{"product_id":"11185-8x11-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"11185 - Persian Tabriz Oversized Rug 8'2\" x 11'6\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lovely rug opens around a broad cream medallion edged in blue. At the center, its lobed outline stretches into four long arms on a red field strewn with flower sprays, leafy stems and clusters of small blue blossoms. A red star flower sits at its core, ringed by navy panels, and sky blue pendants mark the field above and below. Large sky blue spandrels with scalloped edges fill the four corners, each holding a red palmette among flowering vines. The handsome main border is navy, carrying cream rosettes, red palmettes and leaves along a winding vine. Cream guard stripes run on either side, set with burgundy, red and blue blossoms on a fine vine. The pile is low across much of the field, and the foundation shows in patches. It settles a dining room or a living room, where the sky blue corners cool all that red. At 8'2\" by 11'6\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA special court workshop, possibly at Tabriz, is credited with translating the most splendid book illuminations into carpets. Since the late 19th century a complex design has usually reached the weavers as a cartoon, laid out on squared paper with one square for each knot. Tabriz in northwestern Persia has a city workshop tradition, and the discipline of the drawing shows it. Medallions sit properly centered, borders turn cleanly at the corners, and the vine scrolls follow a plan laid out in full before weaving began. This rug shares that order, with its cream medallion squarely at the center and a border that turns cleanly at each corner. Its sky blue spandrels and pendants sit beside the red field, and cream rosettes repeat along all four sides of the navy border.\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":68026014859577,"sku":"AL_11185_250x350","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11185_1.jpg?v=1794176159","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11185-8x11-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}