11115 · 6'3" x 10'7" Turkish Isparta Area Rug

This lovely rug opens on a long, quiet terracotta panel inside a wide stepped frame. Terracotta carries the whole field, inside the frame and around it, where cream and terracotta ovals with small sprigs stand along the outer edge. In place of a medallion, the frame holds the center, and its corners are cut back in steps. A cream band of small terracotta squares, each with a four-petal flower, edges the open panel. Beyond it, beautiful cream and light blue cartouches alternate, carrying hooked shapes and small rosettes. A narrow cream guard stripe dotted with light blue squares runs outside them. A handsome camel band closes the frame, its notched outline stepping into the field around cream hooked motifs. The narrow border repeats small squares in terracotta and light blue. The pile is low, and the foundation shows in places across the open panel. The dense drawing of the frame circles a calm center, and the light blue cools the terracotta. At 6'3" by 10'7", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.

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.