price":1025.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5554__10288654614841__45527518249273.png?v=1788431776"},{"product_id":"5488-7x10-persian-handmade-shiraz-vintage-rug","title":"5488 - Persian Shiraz Area Rug 6'11\" x 9'9\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe deep navy main border of this charming rug carries red and cream blossoms on a slanting stem. Across the cream field, tiny flowers, hooked devices and small stylized animals gather around a stack of handsome diamond medallions. The top and bottom ones are blue with cream and red cores, while the middle ones are a soft gray brown. The upper corner pieces are deep red, and the lower pair is rose. Red and cream blossoms ride a slanting stem in the deep navy main border, set between red guard bands carrying small blue flowers. Wear has thinned the pile across the center, and the foundation shows through around the middle medallions. The soft rose and cream let the blue ends stand out, giving the rug an older look. At 6'11\" by 9'9\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Qashqai tribal confederacy was formed in the late 18th century, during or just after the rule of Karim Khan Zand in Shiraz. The Qashqai have the reputation of making the best rugs of the Shiraz district, the brightest in color, with rich blues and reds. Shiraz is the market city of Fars province in southern Persia, and rugs sold under its name came from the tribal and village weavers around it. The drawing is geometric and often asymmetric, and this one shows both in its stepped lozenge and the scatter of tiny flowers and small stylized animals across the cream. The end medallions are blue, the middle ones have worn down, and the lower corners turn rose where the upper pair stays red. No two are laid out quite alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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Dense floral sprays in red, rust and olive crowd the beautiful near-black spandrels at each corner. The wide main border runs near-black, carrying a heavy scroll of red and rust leaves. A narrow outer guard stripe in steel blue carries small red and cream rosettes. Scattered pale specks in the field show low spots in the pile. The near-black border frames the busy red drawing, holding the pattern together in a formal room. At 6'11\" by 10'5\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravelers of the Safavid era remarked on the fine Khorasan carpets sold in the Persian Gulf port of Hormuz and in one of the main caravansaries of Isfahan. The Herat carpets are the classic carpets of Khorasan, and pieces in the herati pattern survive from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Mashhad is the great weaving city of Khorasan in northeastern Persia, and it specialized in large formats. Its rugs show deep madder red grounds, a single dominant medallion, and borders wide enough to hold their own at scale. This piece has the single dominant medallion and a wide near-black border. Curving vines and flower heads in gold, brown and cream cover the red ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201213419833,"sku":"CAN_5124_210x318","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5124__10288665919801__45527545545017.png?v=1788431216"},{"product_id":"5121-7x10-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","title":"5121 - Persian Kerman Area Rug 6'8\" x 10'1\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith dark blue scrolling vines winding around a large red panel, this is a charming rug. Worked on a cream field, dark blue scrolling vines wind around a large red panel. That panel holds a splendid lobed medallion with a near-black ground, gold leaves, pink pendants and a cream rosette at its core. Four square corner panels each hold a single rosette in pink, pale blue and gold on a tan ground. The main border is near-black, set with delicate tan and pink palmettes and small gold columns. A tan guard band with a brown scroll runs inside the border. The pile is low in places across the red panel, where pale specks show the foundation. It suits a room of warm wood, the cream field keeping the deep red panel from feeling heavy. At 6'8\" by 10'1\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarco Polo, by Walter Hawley’s account of 1913, wrote of the beautiful shawls and carpets made by the women of Kerman. Since the 16th century Kerman has been the origin of highly sophisticated carpets in well-organized designs. Kerman in southeastern Persia worked in the softest palette of the major Persian centers: powder blue, ivory, rose and pale green, often on a pale ground. The drawing is curvilinear and open, with more space left empty than a Kashan or a Tabriz would allow. This rug keeps that open, curvilinear drawing, with blue vines spread wide across the cream field around the red panel. The near-black medallion core and the red panel gather the color at the center, while the pale field stays open around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201213550905,"sku":"CAN_5121_203x308","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5121__10288666050873__45527545905465.png?v=1788431210"},{"product_id":"5107-7x10-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","title":"5107 - Persian Mashhad Area Rug 6'7\" x 9'7\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large star medallion worked in red and near-black makes this a lovely rug. Scrolling vines, palmettes and small rosettes in red, brown, olive and near-black crowd the ivory field. A large star medallion sits at the center, worked in red and near-black with a tan ring and a small cream core, with red lozenges above and below. Red spandrels with near-black outlines fill the four field corners. The wide main border is red, carrying palmettes and flower heads in tan, olive and cream on charming winding near-black stems. Two tan guard stripes and a near-black band with small red and cream marks flank the border. Pile has thinned in a few patches of the field, and the border keeps full pile. The red border frames the pale ground in a bright room. At 6'7\" by 9'7\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImam Riza, the eighth Shi’ite imam, is buried at Mashhad, and the city is a great destination of pilgrims. Walter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, traced the variety of Khorasan patterns partly to weavers copying the rugs those pilgrims brought from other provinces. Mashhad is the great weaving city of Khorasan in northeastern Persia, and it specialized in large formats. Its rugs show deep madder red grounds, a single dominant medallion, and borders wide enough to hold their own at scale. This rug has the single medallion and the wide border, with an open ivory field around the star. The red border frames that field, and the vines and palmettes fill it edge to edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201214009657,"sku":"CAN_5107_200x293","price":960.