{"product_id":"11102-8x10-persian-handmade-sarouk-vintage-rug","title":"11102 - Persian Sarouk Oversized Rug 7'10\" x 9'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA navy medallion at the center catches the eye first on this lovely rug. Across a dusty rose field, small flower heads, buds and leaves are scattered over fine curling vines. The handsome lobed navy medallion holds blue and rust blossoms around a pale blue rosette core, with a small navy pendant floating above and below. Steel blue spandrels fill the four corners, each holding a cluster of vines and blossoms inside a cream outline. The main border runs on navy, carrying a chain of large rust and cream rosettes linked by a zigzag vine. A wide cream guard stripe of small flower heads lines its inner edge, and narrow stripes of rose and blue close the outer edge. The pile is low across the rug. It suits a room of warm wood and pale blue upholstery, picking up the dusty rose of the field and the navy at its heart. At 7'10\" by 9'10\", 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\u003eThe town of Arak dates only from 1808, when it was founded as Sultanabad, a name the carpet trade kept. 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. Sarouk sits in the Arak district of central Persia and gave its name to one of the most exported Persian rugs of the twentieth century. The type has a floral field on rose or deep madder, worked in curves. This rug shares that floral field, its dusty rose ground set with blossoms and vines that curve around the medallion. Its steel blue corners and navy center bring cool color to the rose, and the navy border repeats that blue around the whole rug.\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":68008858222905,"sku":"AL_11102_238x300","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11102_1.jpg?v=1794094149","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11102-8x10-persian-handmade-sarouk-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}