{"product_id":"11215-9x12-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","title":"11215 - Persian Kashan Oversized Rug 8'8\" x 11'9\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA ring of teal and dark blue rosettes circles the center of this lovely rug. Worked on a mid gray field, graceful curling vines carry gray brown leaves and small blossoms out from the middle. The medallion is an open round of leafy scrolls, with a teal and dark blue rosette at its core. Beaded oval rosettes sit on all four sides of it, and teal boteh, the paisley leaf-drop, curl between them. Smaller dark blue flower heads are scattered through the gray around them. Handsome scalloped spandrels fill the corners, thick with charcoal and gray brown vines and blossoms. The pile is low across the face, and the foundation shows in pale patches toward one end. It holds a calm gray and charcoal room together, and the teal rosettes give the eye a place to rest. At 8'8\" by 11'9\", 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, with a central medallion, spandrels in the corners, and a field of curling vine and palmette. These rugs were made as the best rug in a house, and the drawing carries that intent. This rug keeps all three: the round medallion at the center, the scalloped spandrels and the curling vine across the field. Its colors stay cool and close, with teal and dark blue picked out against the mid gray and charcoal.\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":68028197175609,"sku":"AL_11215_263x357","price":2600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11215_1.jpg?v=1794189659","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11215-9x12-persian-handmade-kashan-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}