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5107__10288666509625__45527546724665.png?v=1788431190"},{"product_id":"5106-7x10-persian-handmade-joshaghan-vintage-rug","title":"5106 - Persian Joshaghan Area Rug 7'3\" x 10'4\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall flowering plants in cream, olive and navy are lovely on the deep red field. The deep red field carries a diamond lattice holding small flowering plants in cream, olive and navy. A gorgeous central diamond medallion sits at the heart, stepped in cream, red and dark blue, with a cream cross at its core. Dark blue triangles with stepped cream edges close the field corners. The handsome main border runs near-black burgundy, carrying boxy geometric motifs in red and cream with touches of blue. A chain of linked cream ovals with red centers edges the border, beside narrow red and olive stripes. Low pile runs through much of the field, and the foundation shows in patches. The bottom border is the most worn. It suits a room that needs warmth, and the cream stepped lines break up the deep red. At 7'3\" by 10'4\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe silk carpets around the sarcophagus of Shah Abbas II in the shrine at Qom were signed and dated by a master, Ni’mat Allah of Joshaghan. In the reign of Nadir Shah the carpet weaving of the Joshaghan district received a new impulse, and it flourished until nearly the middle of the 19th century. Joshaghan sits north of Isfahan in central Persia, and it has woven the same design for a very long time. The field is divided into a diamond lattice, each compartment holding a small stylized flowering plant. It is one of the most recognizable layouts in Persian weaving, and it reads as pattern rather than picture from across a room. This rug keeps that layout, with the lattice running from the central diamond out to the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201214042425,"sku":"CAN_5106_220x315","price":2100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5106__10288666542393__45527546757433.png?v=1788431189"},{"product_id":"5105-7x10-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","title":"5105 - Persian Kashan Area Rug 6'7\" x 10'","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale blue spandrels with blue vines fill the four corners of this delightful rug. Graceful curling vines, palmettes and small blossoms in blue, olive, tan and rust cover the ivory field. A handsome lobed medallion outlined in blue vine sits at the middle, filled in tan and pale blue. Its core is pale blue with a small red center, and pendants run above and below. Pale blue spandrels with blue vines fill the four corners. The main border is on a tan ground, carrying a vine scroll with blue palmettes and small rust notes. Narrow guard stripes in cream and blue run along both edges. The pile is full. It brings the cool blue drawing and the warm tan border into balance across the face. At 6'7\" by 10', it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the Safavid shahs Kashan was an important center of the silk trade and of carpet making. Nothing is known of Kashan carpets from the 1600s through the 1800s; then, at the dawn of the 20th century, a large commercial production arose there. Kashan is the central Persian city most tied to the formal Persian rug. Kashan rugs were made to be the best rug in a house, and the drawing carries that intent. Here a medallion, corners and a vine and palmette field are all present, worked mostly in blue. Red is kept to small notes among the blossoms and the border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201214107961,"sku":"CAN_5105_200x306","price":1125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5105__10288666575161__45527546790201.png?v=1788431189"},{"product_id":"5081-7x10-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"5081 - Persian Tabriz Area Rug 7'1\" x 10'6\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA cream star with a small red rosette at its heart anchors the center of this lovely rug. Angular vines and stepped forms in sage, tan and teal crowd the deep red field. A large star medallion anchors the center, a cream star with a small red rosette at its heart. Gorgeous cream spandrels fill the four corners, holding charming stepped sprays in green and teal outlined in red. The main border is tan, set with small blossoms in green and olive and short red hooks. A narrow guard stripe of teal, red and tan zigzag runs inside it. The pile is low across much of the field, and the foundation shows through the red. The cream corners lighten the red ground, warming a sitting area. At 7'1\" by 10'6\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsma’il, the first Safavid shah, was crowned in Tabriz in 1501. Medallion carpet designs of the 16th century are usually associated with Tabriz, then the Safavid capital and the seat of the royal design workshops. The city workshop tradition of Tabriz, in northwestern Persia, shows in the discipline of the drawing. Centered medallions, borders that turn cleanly at the corners and vine scrolls planned in full before weaving began are the marks of Tabriz work. This rug keeps that centered medallion and the clean corner turns. The red field is filled with angular shapes and tiny blooms in sage, tan and teal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201215779129,"sku":"CAN_5081_215x320","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5081__10288667459897__45527549575481.png?v=1788431150"},{"product_id":"5067-7x10-persian-handmade-kashmar-vintage-rug","title":"5067 - Persian Kashmar Area Rug 7'4\" x 10'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn this navy rug, lovely vases of flower sprays and domed bowls stand in rows down the field. A navy field is packed with leafy vines, gold flowers and palmettes, with vases of flower sprays and domed bowls set in rows down the field. A splendid pointed oval medallion in cream and gold, with a rust red core, is ringed by teal leaves. Handsome teal blue corner pieces hold birds with rust wings among small blossoms. A narrow gold main border carries a thin navy vine, held between fine guard lines. The pile is worn low in scattered patches, mostly on the cream vases and in the corner pieces. It brings warmth to a dark room, with gold and rust catching the light against the navy and teal keeping the field from going flat. At 7'4\" by 10'3\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the Safavid dynasty in the 16th and 17th centuries Khorasan was a larger province that also took in the cities of Merv and Herat. Walter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, traced the variety of Khorasan patterns partly to weavers copying the rugs that pilgrims brought to Mashhad from other provinces. Kashmar lies in the Khorasan region of eastern Persia, and its workshops worked large. Pictorial and garden designs were a Kashmar taste, and this rug is a clear case: vases, bowls and birds crowd the field around a central medallion. The border is narrower than the generous borders Kashmar is known for, so the field does most of the talking. Where Kashmar reds run deep, this one swaps a red ground for navy, gold and teal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201216270649,"sku":"CAN_5067_223x313","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/5067__10288667951417__45527550296377.png?v=1788431129"},{"product_id":"10010-7x10-persian-handmade-heriz-vintage-rug","title":"10010 - Persian Heriz Area Rug 7' x 10'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAngular vines and hooked leaves in blue and cream lend the terracotta field a charming rhythm. A terracotta field is crossed by angular vines and hooked leaves in blue and cream, around a handsome lobed star medallion. Near-black navy lobes hold leaf palmettes, and a stepped tan core carries a blue star with a rosette at its heart. Splendid cream spandrels step into each corner, and each holds a hooked leaf in near-black navy. The near-black navy main border alternates round rosettes with diamond figures and blue leaves, and a cream guard stripe with a stepped blue meander runs inside it. In a few spots the pile is thin enough to show the cotton foundation. In a sofa group, the terracotta sets the tone and the blue adds a cool edge. At 7' by 10'3\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeriz carpets as the trade knows them do not predate the middle of the 19th century, when they took the place of a rustic weaving made for local use. Walter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, said the weavers of Heriz had for a long time held steadily to the standards of early weaving. Heriz sits east of Tabriz, and it does the opposite of what its neighbor does. Where Tabriz leans to the curve, Heriz leans to the straight line: big angular medallions, bold spandrels, terracotta and copper against ivory. Here the plan holds: an angular star medallion, a near-black navy leaf cluster in each corner and terracotta against cream. The near-black navy border and blue accents give this rug a cooler edge than copper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201218564409,"sku":"10010_213x312","price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/10010__10288670212409__45527553769785.png?v=1788433804"},{"product_id":"4461-7x10-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","title":"4461 - Persian Kerman Area Rug 6'9\" x 9'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLobed rose cartouches sit in each corner of this lovely rug and repeat down the sides. Within a burgundy red field sits a splendid lobed blue medallion with a floral core of cream and rose, and a pendant reaches above and below it. Sprays of cream, rose and pale blue flowers stand apart across the red. A blue ground fills the wide main border, with charming scrolling cream leaves and rose and red flowers. Lobed rose cartouches sit in each corner and repeat down the sides, and a narrow red guard stripe frames the outer edge. Wear has thinned the red field across most of its width, showing pale foundation threads, while the border holds more pile. It settles a seating group around one warm red center, and the blue border gives it a cool frame. At 6'9\" by 9'10\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first half of the 20th century Kerman rugs were sold in the West under the name Kermanshah. Kerman in southeastern Persia worked in the softest palette of the major Persian centers: powder blue, ivory, rose and a pale green. The ground is often pale too. The drawing is curvilinear and open, with more space left empty than a Kashan or a Tabriz would allow. The blue, cream and rose are all here, set on a deep burgundy ground instead of a pale one. Its sprays stand apart in the same open way. The colors have aged gently rather than fading flat, and the blues and roses still read softly beside the worn red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201229115705,"sku":"CAN_4461_205x300","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4461__10288677683513__45527575265593.png?v=1788430701"},{"product_id":"4449-7x10-persian-handmade-birjand-vintage-rug","title":"4449 - Persian Birjand Area Rug 7'1\" x 10'4\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this charming rug, a starburst of near-black points surrounds a red disc with a blue heart. The dusty rose field carries a dense herati lattice of small fish and leaf forms, worked in cream, rust and blue. At the center sits a large round medallion, a red disc with a blue heart, surrounded by a starburst of near-black points, with a pendant above and below. Small red leaf-shaped pieces mark the field corners. The splendid main border is deep red, set with lovely cream and brown leaf scrolls and small diamond medallions. Guard stripes in near-black, brown with blue and pink blossoms, and cream line both edges. A few patches along the top border have worn low, with pale marks near the upper left corner. It grounds a seating area, with the lattice calming the red border. At 7'1\" by 10'4\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the Safavid dynasty in the 16th and 17th centuries Khorasan was a larger province that also took in the cities of Merv and Herat. Walter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, traced the variety of Khorasan patterns partly to weavers copying the rugs that pilgrims brought to Mashhad from other provinces. Birjand is the main weaving town of South Khorasan in eastern Persia, and its rugs are finer and more formal than most village work. Expect a repeating floral lattice or a centered medallion in curved lines, on a palette of madder, ivory and deep blue. This piece has both, a round medallion and a lattice that repeats across the whole field. Its border runs red around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201229312313,"sku":"CAN_4449_215x315","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4449__10288677880121__45527575724345.png?v=1788430692"},{"product_id":"4444-7x10-persian-handmade-lilian-vintage-rug","title":"4444 - Persian Lilihan Oversized Rug 7'6\" x 10'4\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe compact near-black navy medallion gives the red field a charming center. Tiny flowers and leafy sprigs in navy, rose and ivory scatter across a deep red field whose color stays rich. A compact near-black navy medallion with rounded lobes holds a pretty rose flower, with a slim pendant above and below. Beautiful dark corner pieces with tan scrolls close all four corners. The very dark navy main border carries a tan and ivory ribbon vine between red palmettes, fans of petals that stand for success. Red guard stripes edge it, with a tan band of small flowers outside. Use has left the pile lower in patches, with faint white flecks. Navy and tan sit beside the red in a dining room with dark wood and brass. At 7'6\" by 10'4\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 19th century the Ziegler company of Arak, then called Sultanabad, was the biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia. Lilihan is a village in the Arak district of central Persia, and its weaving is close kin to Sarouk. Lilihan rugs often show a floral field on a rose or madder ground, shaped with curved lines rather than angles. The pile is usually a little longer than its neighbors, which gives the color depth. This rug follows that plan closely: sprigs and flowers in soft curves on a deep red ground, and a compact medallion with rounded lobes. In the fullest pile the red still has that depth, though across parts of the field the pile