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Persian Ardabil area rug in deep red and dark brown, 4' x 12'6"

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1840 · 4' x 12'6" Persian Ardabil Area Rug

Name: 1840 - Persian Ardabil Area Rug 4' x 12'6"
Brand: Storied Rugs
SKU: CAN_1840_123x380
Price: 975.0 USD
Availability: InStock

$975 USD

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About this rug

Each of the three large octagonal medallions sits on a dark brown ground in this lovely rug. Geometric octagons and pairs of small rosettes fill the deep red field in a column down the length. Three large octagonal medallions anchor the design, each on a dark brown ground with a central diamond and small hooked details in cream, blue and orange. Between them, pairs of dainty rosettes in brown, orange and gold are joined by a short navy bar. The main border is cream, carrying a hooked vine in navy and rust, between narrow guard stripes of orange and gray triangles. The pile runs low across the face. It anchors a narrow passage with strong graphic weight, the dark octagons standing hard against the red. At 4' by 12'6", it fits a hallway or the space along the side of a bed.

Every rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. It is hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, professionally washed and cleaned before it reaches you, and shipped folded and fully insured. Age-related wear and the small inconsistencies of a handmade weave are part of what these rugs are.

About Ardabil rugs

The Safavid shahs descended from a long line of Sufi shaikhs who kept their headquarters at Ardabil. The famous Ardabil Carpet has a twin, made for the same shrine at Ardabil and kept today in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Ardabil sits high in the northwest of Persia, near the Azerbaijani border. The weaving of the district is firmly geometric, with stepped medallions, hooked borders and strong contrast. Runners and other long formats are common. This rug keeps the strong contrast, with dark brown medallions set hard against the red. Its medallions are octagons, three of them stacked down the length, rather than stepped forms. A cream border with a navy hooked vine frames the red.

Details

OriginPersian · Ardabil Ardabil guide

Dimensions4' x 12'6" (123 x 380 cm) Size guide

MaterialHand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation

PileLow

ColorsDeep redDark brownRust

AgeVintage, approx. 50 years (1970s)

CleaningProfessionally washed & cleaned

ReferenceNo. 1840 Similar rugs

Shipping & delivery

Shipping is free and fully insured in the US and Canada. To the UK, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand we ship fully insured, with rates calculated at checkout. Orders are processed and shipped within one to four days and most arrive within about ten days, sometimes as fast as three depending on your location, carefully wrapped, with tracking sent the moment your rug leaves us.

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Authenticity

Every rug is an original, hand-knotted vintage piece, never machine-made, printed or reproduced. We inspect and photograph each rug in our own studio, so the piece you see is the exact piece you receive.

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Care & cleaning

Vacuum gently, rotate every few months, blot spills immediately and use a quality rug pad. Have it professionally cleaned every few years, never machine-washed.

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Returns

If a rug isn’t right for your space, get in touch within 7 days of delivery (14 days in the European Union) and we’ll help arrange a return or exchange. Because each piece is one of a kind, we handle every return personally.

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The Craft

Made entirely by hand.

Every knot in this rug was tied by hand, one at a time, on an upright loom. A piece like this is the work of two or three weavers sitting side by side for months, wool worked row by row into a pattern carried from memory, its colors softened by decades of light and use. Nothing about it was quick, and no two are ever the same.

Thousandsof hand-tied knots

Monthsat the loom

Wool pileknotted by hand

Two or threeweavers, side by side

The kind of thing that only gets better with age, and quietly passes from one home to the next.

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