11068 · 2'5" x 9'3" Turkish Anatolian Runner Rug

This 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.

Every 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 & cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.