This handmade vintage tribal Persian Four Seasons design runner/area rug with floral, bird, tree and garden motifs has a rich color palette and charming details.  Its versatile size is known as "gallery size" and it can be used for foyers and wide hallways as well as long and narrow spaces such as in front of a couch or a bed.  This sturdy fine quality oriental rug has a full pile that can withstand high traffic and will continue to last for generations.  The Four Seasons design is a hallmark of Persian rugs, said to be created because Persians were proud of their four seasons, unlike other areas in the region.  Its checkerboard pattern has each square representing one of the four seasons.  In this runner, the squares resemble windows to the garden, with views of the changing seasons through the trees, animals and flowers.  The colors are made from only vegetable and other natural dyes and they are incredibly rich.  Orange is the prominent color throughout, woven alongside almost every color of the rainbow: royal blue, sapphire, turquoise, shell pink, silver, copper, gold, yellow, rustic red, carnation pink, ivory, olive, fruit punch and countless other delightful shades harmonize beautifully in this pictorial rug.  A stunning shade of purple is used as an accent throughout the rug, and two thin rows of purple surround the ivory border.  Trees, exotic birds, flowers, leaves, paisleys and other geometric patterns fill every corner of the rug, framed by an ivory border of large geometric flowers on the vine in all of the same dazzling colors.  You can get lost in the details. Mint condition. Size: 5'7"x10'3"