has worn lower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201229377849,"sku":"CAN_4444_228x315","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4444__10288677945657__45527575789881.png?v=1788430687"},{"product_id":"4430-7x10-persian-handmade-ghoochan-vintage-rug","title":"4430 - Persian Ghoochan Area Rug 6'9\" x 9'9\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall cream key-pattern lines form a diagonal lattice on this remarkable rug. Cut into diamonds of one size by a beautiful diagonal lattice of small cream key-pattern lines, the deep burgundy red field holds a black-outlined red cross figure in each one. Some of the diamonds are filled with blue or dark green instead. A wide band of red and black sawtooth triangles forms the border, turning at each corner, with small blue, green and cream points. Tiny cream and black pennants make up the guard stripes on both flanks. The pile is full across the field and the borders. Dense drawing keeps the burgundy lively, while blue and green diamonds offer a subtle contrast. At 6'9\" by 9'9\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost people of Ghoochan descend from a tribe of Za’faranlu Kurds whom Shah Abbas I resettled there in the 17th century. Ghoochan sits in the north of Khorasan in eastern Persia, close to the Turkmen country, and the weaving shows it. You get the repeating geometric figures of the northeast rather than the curves of the Persian center. Here the plan is followed closely: one diamond shape repeated on a diagonal lattice, and borders built from straight-edged triangles with no flowers. Madder gives the reds, from coral to burgundy, and here the field sits at the burgundy end. The few blue and green diamonds are the one departure, breaking the red without disturbing the rhythm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201229607225,"sku":"CAN_4430_205x298","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4430__10288678175033__45527576052025.png?v=1788430676"},{"product_id":"4400-7x10-persian-handmade-ardebil-vintage-rug","title":"4400 - Persian Ardabil Area Rug 6'7\" x 9'7\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eGold rosettes, cream cartouches and curling leaves decorate the deep red border on this wonderful rug. At a distance the field looks deep burgundy, though up close it is a dense repeat of red, gold and cream diamonds and curled leaves on navy. The splendid central medallion is a cream hexagon with a small red lozenge as its core and notched pendants at the top and the bottom. Pale blue spandrels sit at the four field corners, and a small burgundy triangle closes each outer one. The border proper is deep red, with lovely gold rosettes, cream cartouches and curling leaves, flanked by guard stripes in cream and blue. Full pile stands in the field and in each border. The pale blue corners lighten the red in a sitting area. At 6'7\" by 9'7\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ardabil Carpet in London, made for the shrine of the Safavid shahs at Ardabil, carries the year 946 in its inscription, equivalent to 1539-40. After an earthquake damaged the shrine it was sold to a Manchester firm, and the Victoria and Albert Museum bought it in 1893. Ardabil sits high in the northwest of Persia, close to the Azerbaijani border. The weaving of the district is firmly geometric, with stepped medallions, hooked borders and strong contrast. This rug keeps a stepped outline in its field and that strong contrast, with red, navy and cream set hard against one another. Rather than hooks, rosettes and curling leaves give the border a rounder line around the very geometric field. Runners and long formats are common here, and this piece is woven wider, closer to a room-size rug.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201235833145,"sku":"CAN_4400_200x292","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4400__10288681222457__45527583850809.png?v=1788430657"},{"product_id":"4087-7x10-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","title":"4087 - Persian Kerman Area Rug 7'1\" x 9'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large cream medallion spreads across the center of this charming navy rug. Set within a navy field, a large cream medallion spreads its lobed shape across the center, filled with fine vines and flower heads in rose, steel blue and olive. A small steel blue rosette forms its core, and broad blue and rose pendants run out toward the top and bottom of the field. Small sprays of flowers sit against the navy at the middle of each long side. The main border is navy, with a graceful scroll of red, blue and cream leaves, flanked by guard stripes of small boteh on cream and a camel scroll. Pile runs low in spots across the navy field. It anchors a sitting area, letting the cream center glow against the navy around it. At 7'1\" by 9'10\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarco Polo, by Walter Hawley’s account of 1913, wrote of the beautiful shawls and carpets made by the women of Kerman. The Wagner garden carpet of the Burrell Collection, made in Kerman under the Safavid dynasty, is the earliest garden carpet outside Asia. Kerman in southeastern Persia worked in the softest palette of the major Persian centers: powder blue, ivory, rose and pale green, often on a pale ground. The drawing is curvilinear and open, with more space left empty than a Kashan or a Tabriz would allow. This rug keeps open navy ground around a curvilinear medallion, with vines and blossoms spreading across it. Rose and steel blue notes lift out of the cream drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201260015929,"sku":"CAN_4087_215x300","price":1515.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4087__10288689447225__45527605117241.png?v=1788430341"},{"product_id":"4714-7x10-persian-handmade-hamedan-vintage-rug","title":"4714 - Persian Hamedan Area Rug 6'11\" x 10'4\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this lovely rug, a cream diamond medallion anchors the middle. Across a deep red field, winding vines and small blossoms in blue, pink and cream fill the open ground around a central figure. A cream diamond medallion anchors the middle, its core a near-black diamond with a small red and pink center. Beautiful blue spandrels with tan edges sit at the four corners, carrying small floral sprays. The main border is cream, set with a row of charming flower heads in red, violet and green. Thin stripes of near-black and red, flecked with tiny cream dashes, frame it on both sides. Pale specks across the field and the border mark spots where the pile is low. The dense drawing keeps the bright red ground lively, and the blue corners cool it. At 6'11\" by 10'4\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 5th century BCE the Greek historian Herodotus described Ecbatana, the ancient city under Hamedan, as ringed by seven concentric walls. Several generations ago many rugs from the villages around Hamedan were traded through Mosul, and so were known as Mosul rugs. Hamedan is a weaving city and region in western Persia, and for generations hundreds of villages around it have sent rugs to its markets. Long narrow formats are a Hamedan