{"product_id":"11194-9x13-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","title":"11194 - Persian Mashhad Oversized Rug 9'1\" x 12'7\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA blue flower sits at the heart of this lovely rug, ringed in curling cream tendrils. Across a dark brown field, sprays of cream blossoms, curling leaves and small blue flower heads spread out to every side. That flower is the core of a lobed oval medallion in salmon, edged in cream and blue scrollwork, with a small pendant at each end. Beautiful salmon spandrels fill the four corners, each holding a small cartouche outlined in navy. The handsome main border has a salmon ground and carries a vine of palmettes and rosettes in blue, cream and brown. Blue guard stripes with a cream vine run on either side of it, framed by narrow bands of small brown chevrons. The pile is low across the whole rug. It grounds a dining room or a large sitting area, its brown center warmed by the salmon frame and cooled by touches of blue. At 9'1\" by 12'7\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImam Riza, the eighth Shi’ite imam, is buried at Mashhad, and the city is a great destination of pilgrims. Walter Hawley, writing on rugs in 1913, traced the variety of Khorasan patterns partly to weavers copying the rugs those pilgrims brought from other provinces. Mashhad is the great weaving city of Khorasan in northeastern Persia, and it specialized in large formats. Its rugs show a single medallion and borders wide enough to hold their own at scale. This rug shares both, with one lobed medallion at its center and a broad frame around the field. Its salmon main border, set between blue guard stripes, carries a full vine of palmettes and rosettes. Inside, sprays of cream blossoms and blue flower heads spread across the dark brown field toward the salmon corners.\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":68026184073529,"sku":"AL_11194_277x384","price":3400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11194_1.jpg?v=1794178506","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11194-9x13-persian-handmade-mashhad-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}