{"product_id":"11207-9x12-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","title":"11207 - Persian Kashan Oversized Rug 9'5\" x 12'4\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlower heads and curling vines spread across the whole field of this lovely rug. From across a room the field reads stone, a pale cream ground covered in rosettes, palmettes and leafy sprays. The plan is an all-over repeat with no medallion, centered on one round rosette with graceful sprays branching out on each side. Blossoms in crimson red, steel blue and rose are linked by thin vines, and little of the ground is left open. The handsome main border has a crimson red ground carrying blue and cream palmettes on a scrolling cream vine. Steel blue guard stripes with small flower heads, and narrower cream stripes of blossoms, frame it on both sides. The pile is low across the face. It holds a large room with calm, the stone center giving light and the crimson red frame giving weight. At 9'5\" by 12'4\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing is known of Kashan carpets from the 1600s through the 1800s; then, at the dawn of the 20th century, a large commercial production arose there. UNESCO lists the carpet weaving of Kashan as living heritage, noting that almost one in three residents works in carpet making and that most of the makers are women. The formal Persian rug is most closely tied to the central Persian city of Kashan, with its field of curling vine and palmette. Kashan rugs were made to be the best rug in a house, and the drawing carries that intent. This rug keeps the curling vine and palmette, spread over the whole field around one central rosette. Its crimson red border and steel blue guard stripes close the pale stone ground on all four sides, and the flowers run right up to the inner frame.\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":68026367770937,"sku":"AL_11207_288x375","price":2900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11207_1.jpg?v=1794186774","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11207-9x12-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}