15040 · 5' x 9'2" Turkish Isparta Area Rug

A lobed medallion in dark brown sits at the heart of this lovely rug. From across a room the field reads beige, scattered with brown rosettes, flowering sprays and leafy vines. The field itself is a stepped panel, notched at each end. The medallion has a scalloped oval outline, and a small cross flower ringed by leaf shapes forms its core. A palmette pendant on a curled stem rises above it and hangs below. Cream spandrels fill the corners outside the panel, crowded with tiny brown blossoms and lozenges. The handsome main border has a cream ground, set with dark brown four-petal flowers between pale rosettes and leafy sprigs. Narrow guard stripes on either side carry small brown dashes and tiny flower heads. The pile is low across the face, and pale specks show where the foundation comes through. It reads as a quiet study in beige and dark brown, easy beside pale wood and linen. At 5' by 9'2", it fits a bedroom beside the bed, a study under a desk, or a small sitting area.

Every 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 & cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.