{"product_id":"11172-10x14-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","title":"11172 - Persian Mahal Oversized Rug 10'4\" x 13'7\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig cream palmettes and sweeping leaves stand out boldly on this lovely rug. The denim field carries large cream palmettes, curling serrated leaves and small cream blossoms, with touches of lavender and pale green inside the larger forms. The plan is an all-over repeat with no medallion, mirrored on its center line. Handsome oval panels hold fans of steel blue petals, and small eye-shaped lozenges sit where the forms meet. The wide cream border carries graceful rosettes linked by a steel blue vine, with curled leaves set between them. Narrow guard stripes of small pale green and steel blue blossoms run on either side, and a denim band closes the outer edge. The pile is low across the whole rug. It slips into a bright, open room, where the denim and cream keep the large pattern cool and calm. At 10'4\" by 13'7\", 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. That means a wide field and a palette that leans soft rather than saturated. This rug keeps both: a broad denim field and a cool, soft range of cream, steel blue and lavender. Its palmettes and leaves are worked at a large scale, mirrored on the center line, and the cream border repeats the same blues in its rosettes.\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":68026289455417,"sku":"AL_11172_314x415","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11172_1.jpg?v=1794182791","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11172-10x14-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}