Miane Seven Medallion Persian Runner Rug, Mid 20th Century
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ABOUT THIS PIECE
A vintage Miane Persian runner from north-west Persia, hand-knotted in wool on cotton in the 1950s, with seven medallions on a red field.
Three large hexagons in navy alternate with four smaller medallions in camel down the length of the field, each with a small heart of orange or ivory, and sprigs and rosettes are scattered between them. The main border sets angular palmettes on camel between navy guards. It is the classic Miane layout, a chain of medallions on red, drawn with the confidence and saturated colour that mid-century village weaving is valued for.
The wool is hand-spun and the knots are tied by hand on a cotton foundation, double-wefted, which gives a firm, flat runner made to take a hallway’s traffic for decades. It is a finer weave than the Sarab runners of the same district.
It was woven alongside a companion piece, the qalami runner, and the two share the same red, the same orange and the same rose-pink wool at their edges. Listed separately, they would sit well together in one long hall or across two.
The pile is full and even across the whole rug, the selvedges and fringes are the ones it was woven with, and it has never needed repair.
At 425 by 107cm it suits a long hallway. View it in our Richmond gallery, or explore more Persian runners.
SPECIFICATIONS
How it sits in your room.
425 × 107 CM (13'11" × 3'6"), DRAWN TO SCALE WITH TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN FURNITURE SIZES.
Suits a hallway about 137 to 167 cm wide, leaving 15 to 30 cm of floor showing along each side. It needs about 485 cm of length to leave some floor at both ends.
Measure the room, or just the area the rug should cover, and we will draw this rug in it to scale.
