{"product_id":"11149-10x13-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","title":"11149 - Persian Kashan Oversized Rug 10'2\" x 12'6\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ivory medallion at the center of this lovely rug glows against its deep red ground. Worked on a deep red field, graceful vines curl in wide spirals, set with flowers in light blue and navy. The medallion is a lobed ivory diamond with a red core laced in navy scrolls, and small pendants sit above and below it. Navy spandrels with stepped edges hold the four corners, and ivory set with red flowers fills each outer tip. The handsome blue border carries red and ivory palmettes on a scrolling vine. Ivory guard stripes of small red and navy rosettes run on either side of it. The pile is low, and a few patches in the field have worn lower still. It settles a big room with ease, the blue border and light blue flowers cooling all that red. At 10'2\" by 12'6\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing is known of Kashan carpets from the 1600s through the 1800s; then, at the dawn of the 20th century, a large commercial production arose there. UNESCO lists the carpet weaving of Kashan as living heritage, noting that almost one in three residents works in carpet making and that most of the makers are women. Kashan is the central Persian city most associated with the formal Persian rug, with a central medallion, spandrels in the corners, and a field of curling vine and palmette. Old Kashans are known for their saturated madder reds. This rug has all of it: an ivory medallion at the center, vines curling in wide spirals across a deep red field, and navy spandrels in each corner. A wide blue border sets a cooler frame around that warm red.\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":68026168410425,"sku":"AL_11149_310x382","price":3600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11149_1.jpg?v=1794178087","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11149-10x13-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}