{"product_id":"11136-7x9-turkish-handmade-kars-vintage-rug","title":"11136 - Turkish Kars Area Rug 7'3\" x 9'5\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long cream medallion is what first catches the eye on this lovely rug. On a clay pink field, rows of small pale blue and cream stars alternate with spidery motifs around gray brown and pale blue squares. The medallion is a handsome cream octagon with stepped ends, framed in pale blue and clay bands. Inside, a column of three hooked diamonds holds clay cores with small triangles at either end and a cream star on pale blue at the center. A small gray brown pendant caps each end of the column. A beautiful cream border carries octagons with hooked crosses in pale blue and gray brown, linked by stepped bands of clay, tan and gray brown. Guard stripes of small hooked cartouches run on both sides, and the border turns cleanly at each corner. The pile is low across the whole rug. It slips into a quiet living room, the clay and pale blue sitting easily beside cream walls. At 7'3\" by 9'5\", 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\u003eKarapapak carpets from Kars and the Caucasus are shown in museums around the world under names such as Kars-Kazak and Kazak-Borchali. The trade name Kars-Kilise for one Kars medallion design came about when an Istanbul export firm arrived in eastern Anatolia between 1978 and 1984. This rug is built from bold geometry: a long cream octagon with stepped ends holds a column of three hooked diamonds on a clay pink field. Rows of small stars and spidery motifs fill the field around it in mirrored pairs. The cream border carries octagons with hooked crosses, linked by stepped bands, and turns cleanly at each corner.\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":68025792364857,"sku":"AL_11136_220x288","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11136_1.jpg?v=1794172959","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11136-7x9-turkish-handmade-kars-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}