{"product_id":"11028-5x9-persian-handmade-bijar-vintage-rug","title":"11028 - Persian Bijar Area Rug 5'3\" x 8'9\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA near-black diamond medallion sits at the heart of this lovely rug. Worked on a deep red field that reads burgundy from across a room, a fine diamond lattice holds small cream rosettes, curled leaves and rose blossoms. The stepped near-black medallion carries a slate blue ring of lobed rose flower heads around a small core, with a pendant at its top and bottom. Handsome near-black spandrels fill the four corners, each holding a large rose palmette, cream stems and small slate blue rosettes. The beautiful cream border carries slate blue diamonds, small red blossoms and curled leaves. Slate blue guard stripes with a small red flower repeat run on either side, and a red band closes the outer edge. The pile is low across the field and the border. It brings deep red and rose into a bedroom or study, cooled by the slate blue and cream around the edge. At 5'3\" by 8'9\", it fits a bedroom beside the bed, a study under a desk, or a small sitting area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story goes that during the Timurid invasions a body of Torkaman followed the conqueror west and settled around Bijar. Bijar weavers made a remarkable number of vagirehs, sample pieces showing portions of several patterns and borders, used as models for large carpets. Bijar in Kurdistan has long been called the iron rug of Persia, and its designs are geometric. This rug keeps to that geometry. The medallion is a stepped diamond, the spandrels step inward in squared lines, and a diamond lattice runs across the whole field. The small flowers sit on the points of that grid. The near-black of the center and the four corners sets a dark frame within the red, and the cream border closes it with a row of slate blue diamonds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery 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 \u0026amp; cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Storied Rugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68013902922041,"sku":"AL_11028_160x266","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11028_1.jpg?v=1794105435","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11028-5x9-persian-handmade-bijar-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}