11098 · 7'5" x 12' Persian Torkaman Oversized Rug

Row after row of octagonal guls gives this lovely rug its calm, ordered look. At the center of each gul sits a gold diamond with a small dark blue core, and the guls run in rows on a beige field. Each gul is worked in rust and brown, filled with small hooked figures around the diamond. There is no medallion: the field is an all-over repeat, with a brown cross-shaped figure set between every four guls. The handsome main border is a row of square compartments on a light brown ground, holding small octagons and rosettes. Narrow guard stripes of tiny dark squares and leafy sprigs run on either side of it. The pile is low across the rug, and a few pale flecks show in the field. It holds a large room together with warm beige and brown, while the gold diamonds add small points of light. At 7'5" by 12', it fits a dining table for four with the chairs pulled out, or a living room with the sofa and chairs fully on it.

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.