{"product_id":"11255-10x12-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","title":"11255 - Persian Kerman Oversized Rug 9'7\" x 12'6\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lobed medallion ringed in charcoal leaves sits at the heart of this lovely rug. Within a salmon field, graceful sprays of cream and pale blue blossoms gather around the center and along a scalloped edge, with boteh tucked among them. The medallion holds a star-shaped cream core inside its ring of charcoal leaves, and a handsome pendant stands above and below it. Wide cream spandrels fill the corners, outlined in pale blue that follows every scallop of the field. The gray brown main border carries cream palmettes, boteh and pale blue blossoms in a close floral scroll. Cream guard stripes on either side hold a small running scroll. The pile is low across the whole rug. It holds a dining room or a big seating area in salmon and cream, with the pale blue keeping the whole face light. At 9'7\" by 12'6\", it fits a dining table for six with the chairs pulled out, or a full living room seating group.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarco Polo, by Walter Hawley’s account of 1913, wrote of the beautiful shawls and carpets made by the women of Kerman. The Wagner garden carpet of the Burrell Collection, made in Kerman under the Safavid dynasty, is the earliest garden carpet outside Asia. Kerman in southeastern Persia worked in the softest palette of the major Persian centers: powder blue, ivory, rose and pale green, often on a pale ground. This rug keeps to that soft side, with a salmon field, cream spandrels and pale blue outlines. Its sprays of blossoms gather around the medallion and along the scalloped edge, and the pale blue outline traces every curve between field and corners. The gray brown border frames it all in a deeper tone, with cream palmettes in a close floral scroll.\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":68031505137977,"sku":"AL_11255_293x380","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11255_1.jpg?v=1794214296","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11255-10x12-persian-handmade-kerman-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}