{"product_id":"11157-13x20-persian-handmade-arak-vintage-rug","title":"11157 - Persian Arak Oversized Rug 12'10\" x 20'","description":"\u003cp\u003eRows of tiny boteh run across the whole field of this lovely rug. The mahogany field has a rust ground, and each boteh, the paisley leaf-drop, is worked in near-black, tan and cream. There is no medallion, and the repeat runs unbroken to a narrow cream line on every side. The main border has a cream ground carrying a graceful winding vine of small leaves in rust and near-black. On either side of it, a handsome set of guard stripes in near-black, rust and cream carries rows of small squares and flower heads. A plain mahogany band closes the outer edge. The pile is low across the whole rug, and a few darker patches show in the field. It settles a large room with its warm mahogany and rust, while the cream border brings light to the edges. At 12'10\" by 20', it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe town of Arak dates only from 1808, when it was founded as Sultanabad, a name the carpet trade kept. 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. Arak in central Persia, known historically as Sultanabad, was the center of one of the largest weaving districts in the country. The villages around it supplied the market under their own names, and the shared character is an all-over field and a restrained palette. This rug shares that all-over field, with one small boteh repeated row after row and no medallion to break it. Its palette stays close to mahogany and rust, and the cream border with its winding vine frames the field in a lighter tone.\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":68026224640313,"sku":"AL_11157_390x610","price":13000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11157_1.jpg?v=1794179800","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11157-13x20-persian-handmade-arak-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}