{"product_id":"11077-8x9-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","title":"11077 - Persian Mahal Area Rug 8' x 9'2\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wide cream border of large rosettes frames this lovely rug. Across a rust field, an all-over repeat of dark brown hooked outlines frames small rosettes, gold diamonds and star flowers. There is no medallion, and the same compartments repeat in rows from end to end over a fine lattice of light lines. Clusters of tiny blue blossoms fill the gaps between them. The main border carries a handsome chain of those rosettes, each linked by graceful curling blue vines and curled leaves. A narrow blue guard stripe with a small running vine closes the field, and thin rust stripes edge the border on both sides. The pile is low across the face. It reads as a warm rust and cream ground for a sitting area, with the blue in the border adding a cool note. At 8' by 9'2\", it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 19th century the Ziegler company of Arak, then called Sultanabad, was the biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia. A hundred hamlets and villages within a day’s journey of Sultanabad wove rugs for its market, by the count of Walter Hawley, writing in 1913. Mahal rugs come from the villages around Arak in central Persia. This rug has the wide field of that type, with one repeat carried across its whole width and no medallion to break it. Its field is closely filled, the dark brown outlines set in rows with gold diamonds and small blue blossoms between them. The border is the brightest part of the rug, cream with large rosettes, blue vines and curled leaves, and it frames the rust center on all four sides.\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":68008926642489,"sku":"AL_11077_245x280","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11077_1.jpg?v=1794094760","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11077-8x9-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}