{"product_id":"11050-6x10-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","title":"11050 - Persian Kerman Area Rug 6'6\" x 9'6\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eBirds perch all through the branching tree on this lovely rug. On an ink blue field, the tree spreads its boughs along the whole length, crowded with red flowers, light blue leaf sprays and cream blossoms. In place of a medallion, the graceful boughs curve into tall pointed ovals down the center, with more birds set among them. At one end the field closes in a lobed arch, and olive spandrels full of small flowers fill the corners beside it. A scalloped light blue band runs across the other end. The handsome main border carries red and cream flowers on a light blue ground, with small trees and birds on their branches. Cream guard stripes with a fine leafy vine run on either side of it. The pile is low, with a few thinner patches in the border. It slips into a sitting room, the red blossoms lifting the deep ink blue ground. At 6'6\" by 9'6\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarco Polo, by Walter Hawley’s account of 1913, wrote of the beautiful shawls and carpets made by the women of Kerman. Since the 16th century Kerman has been the origin of highly sophisticated carpets in well-organized designs. Kerman lies in southeastern Persia, and its weavers worked with powder blue, ivory, rose and pale green. The drawing is curvilinear. This rug shares that curving line, with boughs, vines and leaf sprays bending across the whole field, and powder blue, ivory and rose appear again and again in its flowers. Its ink blue field is closely filled from end to end, with birds perched among the branches and a lobed arch framed by olive spandrels at one end.\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":68014108967225,"sku":"AL_11050_197x290","price":2400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11050_1.jpg?v=1794109363","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11050-6x10-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}