{"product_id":"11186-9x12-persian-handmade-azerbaijan-vintage-rug","title":"11186 - Persian Azerbaijan Oversized Rug 8'6\" x 12'","description":"\u003cp\u003eRows of hooked stars give this charming rug a bold, lively rhythm. Stepped cream stars, outlined in red and each holding an octagon with a small eight-pointed star, fill the navy field in rows. Some octagon cores are red and some are cream, and there is no central medallion. Between the stars sit gold and brown octagons, light blue rosettes and tiny animal figures. The handsome main border has a dark brown ground, carrying cream hooked panels and rosettes picked out with red and blue. Guard stripes of slanting red, cream and blue bars run on either side of it. The pile is low, and a few patches across the field have worn lower. A darker brown patch sits just right of center in the field. The dense drawing keeps the navy lively, and the cream stars stay clear across a large room. At 8'6\" by 12', it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Shahsevan, Turkic nomads of the northwest, carry a name that means those who love the king. They spent the winter near sea level on the Moghan steppe and the summer about 160 kilometers south, in the high pastures of the Savalan range. Persian Azerbaijan occupies the northwestern corner of Persia. Rather than one style, it holds a family of village traditions that share a vocabulary: angular medallions, hooked motifs, madder and indigo. This rug keeps that vocabulary close. Its stars are angular and stepped, with hooks along every edge, and red and navy carry the palette. The border repeats the hooked line in cream on dark brown, so the frame and the field read as one design. Small octagons and tiny animal figures fill the spaces between the stars.\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":68026034323769,"sku":"AL_11186_260x366","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11186_1.jpg?v=1794176375","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11186-9x12-persian-handmade-azerbaijan-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}