{"product_id":"11221-10x13-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","title":"11221 - Persian Mahal Oversized Rug 9'10\" x 12'8\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSky blue corners are the first thing to catch the eye on this lovely rug. Within a stone field, graceful scrolling vines carry small blue palmettes and blossoms from edge to edge. At the center sits a lobed gray beige medallion around a star-shaped rosette, with small palmette pendants above and below. The corner spandrels repeat that sky blue, each worked with a dense vine lattice. The main border is a handsome camel band, set with an interlaced vine trellis and a row of blue palmettes and flower heads. Slate blue guard stripes with tiny rosettes run on either side of it. The pile is low across the face. The dense drawing keeps a large room calm, its stone and camel lifted by the blue corners. At 9'10\" by 12'8\", 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 late 19th century the Ziegler company of Arak, then called Sultanabad, was the biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia. It had its rugs made less complex than traditional Persian carpets, so that they would not look out of place in European homes. Mahal rugs come from the villages around Arak in central Persia, and they were woven large and open from the beginning. The result is a wide field, plenty of space between the motifs, and a palette that leans soft rather than saturated. This rug has that soft palette, a stone field with sky blue corners and a camel border. Its lobed gray beige medallion holds the center, and scrolling vines carry small blue palmettes and blossoms from edge to edge.\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":68031386452281,"sku":"AL_11221_300x385","price":2600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11221_1.jpg?v=1794212745","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11221-10x13-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}