{"product_id":"11116-8x10-persian-handmade-arak-vintage-rug","title":"11116 - Persian Arak Oversized Rug 7'11\" x 10'1\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLarge cream palmettes with curling petals open across this remarkable rug. Over a deep red field, cream vines branch out from a small sage rosette at the center, carrying sage flower heads and rust buds. There is no medallion, and the graceful floral repeat mirrors itself from side to side and end to end. Rust and gold palmettes, cut off by the edge, sit in the four corners of the field. The beige main border carries a handsome row of rust palmettes and red-edged blossoms, with sage rosettes set between them. Narrow beige guard stripes dotted with small red rosettes frame it on both sides, and a plain red band runs around the outer edge. The pile is low across the whole rug. It reads as warm and formal, with the cream border and sage flowers cooling all that deep red. At 7'11\" by 10'1\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia in the late 19th century was the Ziegler company of Arak, the town then called Sultanabad. 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. Arak in central Persia, once known as Sultanabad, was the center of one of the largest weaving districts in the country. The villages around it sold under their own names, and what they share is an all-over floral field and a restrained palette. This rug keeps that all-over floral field, with cream vines and palmettes spread across the deep red and no medallion at the center. Its colors run to deep red, cream, rust and sage, with touches of gold and dusty rose in the flowers.\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":68014807417145,"sku":"AL_11116_241x308","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11116_1.jpg?v=1794119863","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11116-8x10-persian-handmade-arak-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}