{"product_id":"11068-2x9-persian-handmade-hamedan-vintage-runner-rug","title":"11068 - Persian Hamedan Runner Rug 2'5\" x 9'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lovely runner sets bright teal against violet and near-black from end to end. Within a teal field, a column of handsome hexagonal medallions runs down the length, joined point to point. Their grounds change as they go, plum at each end, dark green next, and teal at the center. Each holds stepped diamonds, small flower heads and mirrored hooked forms, with violet outlines. At each end a pointed teal pendant reaches toward the border, set between dark green corners scattered with small diamonds and rosettes. The splendid main border has a teal ground carrying small boxes and hooked figures in violet and dark green. A narrow guard stripe of slanting violet hooks runs inside it, and an outer plum band holds rows of tiny squares. The pile is low across the rug, and a few pale specks show where the foundation comes through. It suits a hall with pale walls, where the teal and violet can set the color for the space. At 2'5\" by 9'3\", it fits a hallway or the space along the side of a bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral generations ago many rugs from the villages around Hamedan were traded through Mosul, and so were known as Mosul rugs. Walter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, noted that old Hamedan runners sometimes ran twenty feet or more in length. Hamedan is a weaving city and region in western Persia, and for generations hundreds of villages around it have sent rugs to its markets. Long narrow formats are a Hamedan specialty, woven for the corridors of local houses. This runner is one of those long narrow pieces, its medallions linked in a single column so the design follows the length. Its palette is cool throughout, teal and violet set against dark green and plum, with a teal border closing the field on every side.\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":68008778629433,"sku":"AL_11068_74x283","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11068_1.jpg?v=1794093396","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11068-2x9-persian-handmade-hamedan-vintage-runner-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}