{"product_id":"11052-7x10-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","title":"11052 - Persian Kashan Area Rug 6'7\" x 9'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe red medallion of this lovely rug glows at the heart of a deep blue ground. Worked on a midnight field, graceful scrolling vines carry palmettes, flower sprays and blossoms in muted pink, pale blue and cream. A handsome red medallion, lobed at its edge, holds a cream star at its core, with red pendants reaching above and below it. Cream cartouches filled with flower sprays ring the field near its edge. The wide main border runs on a red ground, set with cream and pale blue palmettes among curling leaves. Guard stripes in cream and pale blue, picked out with small blossoms, frame it on either side. The pile is low across the rug, and a few patches in the field have worn lower. It suits a sitting or dining room, the red frame warming all that midnight blue. At 6'7\" by 9'10\", 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\u003eThe story goes that the three Wise Men of the East set out from Kashan to follow the Star of Bethlehem. In the 1600s, when Poland and Persia had close relations, the Polish nobility ordered many gold-threaded rugs from Kashan. Kashan is the central Persian city most associated with the formal Persian rug: a central medallion and a field of curling vine and palmette. These were made as the best rug in a house, and the drawing carries that intent. This rug keeps both parts, a red medallion at its center and a midnight field of curling vines and palmettes. Its wide border repeats the red of the medallion, and a ring of cream cartouches sits between them, lifting the dark ground.\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":68008681046329,"sku":"AL_11052_200x300","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11052_1.jpg?v=1794091613","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11052-7x10-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}