{"product_id":"11187-8x11-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"11187 - Persian Tabriz Oversized Rug 8' x 10'10\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe dark stepped medallion is what first catches the eye on this lovely rug. From across a room the field reads smoke gray, a close repeat of small boteh, the paisley leaf-drop, on a cream ground. At the center sits a near-black stepped diamond medallion, its rust core holding a small rosette, with a pendant above and below. Handsome rust spandrels fill the four corners, each with a near-black band and a cream tip. The main border is rust, carrying a graceful winding vine and small dark flower heads. Several guard stripes in steel blue and rust run on either side, set with tiny flowers. The pile is low over the whole rug. It reads as a quiet smoke gray ground under a dining table, with the rust corners and the dark center giving it weight. At 8' by 10'10\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsma’il, the first Safavid shah, was crowned in Tabriz in 1501. Tabriz in northwestern Persia is a city workshop tradition, and it shows in the discipline of the drawing. Medallions are properly centered, and Tabriz workshops worked in a wider palette than most, so ivory, stone and pale blue grounds turn up alongside the reds. This rug keeps its near-black medallion properly centered, with a pendant above and below and rust spandrels mirrored in the four corners. Its cream ground, filled with a close repeat of small boteh, reads smoke gray from across a room. The rust border carries a winding vine with small dark flower heads around the whole field.\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":68026050675001,"sku":"AL_11187_245x330","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11187_1.jpg?v=1794176645","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11187-8x11-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}