{"product_id":"11043-7x10-persian-handmade-joshaghan-vintage-rug","title":"11043 - Persian Joshaghan Area Rug 7'3\" x 10'2\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stepped diamond medallion sits at the heart of this lovely rug. Red carries the whole field, set with rows of small burgundy flowering plants, navy rosettes and light blue sprigs. The medallion is a stepped navy diamond outlined in cream, with a narrow stepped band inside and a cream rosette at its core. A dark pendant points out from its top and its bottom. Navy spandrels with stepped cream edges fill the four corners, holding red and navy rosettes, light blue sprigs and a few orange accents. A handsome near-black border carries cream-framed cartouches with orange motifs, and a row of upright bars runs along each end. Pretty cream guard stripes with a small red chain run on either side of it. The pile is low across the rug, and a few patches in the field and border have worn lower. It suits a dining room or sitting area, where the red field and orange border motifs bring warmth. At 7'3\" by 10'2\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the reign of Nadir Shah the carpet weaving of the Joshaghan district received a new impulse, and it flourished until nearly the middle of the 19th century. A century before Walter Hawley wrote on rugs in 1913, the Joshaghan district was weaving some of the best carpets of Persia. Joshaghan sits north of Isfahan in central Persia, and it has woven the same design for a very long time. This rug shares the small stylized flowering plant, repeated in close rows across its red field. At the center, a stepped diamond medallion gathers the pattern, with a cream rosette at its core. Its corners are stepped navy spandrels full of small rosettes and sprigs, and the near-black border frames them with cartouches in orange and cream.\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":68014154547513,"sku":"AL_11043_220x310","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11043_1.jpg?v=1794110195","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11043-7x10-persian-handmade-joshaghan-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}