11024 · 4'9" x 6'9" Persian Shiraz Area Rug

This lovely rug sets a cream diamond between four steel blue corners. The deep red field is laid out as a broad stepped hexagon, scattered with small diamonds, crosses and flower heads in blue, orange and brown. At the center, the cream diamond medallion holds a red cross around a brown core, with steel blue pendants tipped in orange hexagons above and below. The spandrels are steel blue, each carrying a handsome red hexagon flanked by cream hooked forms. The main border has a cream ground, with a steel blue vine scrolling between graceful flowers in orange and red. A brown guard stripe dotted with red runs inside it, and a narrow red stripe closes the outer edge. The pile is worn low across much of the field, and the foundation shows through. Near one end the red reads paler. It slips into a quiet room easily, its steel blue and cream cooling the deep red at its heart. At 4'9" by 6'9", it fits a bedroom beside the bed, a study under a desk, or a small sitting area.

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.