specialty, woven for the corridors of local houses, so many of the best vintage runners come from here. This area rug has a red ground, a cream diamond medallion and blue corner pieces. Curving stems and flower heads in blue and cream cross the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201294324025,"sku":"CAN_4714_210x315","price":1425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4714__10288703668537__45527624352057.png?v=1788430845"},{"product_id":"4715-7x10-persian-handmade-bakhtiari-vintage-rug","title":"4715 - Persian Bakhtiari Area Rug 6'11\" x 10'2\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis delightful rug holds trees, vases and flowering plants in a grid of compartments. On a burgundy field, a grid of compartments holds trees, vases and flowering plants in deep red, navy and cream. No central medallion interrupts the grid, which runs in seven rows of five squares. The handsome main border is deep red, carrying lovely cream and navy leaf shapes and small flowers. Narrow guard stripes of cream with a small navy zigzag run along both sides. The pile is full across the panels and every border band. It grounds a sitting area, and the navy squares cool the warmth of the red. At 6'11\" by 10'2\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1909 Bakhtiari tribesmen under the chief Sardar Assad captured Tehran in a successful campaign for constitutional reform. Bakhtiari rugs were made under the patronage of the tribe in certain villages southwest of Isfahan. The garden panel is the signature of Bakhtiari weaving, which comes from the Zagros mountains of western Persia. Bakhtiari weavers moved their herds twice a year. This rug keeps the strict grid of compartments, each square holding a tree, a vase or a flowering plant. Navy, deep red and cream alternate from square to square across the whole field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201294553401,"sku":"CAN_4715_210x310","price":1425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4715__10288703701305__45527624384825.png?v=1788430846"},{"product_id":"4723-7x10-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","title":"4723 - Persian Kerman Area Rug 6'8\" x 10'","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rug is charming, with a lobed medallion at the center. The deep red field is scattered with lovely loose sprays and round bouquets of pink and cream blossoms. A lobed medallion sits at the center, its near-black ground crowded with red and pink flowers around a cream core. A band of blue ground, scattered with small flowers, frames the red field on all four sides. The main border is navy, carrying delicate cream scrolling vines with red and pink flowers. Guard bands of red and tan scrolls edge the border on both sides. A few patches across the red field are low, where light spots reveal the foundation. It holds a sitting area together, the navy frame cooling the wide red center. At 6'8\" by 10', it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the 16th century Kerman has been the origin of highly sophisticated carpets in well-organized designs. Nadir Shah took many of Kerman’s most skilled weavers north after 1739 and the city was pillaged in 1794, yet its rug industry continued to prosper. Kerman in southeastern Persia worked in the softest palette of the major Persian centers: powder blue, ivory, rose and pale green, often on a pale ground. The drawing is curvilinear and open, with more space left empty than a Kashan or a Tabriz would allow. Flower sprays spread wide across the red field here, in keeping with that open drawing. The blue band and the navy border frame the red center, and the cream core of the medallion is its palest point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201294651705,"sku":"CAN_4723_203x305","price":1325.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4723__10288703734073__45527624417593.png?v=1788430856"},{"product_id":"4101-7x10-persian-handmade-bakhtiari-vintage-rug","title":"4101 - Persian Bakhtiari Area Rug 6'9\" x 10'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep red, cream, navy, pink and brown share the field of this wonderful rug. Small rosettes and geometric sprays in cream, navy, pink and brown cover the deep red field. A handsome pointed medallion in deep red holds a deep indigo inner lobe with a cream flower head, and its tips reach the top and bottom of the field. Beautiful cream corner pieces scattered with small red, navy and brown blossoms fill each corner of the field. The main border runs burgundy, set with stylized cream, pink and blue motifs, and narrow bands of small flowers and zigzag line both sides. The pile is full across the face and in every border. Red and cream tones share the surface, framed by warm woods. At 6'9\" by 10'3\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Bakhtiari move their flocks 150 miles each year between winter pastures in the plains and summer pastures in the mountains. The 1925 film Grass followed that migration, with the men swimming the Karun River for three days beside rafts buoyed by inflated goatskins. Bakhtiari weaving comes from the Zagros mountains of western Persia, and its signature is the garden panel. The field is divided into a grid of compartments, each one holding its own tree, vase or flowering plant. The weavers were people who moved their herds twice a year. This rug is a medallion design instead of a garden panel grid, with the pointed red medallion set on cream corners inside a burgundy border.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201294750009,"sku":"CAN_4101_207x313","price":2110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4101__10288703832377__45527624483129.png?v=1788430353"},{"product_id":"4102-7x10-persian-handmade-kashmar-vintage-rug","title":"4102 - Persian Kashmar Area Rug 7'1\" x 10'4\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarge rose flower heads circle a lovely gold starburst medallion with a blue core. Across a navy field, dainty scrolling vines in tan and rose run from end to end. A gold starburst medallion with a blue core sits at the center, circled by large rose flower heads. Handsome steel blue corner pieces carry a cream lattice of small flowers, with a scalloped edge against the field. The main border is deep blue with pale palmettes, set between tan bands of tiny flowers and a fine checked guard. Wear runs across much of the field, thinnest toward the top, where the foundation shows through in small patches. Deep navy and warm tan sit evenly across the low pile. At 7'1\" by 10'4\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the Safavid dynasty in the 16th and 17th centuries Khorasan was a larger province that also took in the cities of Merv and Herat. Travelers of the Safavid era remarked on the fine Khorasan carpets sold in the Persian Gulf port of Hormuz and in one of the main caravansaries of Isfahan. Kashmar weaving belongs to eastern Persia, where workshops worked large, with wide fields and generous borders. This rug keeps both, with a wide field framed by a deep blue border and tan bands on either side. Where Kashmar often favors pictorial and garden designs, this one is a pure