{"product_id":"11081-11x19-persian-handmade-gabbeh-vintage-rug","title":"11081 - Persian Gabbeh Oversized Rug 11'6\" x 19'","description":"\u003cp\u003eBold coral ribbons twist all the way around this lovely rug. Over a dusty blue field, streaks of blue and pale sand run side by side in loose, broken blocks. At one end the field gives way to a wide band of rust that darkens toward the border. There is no medallion, and the field stays open from end to end. A handsome cream border is laid out as long framed panels, each edged in coral. Inside each panel a graceful coral ribbon loops and twists along its length, with a ring at the center of every run. Knotted loops close the long cartouches at the two sides. The pile is low. It slips into a large open room, where the coral ribbons warm the cool blue of the field. At 11'6\" by 19', it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art owns a gabbeh of the late 19th century, which came to it with the Ballard Collection in 1922. Some early rugs of the Lur and Qashqai tribes of Fars were lion rugs, the whole field taken up by one large lion. Gabbeh is a style rather than a place: tribal weaving from the Zagros country of southern Persia, with almost no pattern. A field of one or two colors may carry a stylized animal or a few blocks. This rug keeps that open field, with two main colors, blue and rust, set in broad streaked blocks and no figure inside them. Around it runs a cream border of framed panels, each carrying a coral ribbon of loops and knots 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":68014617493817,"sku":"AL_11081_350x580","price":19200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11081_1.jpg?v=1794115412","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11081-11x19-persian-handmade-gabbeh-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}