{"product_id":"11154-8x11-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","title":"11154 - Persian Mahal Oversized Rug 8'2\" x 11'2\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eScrolling 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late 19th century the Ziegler company of Arak, then called Sultanabad, was the biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia. A hundred hamlets and villages within a day’s journey of Sultanabad wove rugs for its market, by the count of Walter Hawley, writing in 1913. Mahal rugs come from the villages around Arak in central Persia, and they were woven large and open from the start. This rug has that large size and a wide field, framed by a broad cream border. Its scrolling arabesques and palmettes repeat across the field in mirror image, spreading out from the central rosette. The midnight ground sets off the red and cream motifs, and the terracotta guard stripes carry that warm tone out to the edges.\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":68049290920249,"sku":"AL_11154_250x340","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11154_1.jpg?v=1794373297","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11154-8x11-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}