{"product_id":"11196-9x12-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","title":"11196 - Persian Kashan Oversized Rug 8'6\" x 12'","description":"\u003cp\u003eA red and cream medallion at the heart of this lovely rug catches the eye first. Over a deep indigo field, graceful copper vines curl out in long branches, set with palmettes, rosettes and small flowers in red, cream and light blue. The medallion is a lobed diamond, a ring of red scrolls around a cream core with a star rosette at its center. A red pendant sits above and below it, and the vines spring from each one. Cream spandrels with looping scrolls frame the field, and a red piece closes each outer corner. A handsome red border carries cream-edged palmettes in light blue, linked by a scrolling indigo vine. Narrow guard stripes in cream and red, set with small flower heads, run on either side of it. The pile is low across the rug, and the foundation shows in places. It settles a room in deep indigo and red, and the cream spandrels lighten the whole. 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\u003eIn the 1600s, when Poland and Persia had close relations, the Polish nobility ordered many gold-threaded rugs from Kashan. When rugs of that kind were first shown at the Paris exposition of 1878, they were taken for Polish work. Kashan is the central Persian city most associated with the formal Persian rug: a central medallion, spandrels in the corners, and a field of curling vine and palmette. Kashan rugs were made as the best rug in a house, and the drawing carries that intent. This rug has all three parts of that plan, its medallion held at the center by long branching vines. The red of the medallion returns in the border, and the cream spandrels set the indigo field apart from it.\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":68026236567865,"sku":"AL_11196_260x366","price":3200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11196_1.jpg?v=1794180637","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11196-9x12-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}