{"product_id":"11257-10x14-persian-handmade-sarouk-vintage-rug","title":"11257 - Persian Sarouk Oversized Rug 10'6\" x 13'7\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe lobed near-black medallion at the center draws the eye first on this lovely rug. Dusty rose carries the whole field, scattered with graceful flower sprays and small blossoms in blue, brown and pale blue green. At the medallion’s core sits a pale blue green star, set with brown and dusty rose flowers. A small lobed pendant sits above it and another below. Near-black spandrels fill the four corners, edged in scrolling leaves and lined with pale blue green. A handsome pale blue green border carries a vine of flower heads in brown, blue and near-black. Narrow guard stripes in brown and blue run along both sides of it, set with tiny flowers. The pile is low, and pale patches show across the field where it has thinned further. It holds a large room in quiet color, the dusty rose field cooled by its blue green border. At 10'6\" by 13'7\", 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. 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. Sarouk sits in the Arak district of central Persia and gave its name to one of the most exported Persian rugs of the twentieth century. The type has a floral field on rose or deep madder, worked in curves. This rug shares that floral field on dusty rose, its sprays and blossoms laid in soft curves around the medallion. Its pale blue green border and star core give the near-black medallion and corners a cool, light setting.\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":68033568899385,"sku":"AL_11257_320x415","price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1005\/6964\/5369\/files\/11257_1.jpg?v=1794262366","url":"https:\/\/storiedrugs.com\/products\/11257-10x14-persian-handmade-sarouk-vintage-rug","provider":"Storied Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}