This is a gorgeous, Antique, "HERIZ" Oriental rug, with a striking and rich design. It was hand-knotted in Turkey in the 1940's. The design style is known as HERIZ for the city these designs originated in, and it is in excellent condition, with no wear spots or stains. The exact size is 11.5x8.9. It is a statement piece and will look impressive wherever you place it.
This fantastic HERIZ oriental rug is available for sale, because the City Lakes staged home, in which it was featured, has sold. (We take our rugs back after staging to sell them for a portion of their cost, to charge a lower staging fee.) It was chosen for the staging for its high visual impact. This HERIZ rug features an almost tomato red field, with large ivory diagonal triangles at each end of the rug's field. This is an impressive looking antique oriental rug.
This HERIZ was constructed of 100% virgin wool, woven into a cotton warp, and the woolen yarns were colored with vegetable dyes, for a richer look than the harsher looking/less expensive, chemical dyed rugs used on newer lesser quality rugs. It's a beautiful piece, with a traditional and highly detailed design that can be used in many ways. This rug features 140 KPSI (knots per square inch), with a total of about 3.1 MM knots, and it took about 3000 hours of labor to hand knot this piece. It is of excellent quality, consistent with what we would expect in a very good quality Persian Oriental rug.
HERIZ rugs are highly sought after because of their beautiful, rich designs. However, few were produced in the 1930's-1950's, so they are harder to find and very expensive at retail. We use them in staging because they immediately enhance the space they are in and raise the perceived value of the home.
We selected this rug for its beautiful and impressive design. (We needed something very rich looking to complement the impressive library in which we used this.) So, it will be fantastic anywhere you place it in your home. It features a tribal design that is highly versatile, so it could work well in a traditional, transitional, or contemporary setting. At retail this rug is about $7500; JUST $1575 here, but cash only, please. Email or text me to view it, or call me. Thanks.