5314 · 4'2" x 10'9" Persian Ardabil Area Rug

Lovely pink flower heads and small vases sit between two columns of stepped red medallions. Over a near-black field, two columns of stepped red medallions edged in tan run down the length, with pink flower heads and small vases between them. No single center holds the eye: the large medallions have gray brown cores and alternate with smaller diamond medallions on slender tan stems. The main border has a brown ground carrying charming octagonal rosettes in tan, red and pink, joined by red hooked stems. Narrow guard stripes of small red, pink and tan squares edge the border. The pile is full, with a few thin spots near the center of the field. The red drawing stands out against the field in a long passage. At 4'2" by 10'9", 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.