{"product_id":"1032-obscenely-good-antique-soumak-with-saturated-jewel-tone-geometry-3-2-x-5-11","title":"1032 | Obscenely Good Antique Soumak with Saturated Jewel-Tone Geometry | 3.2 x 5.11","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"295\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"226\"\u003eName:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"227\" data-end=\"295\"\u003eObscenely Good Antique Soumak with Saturated Jewel-Tone Geometry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"485\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"306\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"307\" data-end=\"321\"\u003e3.2 x 5.11\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"321\" data-end=\"324\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"335\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"336\" data-end=\"364\"\u003eSoumak Region \/ Caucasus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"367\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"375\"\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"376\" data-end=\"411\"\u003eLate 19th to Early 20th Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"414\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"423\"\u003ePile:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong data-start=\"424\" data-end=\"483\"\u003eFlatwoven Soumak weave with beautiful age and character\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"490\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"dyaqz2\" data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"509\"\u003eAbout This Rug\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"536\"\u003eSome rugs are decorative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"561\"\u003eThis one is a \u003cstrong data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"560\"\u003eflex\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"922\"\u003eThis \u003cstrong data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"586\"\u003eantique Soumak\u003c\/strong\u003e has the kind of dense, graphic, high-intelligence beauty that makes lesser rugs look embarrassingly undereducated. 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It’s dark, moody, and wildly good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1257\"\u003eAnd then there’s the weave itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1259\" data-end=\"1533\"\u003eUnlike pile rugs, a \u003cstrong data-start=\"1279\" data-end=\"1289\"\u003eSoumak\u003c\/strong\u003e has that tighter, flatter, more textural structure that gives it a completely different visual language — crisp, graphic, and collector-coded in the best possible way. 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