{"product_id":"11231-9x16-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","title":"11231 - Persian Tabriz Oversized Rug 9'5\" x 15'7\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pale star medallion glowing at the heart of this lovely rug catches the eye first. Over a gray brown field, cream scrolling vines, palmettes and curling leaves run in a dense, closely worked pattern touched with pale blue. The handsome cream star medallion holds a round rosette at its core, ringed by small flower heads, and large boteh, the paisley leaf-drop, circle it. The main border keeps the gray brown ground and carries a graceful cream vine scroll with palmettes, darkening to slate blue along the ends. Cream guard stripes set with small flower heads run on either side of it. The pile is low, worn down across much of the rug, and the foundation shows in patches, most along one long side and at the border corners. It slips into a room of quiet neutrals, letting the gray brown and cream settle together while the pale blue adds a cool note. At 9'5\" by 15'7\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsma’il, the first Safavid shah, was crowned in Tabriz in 1501. Medallion carpet designs of the 16th century are usually associated with Tabriz, then the Safavid capital and the seat of the royal design workshops. The city workshop tradition of Tabriz, in northwestern Persia, shows in the discipline of the drawing. Centered medallions and vine scrolls planned in full before weaving began are the marks of Tabriz work. This rug keeps both, with its star medallion set squarely in the middle and the vines and boteh laid out to mirror each other on either side of it. Its palette stays close and calm, gray brown and cream with small touches of pale blue, so the design reads through line more than through contrast.\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":68027868545337,"sku":"AL_11231_287x476","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11231_1.jpg?v=1794187418","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11231-9x16-persian-handmade-tabriz-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}