{"product_id":"11119-8x10-turkish-handmade-isparta-vintage-rug","title":"11119 - Turkish Isparta Oversized Rug 7'9\" x 10'6\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stepped navy medallion is the first thing to catch the eye on this lovely rug. The deep red field around it is left mostly open, with small flower sprays reaching in from the corners. At the center sits that navy medallion, full of graceful scrolling vines around a lobed cream core of small flowers, with a flowering pendant above and below. Beautiful cream spandrels fill the four corners, worked with vine scrolls, leaves and small rosettes. The main border mixes navy and burgundy and carries a row of cream rosettes and leafy flower heads. Pale blue guard stripes run on either side of it, each set with a small repeating flower. The pile is low across the field, and the foundation shows through in pale flecks. It grounds a sitting area in warm red, while the cream corners and navy center keep the open field from feeling heavy. At 7'9\" by 10'6\", 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\u003eIn 1924, in the first years of the Turkish Republic, entrepreneurs of Isparta backed the founding of the Isparta Yarn Factory. The state-owned Sumerbank took over the Isparta carpet factory in 1943 and backed carpet making by hand there with new technology. Isparta lies in the lake country of southwestern Turkey, where workshops through the twentieth century wove floral designs in a distinctly Turkish palette. These are town rugs, not tribal ones, so the drawing is orderly and the field tends to read calm from across a room. This rug keeps that order, with one stepped navy medallion at the center, a flowering pendant above and below, and cream spandrels in the four corners. Much of the deep red field is left open, so the center and the corners stand clear of one another. The palette holds to deep red, navy and cream, with touches of gold, green and pale blue in the small 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":68013860749625,"sku":"AL_11119_237x320","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11119_1.jpg?v=1794104786","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11119-8x10-turkish-handmade-isparta-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}