11205 · 9'8" x 13'5" Persian Kerman Oversized Rug
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The slate blue medallion at the center of this lovely rug catches the eye first. On a beige field that warms to peach pink at the center, slate blue sprays, small blossoms and boteh are scattered with open space between them. The medallion is a lobed diamond with slate blue arms around a cream center, a single rosette at its core and a pendant above and below. Small cream blossoms fill its arms. A handsome slate blue border carries cream palmettes and graceful curling vines, and it turns gray brown along one end. Narrow beige guard stripes with fine lines sit on either side, and a wide cream outer band holds small blossoms. The pile is low across the rug, and the colors read pale throughout. It reads as a light, quiet ground in a room, with the slate blue giving the beige and peach pink a cool edge. At 9'8" by 13'5", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.
Every 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 & cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.
About Kerman rugs
Since the 16th century Kerman has been the origin of highly sophisticated carpets in well-organized designs. Nadir Shah took many of Kerman’s most skilled weavers north after 1739 and the city was pillaged in 1794, yet its rug industry continued to prosper. Kerman in southeastern Persia worked in the softest palette of the major Persian centers, often on a pale ground. The drawing is curvilinear and open, with more space left empty than a Kashan or a Tabriz would allow. This rug shares that soft palette and pale ground, with beige and peach pink carrying the field. Its sprays and boteh curve freely and leave wide stretches of the field bare. The border is the darkest part of the rug, a slate blue frame of cream palmettes around the quiet center.
Shipping & delivery
Shipping is free and fully insured in the US and Canada. To the UK, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand we ship fully insured, with rates calculated at checkout. Orders are processed and shipped within one to four days and most arrive within about ten days, sometimes as fast as three depending on your location, carefully wrapped, with tracking sent the moment your rug leaves us.
Full shipping detailsAuthenticity
Every rug is an original, hand-knotted vintage piece, never machine-made, printed or reproduced. We inspect and photograph each rug in our own studio, so the piece you see is the exact piece you receive.
Our authenticity promiseCare & cleaning
Vacuum gently, rotate every few months, blot spills immediately and use a quality rug pad. Have it professionally cleaned every few years, never machine-washed.
Full care guideReturns
If a rug isn’t right for your space, get in touch within 7 days of delivery (14 days in the European Union) and we’ll help arrange a return or exchange. Because each piece is one of a kind, we handle every return personally.
Returns & exchangesMade entirely by hand.
Every knot in this rug was tied by hand, one at a time, on an upright loom. A piece like this is the work of two or three weavers sitting side by side for months, wool worked row by row into a pattern carried from memory, its colors softened by decades of light and use. Nothing about it was quick, and no two are ever the same.
The kind of thing that only gets better with age, and quietly passes from one home to the next.
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“The rug is in pristine condition! It’s beautiful, better than described.”
“The colors and quality is just what I hoped for!”
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“Perfection! Such a beautiful vintage rug and is clean and has vibrant colors.”
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