{"product_id":"11239-9x12-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","title":"11239 - Persian Mahal Oversized Rug 9'5\" x 12'2\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis lovely rug sets a large camel medallion at the heart of a forest green field. From across a room the field reads forest green, closely filled with gold palmettes, curling leaves and vines touched with red. The medallion’s outline is lobed and roughly round, with smaller gold flowers worked inside. A handsome palmette pendant sits above it and another below. The beautiful main border has a gold ground carrying scrolling vines, mustard flowers and small red blossoms. Narrow guard stripes in gold, dotted with small red rosettes, run along both sides of the border. The pile is low across the face, and pale flecks show in the medallion. It slips into a room of warm wood and brass, where the forest green and gold stay calm together. At 9'5\" by 12'2\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe biggest exporter of oriental carpets from Persia in the late 19th century was the Ziegler company of Arak, the town then called Sultanabad. A hundred hamlets and villages within a day’s journey of Sultanabad wove rugs for its market, by the count of Walter Hawley, writing in 1913. Mahal rugs come from the villages around Arak in central Persia, and they were woven large and open from the beginning, with a wide field. This rug shares that scale: a broad forest green field spreads out around one central medallion. Its gold border is wide as well, framing the field with scrolling vines and blossoms. Red is used sparingly, in the hearts of some palmettes and in small blossoms along the guard stripes, while gold carries most of the design.\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":68028199829817,"sku":"AL_11239_287x370","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11239_1.jpg?v=1794189845","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11239-9x12-persian-handmade-mahal-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}