{"product_id":"11080-12x18-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","title":"11080 - Persian Mashhad Oversized Rug 12'2\" x 18'1\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA round red medallion, its core a dark starburst, centers this lovely rug. The dusty blue field is filled with palmettes, diamond lozenges and rosettes on a graceful vine. The medallion keeps its red ground, ringed in petals and small flowers, and cream cartouche pendants sit above and below it. Beautiful camel spandrels fill the four corners with sprays of red and cream flowers. The wide main border has an ink blue ground carrying boteh, the paisley leaf-drop, and rosettes in red and cream. Cream guard stripes set with small red flowers frame it on either side. The pile is low, and a few patches near the center have worn lower. It grounds a large room, where the red and cream warm the cool blue of the field. At 12'2\" by 18'1\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder the Safavid dynasty in the 16th and 17th centuries Khorasan, the province of Mashhad, also took in the cities of Merv and Herat. Travelers of the Safavid era remarked on the fine Khorasan carpets sold in the Persian Gulf port of Hormuz and in one of the main caravansaries of Isfahan. 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 both. One round medallion rules the field, and the ink blue border is wide enough to frame a field this size. Red gathers around the medallion and through the flowers, set against the dusty blue ground, while camel lights the four corners.\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":68014590656825,"sku":"AL_11080_370x550","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11080_1.jpg?v=1794114599","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11080-12x18-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}