11154 · 8'2" x 11'2" Persian Mahal Oversized Rug

Scrolling red arabesques curl across this lovely rug, set against a deep midnight ground. Worked on a midnight field, rows of palmettes, rosettes and leafy sprays in red, cream and pale blue are linked by fine vines. The field is an all-over repeat with no medallion, centered on a larger cream rosette with a red core. The handsome main border has a cream ground carrying red palmettes, curling leaves and small pale blue blossoms. A terracotta guard stripe with a small leaf vine runs inside it, and a narrower stripe of tiny rosettes runs along the outside. The pile is low, and a small pale patch shows in the cream border near one corner. It holds a dining room or a seating group well, the terracotta frame and the midnight center sitting easily beside warm wood. At 8'2" by 11'2", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.

Every 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 & cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.