11021 · 3'5" x 7'3" Persian Shiraz Runner Rug
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Three hooked diamond medallions, stacked one on the next, give this lovely runner its strong center. At the center, they sit on a deep red field that reads burgundy from across the room, scattered with small animals, birds and flower heads. Each medallion has a near-black ground and an orange hexagonal core outlined in cream, with cream hooks reaching out to either side. The diamonds meet point to point down the length of the field. Handsome near-black spandrels fill the four corners, each with a stepped edge and a large orange leaf at its heart. The main border is deep red, scattered with small near-black and cream figures and touches of orange. Guard stripes of cream run on either side of it, carrying a chain of pretty red blossoms. The pile is low across the face. It suits a narrow entry, where the cream stripes lift the deep red and near-black. At 3'5" by 7'3", it fits an entry, a hallway corner or the space beside a bed.
Every rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. Hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, vintage, approx. 50 years (1970s). Condition: professionally washed & cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.
About Shiraz rugs
UNESCO records that the women of Fars design, choose the colors and weave without a cartoon, so that no weaver makes two carpets of the same design. In Fars the men shear the sheep in spring or autumn and build the loom, a horizontal frame placed on the ground, while the women spin the yarn. Rugs sold under the name Shiraz were woven by tribal and village weavers around the market city of Fars province in southern Persia. Geometric drawing is the rule there, with small stylized animals and birds turning up in the field. This runner shares that geometry, from the stepped diamonds to the hooked arms, and small animals and birds walk among the flower heads of its deep red field. Its frame is built in layers, with cream guard stripes set against the deep red border and the near-black corners.
Shipping & delivery
Shipping is free and fully insured in the US and Canada. To the UK, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand we ship fully insured, with rates calculated at checkout. Orders are processed and shipped within one to four days and most arrive within about ten days, sometimes as fast as three depending on your location, carefully wrapped, with tracking sent the moment your rug leaves us.
Full shipping detailsAuthenticity
Every rug is an original, hand-knotted vintage piece, never machine-made, printed or reproduced. We inspect and photograph each rug in our own studio, so the piece you see is the exact piece you receive.
Our authenticity promiseCare & cleaning
Vacuum gently, rotate every few months, blot spills immediately and use a quality rug pad. Have it professionally cleaned every few years, never machine-washed.
Full care guideReturns
If a rug isn’t right for your space, get in touch within 7 days of delivery (14 days in the European Union) and we’ll help arrange a return or exchange. Because each piece is one of a kind, we handle every return personally.
Returns & exchangesMade entirely by hand.
Every knot in this rug was tied by hand, one at a time, on an upright loom. A piece like this is the work of two or three weavers sitting side by side for months, wool worked row by row into a pattern carried from memory, its colors softened by decades of light and use. Nothing about it was quick, and no two are ever the same.
The kind of thing that only gets better with age, and quietly passes from one home to the next.
Rugs in their new homes
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