{"product_id":"11139-7x9-turkish-handmade-anatolian-vintage-rug","title":"11139 - Turkish Anatolian Area Rug 6'9\" x 9'3\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA large burgundy medallion holds the center of this lovely rug. Within a beige field, stepped figures in burgundy, slate blue and olive are set out with open ground between them. The medallion has a notched, stepped outline edged in slate blue, and a cream hooked star fills it around a small burgundy core. Handsome cross-shaped pendants reach out at the top and the bottom, each ending in a small diamond. Smaller hooked diamonds in burgundy flank the medallion on both sides. Toward each corner of the field sits a beautiful burgundy cartouche with a slate blue cross inside and an olive outline. The main border has a beige ground carrying a row of separate octagons, burgundy and slate blue in turn, each holding a cream hooked cross. Guard stripes on both sides of the border run small burgundy and blue triangles between fine cream dots. The pile is low throughout, and the beige field shows paler patches in places. It settles into a sitting room, where the slate blue cools the burgundy and the beige keeps it light. At 6'9\" by 9'3\", it fits a living room with the front legs of the sofa and chairs on the rug, or beside a queen bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nomadic herders of Turkey, the Yoruk, live in black goat-hair tents and travel between winter and summer pastures. From 1908 to 1914 the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers employed 50 to 60 thousand carpet weavers in Anatolia alone, working at home. Anatolian is the broad name for the village weaving of the Turkish interior, and it covers a lot of ground. The shared character is geometry over floral drawing. This rug is all geometry: a stepped burgundy medallion with a cream hooked star, cross-shaped pendants, and hooked diamonds and cartouches set out with open beige ground between them. Its border is a row of separate octagons, burgundy and slate blue in turn, each holding a cream hooked cross. The slate blue cools the burgundy, and the beige keeps the whole face light.\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":68025834864953,"sku":"AL_11139_205x282","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11139_1.jpg?v=1794173549","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11139-7x9-turkish-handmade-anatolian-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}