scrolling vine with a starburst at the center. The reds stay in small notes here, more muted than the deep reds often found in Kashmar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The wide border is burgundy, carrying a row of beautiful rectangular panels, each with a small octagon at its center in cream, red and near-black. Narrow guard stripes of cream zigzags flank it on both sides, and an outer band of sawtooth forms in near-black and red finishes the edge. The pile is full across the borders, with a few pale specks of foundation in the field. The dense drawing holds the eye with its repeating geometry, letting the saturated red ground warm the space. At 7'2\" by 10'3\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTekke rugs are the most easily identified of the Turkmen, because the quartered gul of their larger carpets became something of a trademark and was often copied elsewhere. Turkmen weavers in northeastern Persia work to a strict repeating grid of gul motifs, one octagonal figure repeated across the field with almost no variation. It sounds austere, and it is the opposite: because the drawing never changes, all the life is in the color. A good Torkaman shifts between rust and brick as you cross the room. This rug keeps that repetition, with its guls set in precise rows against the red ground. The palette stays in the red family, from the bright field to the darker burgundy border, with cream and near-black for the drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201294881081,"sku":"CAN_4119_218x313","price":1810.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4119__10288703963449__45527624548665.png?v=1788430373"},{"product_id":"4128-7x10-persian-handmade-hamedan-vintage-rug","title":"4128 - Persian Hamedan Area Rug 7'2\" x 9'11\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn this charming rug, small hooked sprays in deep red, brown and cream cover the burgundy field. Burgundy carries the field, covered in small hooked sprays in deep red, brown and cream. A large diamond fills the center, with a cream lozenge at its heart holding a near-black core. Handsome cream spandrels fill the four corners, with pink blocks and small red figures, and near-black bands run between them and the diamond. The main border is cream, set with a chain of hexagons in red, green and pink. Narrow guard stripes of tan with small X marks and of navy with red running motifs sit on both sides. The pile is low in places, with pale specks scattered across the field and borders. The dense drawing keeps the red and cream together against the near-black bands. At 7'2\" by 9'11\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEcbatana, the ancient city under Hamedan, was the capital of Media and later the summer residence of the Achaemenid kings. The Mongols destroyed Hamedan about 1220 and Timur sacked it in 1386, and the city was partly restored in the 17th century. Hamedan is a city and weaving region in western Persia, and hundreds of villages around the city have sent rugs to its markets for generations. This area rug keeps the large central diamond and the cream corner pieces. Along the edge, a chain of red, green and pink hexagons runs on a cream band, with narrow tan and navy stripes on either side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201294946617,"sku":"CAN_4128_218x303","price":1425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/4128__10288704028985__45527624581433.png?v=1788430380"},{"product_id":"4152-7x10-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"4152 - Persian Tabriz Oversized Rug 7'6\" x 10'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA charming red ring surrounds the cream four-lobed center of the medallion. A navy field carries small floral sprays and leafy vines in rose, cream and teal around the central medallion. The large lobed medallion has a red ring around a cream four-lobed center holding a teal and gold rosette, and pendants above and below. Gorgeous ochre spandrels fill the four corners, each with a red floral piece and curled leaves in teal. The main border is red, set with pretty teal palmettes and rose and green leaf sprays. A pale green band with small motifs sits inside it. The pile is low in places, most clearly in the cream center of the medallion and parts of the red border, where the foundation shows. The deep navy field gains warmth from the red border and ochre corners. At 7'6\" by 10'3\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedallion carpet designs of the 16th century are usually associated with Tabriz, then the Safavid capital and the seat of the royal design workshops. A special court workshop, possibly at Tabriz, is credited with translating the most splendid book illuminations into carpets. Tabriz in northwestern Persia is a city workshop tradition, and it shows in the discipline of the drawing. Medallions are properly centered, borders turn cleanly at the corners, and the vine scrolls follow a plan worked out in full before weaving began. This rug sets a navy field and ochre corners inside a red border, with a pale green band between them. The red ring of the medallion and the red border answer each other across the navy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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A handsome steel blue main border displays large red blossoms with green centers around the perimeter, and a broad burgundy band runs outside it. Narrow guard stripes in gray brown and dark vine flank the blue band on both sides. The pile is thin over most of the surface, and the gray beige ground fades lighter where it has worn. A green note balances the red border against the gray field. At 6'8\" by 10'5\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1924, in the first years of the Turkish Republic, entrepreneurs of Isparta backed the founding of the Isparta Yarn Factory. Isparta lies in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, where workshops through the twentieth century wove Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. The palette is chalkier and softer, with more cream and rose than the deep madder of Persia. These are town rugs, not tribal ones, so the drawing is orderly and the field tends to read calm from across a room. This rug keeps that orderly drawing, with a clear medallion and balanced vines on a gray beige ground. It steps away from the soft cream and rose of the type, using a strong green medallion and a blue border instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The main border is gray brown, carrying floral motifs in cream and tan, flanked by tan and brown guard stripes. Pile runs low in spots over the face, with pale worn lines. The dense drawing in brown and tan keeps the cream ground from reading too bright. At 6'8\" by 10', it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsparta was one of only five places where the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, the big carpet exporter of the day, had workshops of its own in 1909. In the first half of 1911 its Isparta workshop wove more carpet than any of the others, about 12,318 square meters. Isparta sits in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, and