{"product_id":"11051-7x10-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","title":"11051 - Persian Mashhad Area Rug 6'10\" x 10'","description":"\u003cp\u003eA red medallion full of blossoms sits at the heart of this lovely rug. Over a navy field, red boteh, cream cartouches and sprays of small flowers spread out from the center. The medallion is a lobed red shape edged in gold, holding a spray of flowers and leaves, with a small pendant above and below. Leafy ovals ringed with tiny flowers sit on all four sides of it, and four lobed cream cartouches of roses circle it. Two more cream cartouches mark the long axis, each framed by a pair of red boteh. Sky blue spandrels filled with roses hold the four field corners. The handsome main border is navy, set with flower sprays and small sky blue rosettes. Cream guard stripes carry red rosettes on both sides of it. The pile is low, and the foundation shows at the corners and in spots along the ends. It grounds a sitting area in navy and red, while the cream and sky blue lift the corners. At 6'10\" by 10', 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\u003eImam Riza, the eighth Shi’ite imam, is buried at Mashhad, and the city is a great destination of pilgrims. In 1877 the Qajar shah gave London’s South Kensington Museum 14 carpets chosen by his ministers to represent the best being woven, one of them made in Mashhad. Mashhad is the great weaving city of Khorasan in northeastern Persia, and it specialized in large formats. Its rugs show a single dominant medallion and borders wide enough to hold their own at scale. This rug shares that plan, with one red medallion ruling the center and a wide navy border framing the field. Its field is laid out in mirror image, the cartouches, boteh and leafy ovals answering one another across both axes. Sky blue corners and cream guard stripes give the navy a light frame.\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":68008676720953,"sku":"AL_11051_208x305","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11051_1.jpg?v=1794091281","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11051-7x10-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}