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Persian Arak area rug in deep red and dark blue, 4'3" x 10'3"

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5330 · 4'3" x 10'3" Persian Arak Area Rug

Name: 5330 - Persian Arak Area Rug 4'3" x 10'3"
Brand: Storied Rugs
SKU: CAN_5330_130x312
Price: 600.0 USD
Availability: InStock

$600 USD

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About this rug

This amazing rug has a dense lattice of small diamonds across a deep red field. On a deep red field, a beautiful dense lattice of small diamonds repeats from end to end, each holding a tiny cream and blue-gray figure. The field is an all-over repeat with no medallion. No corner spandrels break the pattern at the four corners. The main border runs blue, carrying a row of small red diamonds and cream crosses. Narrow guard stripes in cream and tan edge the border on both sides. The pile is full over the whole face. It anchors a long passage, and the cool blue border keeps the warmth of the red field in check. At 4'3" by 10'3", 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 Arak rugs

The town of Arak dates only from 1808, when it was founded as Sultanabad, a name the carpet trade kept. The Swiss firm Ziegler began there in the mid-1870s with 40 looms, and by 1894 had 1,200 in the town and 1,500 more in the surrounding villages. Known historically as Sultanabad, Arak in central Persia was the center of one of the country’s largest weaving districts. Surrounding villages supplied the market under their own names, with an all-over floral field and a restrained palette as the shared character. This rug keeps that all-over field, with small repeated figures from end to end. The deep red ground and the blue border give it a calm, balanced look.

Details

OriginPersian · Arak Arak guide

Dimensions4'3" x 10'3" (130 x 312 cm) Size guide

MaterialHand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation

PileHigh

ColorsDeep redDark blueSlateTaupe

AgeVintage, approx. 50 years (1970s)

CleaningProfessionally washed & cleaned

ReferenceNo. 5330 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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