its workshops spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. That palette is softer and chalkier, with more cream and rose than the deep madder of Persia. These are town rugs rather than tribal ones, so the drawing is orderly and the field usually reads calm from across a room. This rug keeps that order in its centered medallion and the mirrored scrolls at the corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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A light antique wash has eased the colors and left the drawing clear. The two floral sprays add detail to the warm, open ground of this rug. At 6'11\" by 10'2\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the name “Isparta quality” the carpets of Isparta were famous in the early years of the Turkish Republic. In its day the Isparta Carpet Palace was the largest carpet exchange in Turkey. The workshops of Isparta, in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. That palette runs softer and chalkier, favoring cream and rose over the deep madder of Persia. This rug shares that softer palette, working cream and warm gray against the terracotta rather than deep reds. Rather than the orderly town drawing, the field stays almost bare, with floral sprays placed only at two corners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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A thin cream guard line edges the field, broken in places. The pile is worn low across the field in long pale streaks, and the foundation shows through in many places. Faded red blooms warm the cool green ground in a room with dark wood. At 6'9\" by 10'2\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1909 the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, the big carpet export company of the day, had workshops in five places, and Isparta was one of them. The workshops of Isparta, in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. That palette runs softer and chalkier, favoring cream and rose over the deep madder of Persia. As town rugs rather than tribal ones, they keep an orderly drawing, and the field usually reads calm from across a room. This rug keeps that orderly drawing in its border blossoms and the calm, open field. Heavy wear across the green ground leaves the white foundation visible beneath the color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The main border is burgundy with a dense geometric pattern, edged by thin guard stripes of brown and cream. The pile is worn low across much of the rug, with long pale streaks where the foundation shows. It holds the soft rose and teal accents against the deep blue, keeping the room grounded. At 7'2\" by 10'2\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story goes that the Yamut, a tribe of Seljuk Oghuz Turks who settled around Isparta, developed carpet weaving there, and that their rugs were known as “yamut” rugs. Isparta sits in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, and its workshops spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. That palette is softer and chalkier, with more cream and rose than the deep madder of Persia. These are town rugs rather than tribal ones, so the drawing is orderly and the field usually reads calm from across a room. This rug keeps that orderly drawing, with the herati lattice set in regular rows across the blue ground. Heavy wear has faded the blue to a smoky gray in places, while the cream medallion stays bright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The beautiful main border is deep red, set with camel feather scrolls and small green and pink flower clusters. A narrow slate blue stripe edged in near-black runs between the field and the red border. The pile is low over most of the field, where pale patches show. Green leaves cool the warm red notes across this piece. At 6'9\" by 10'4\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1909 the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, the big carpet export company of the day, had workshops in five places, and Isparta was one of them. In the first half of 1911 its Isparta workshop wove more carpet than any of the others, about 12,318 square meters. The workshops of Isparta, in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. As town rugs rather than tribal ones, they keep an orderly drawing, and the field usually reads calm from across a room. The center and the corner garlands are arranged symmetrically across the open field. A deep red border frames the pale ground, and green leaves with pink and red flowers carry the drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The main border is rose red with a dense cream pattern, framed by thin bands of brown and tan. Long bands of worn pile cross the field, and the foundation shows pale between them. The dark blue holds the bright turquoise and rose in check. At 7'1\" by 10'4\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarpet weaving in Isparta has passed through many stages since 1850, and its carpets first reached buyers overseas through the Oriental Carpet Company. An Ottoman report of 1917 records that merchants knew the most successful Turkish version of the Persian Tabriz carpet as “Isparta quality,” after the place where it was made. Isparta lies in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, where workshops through the twentieth century wove Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. The palette is chalkier and softer, with more cream and rose than the deep madder of Persia. These are town rugs, not tribal ones, so the drawing is orderly and the field tends to read calm from across a room. The medallion and corner spandrels sit in a symmetrical layout, with the turquoise medallion and rose border carrying that softer palette against the deep indigo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The pile is worn low across much of the field, and the foundation shows in pale lines and patches. The low pile and the cream sprays keep the red calm in a sitting area. At 7'1\" by 10'2\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story goes that the Yamut, a tribe of Seljuk Oghuz Turks who settled around Isparta, developed carpet weaving there, and that their rugs were known as “yamut” rugs. Carpet weaving in Isparta has passed through many stages since 1850, and its carpets first reached buyers overseas through the Oriental Carpet Company. The workshops of Isparta, in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. That palette runs softer and chalkier. As town rugs rather than tribal ones, they keep an orderly drawing, and the field usually reads calm from across a room. This rug sets its cream flowers well apart on the red, around one medallion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201325748537,"sku":"ARD_2375_215x311","price":670.