11033 · 6'7" x 10'7" Persian Mashhad Area Rug

The eight-lobed red medallion is what first catches the eye on this lovely rug. From across a room the field reads dark brown, though its ground is near-black, crowded with red and cream blossoms on graceful curling vines. Large vine loops sweep around the center, each one packed with flower heads. The medallion opens in eight pointed red lobes around a blue star and a cream core with a small rosette at its heart. Red palmette pendants, each a fan of petals, sit above and below it, outlined in cream. The wide main border has a near-black ground carrying sprays of red and cream flowers among leaves. A beautiful cream guard stripe with a scrolling vine runs inside it, edged by narrow blue and red stripes. The pile is low, and a few small pale spots show in the field. It slips into a dark-paneled study or a warm sitting room, where the red center glows against the dark ground. At 6'7" by 10'7", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen 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.