11025 · 5'7" x 7'1" Persian Shiraz Area Rug

Two hooked medallions in dark blue and camel give this charming rug its strong center. On a rust field, small octagonal rosettes, flower heads and little four-legged animals and birds are scattered in dark blue, brown and cream. The medallions are elongated hexagons with serrated edges, each with a camel hexagon at its core between hooked arms, set on dark blue. A short bar joins them, and a slim pendant runs out from the top of one and the foot of the other. A dark blue sawtooth band edges the field on every side. The handsome main border has a cream ground set with a zigzag of serrated diagonal forms in dark blue, rust and brown. Bands of diagonal stripes run on either side, and narrow dotted guard stripes divide each band. The pile is low and worn down across much of the field, and the foundation shows in the upper half and around the medallions. The rust reads paler in those places. It slips into a room of warm earth tones, with the cream border lifting all that rust. At 5'7" by 7'1", 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.