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/8234__10288721887545__45527644143929.png?v=1788432581"},{"product_id":"8279-7x10-turkish-handmade-isparta-vintage-rug","title":"8279 - Turkish Isparta Area Rug 6'8\" x 9'9\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe lobed medallion with a muted pink core makes this a lovely rug. Fine vines and small blossoms in ochre and gray scatter across the cream field. A lobed medallion sits at the center, its core muted pink, surrounded by graceful curling leaves. The vine work reaches toward the edges and leaves the four corners open to the cream ground. The beautiful main border is muted pink, set with cream blossoms and scrolling vines. A narrow ochre guard stripe frames the border on the inside. The pile is low across the border, where the foundation shows. A light antique wash softens the colors but leaves the drawing clear. The pink and cream keep the drawing light and open. At 6'8\" by 9'9\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsparta was one of only five places where the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, the big carpet exporter of the day, had workshops of its own in 1909. The workshops of Isparta, in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. That palette runs softer and chalkier, favoring cream and rose over the deep madder of Persia. As town rugs rather than tribal ones, they keep an orderly drawing, and the field usually reads calm from across a room. This rug holds that soft palette, with cream on the field and muted pink on the border. Fine vines and blossoms fill the center and leave it open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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The main border runs cream with a lovely dark brown scroll of leaves and small pink buds. Narrow stripes of brown and pink run along the border. A light antique wash left the drawing sharp. The pile is low in places, and the foundation shows through in the pink field. The pink and cream give the rug a gentle center. At 6'8\" by 9'10\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1909 the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers, the big carpet export company of the day, had workshops in five places, and Isparta was one of them. The workshops of Isparta, in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, spent the twentieth century weaving Persian-influenced floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. That palette runs softer and chalkier, favoring cream and rose over the deep madder of Persia. As town rugs rather than tribal ones, they keep an orderly drawing, and the field usually reads calm from across a room. This rug keeps that orderly drawing, with the medallion and corner spandrels laid out in clear symmetry. A brown vine outline carries the pattern across the pink and cream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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Pile is full over the field and through each border band. In a room of walnut and brass, the navy drawing keeps the cream ground from looking pale. At 6'11\" by 9'7\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurkmen tradition holds the Salor to be an ancient tribe of high status. The Metropolitan Museum of Art calls its Salor main carpet rare and of unusual beauty, and sees such carpets as the models from which other Turkmen tribes derived their own. Turkmen weavers in northeastern Persia work to a strict repeating grid of gul motifs, one octagonal figure repeated across the field with almost no variation. Because the drawing never changes, all the life is in the color. This rug keeps that grid, with octagons and cross figures set in rows from end to end. Navy, gold and teal stand on the cream ground, with a little near-black in the crosses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201332105529,"sku":"ARD_XL234_212x292","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/8985__10288728015161__45527649550649.png?v=1788433709"},{"product_id":"8988-7x10-persian-handmade-joshhagan-vintage-rug","title":"8988 - Persian Joshaghan Area Rug 6'10\" x 10'","description":"\u003cp\u003eA charming diamond medallion in blue, edged in cream, ends in pointed pendants. Across a terracotta field, a diamond lattice holds small stylized flowering plants in cream and dark brown. A central diamond medallion in blue, edged in cream, is filled with small blue, red and cream figures and ends in pointed pendants. Beautiful blue spandrels sit in the four corners of the field, echoing the cool tone of the center. The splendid main border runs brick red, set with dark brown cartouches and cream outlines, between narrow blue and cream guard stripes. The pile is worn low across much of the field and the foundation shows through, while the border keeps fuller pile. It suits a room of plaster and pale oak, where the blue medallion cools the terracotta ground. At 6'10\" by 10', it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the reign of Nadir Shah the carpet weaving of the Joshaghan district received a new impulse, and it flourished until nearly the middle of the 19th century. A century before Walter Hawley wrote on rugs in 1913, the Joshaghan district was weaving some of the best carpets of Persia. Joshaghan sits north of Isfahan in central Persia, and it has woven the same design for a very long time. The field is divided into a diamond lattice, each compartment holding a small stylized flowering plant. This rug keeps that lattice, with a blue diamond medallion at the center. The palette is terracotta, brick and blue, with dark brown in the small plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54201332171065,"sku":"ARD_XL239_208x305","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/8988__10288728080697__45527649583417.png?v=1788433710"},{"product_id":"8990-7x10-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","title":"8990 - Persian Mahal Area Rug 6'11\" x 10'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eCream rosettes in a dense lattice make this a delightful rug. A dense lattice of delicate cream rosettes, small blue flowers and pale blue curls covers the gray brown field. No central shape interrupts the pattern, which repeats across the whole face with small diamond shapes between the flowers. The gorgeous main border is tan, set with large cream lozenges and blue blossoms. Narrow guard stripes of cream scrolls and blue edge the border on both sides, framing the field. The pile is even over the field and the border, and the field reads paler and grayer toward the center. In a room of natural textures, the soft brown and cool blue sit side by side. At 6'11\" by 10'3\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 19th century the Ziegler company of Arak, then called Sultanabad, was the biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia. Walter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, counted a hundred hamlets and villages within a day’s journey of Sultanabad weaving rugs for its market. Woven in the villages around Arak in central Persia, Mahal rugs were large and open from the start. They have a wide field, generous spacing between the motifs, and a palette that leans soft rather than saturated. This rug keeps that soft palette, with gray brown, tan and cream carrying the face and blue as the one clear accent. Its all-over repeat fills the wide field without gathering into a central shape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. 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