Antique Mahjaran Sarouk Navy / Rust Area Rug 16'10"x38'

This exquisite antique Persian rug is a testament to fine craftsmanship, featuring traditional handwoven techniques. Crafted from luxurious wool, the rug showcases a captivating blen...

Antique Persian Fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Rust / Navy Rug. Size: 10'-3" X 13'-10"

Antique Persian Sarouk rug. Measures: 9' x 12'10. Sarouk rugs are from the village of Saruk about 25 miles north of Arak, in west Persia. Sarouk rugs have been produced for much of t...

Antique Persian Fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Rust / Navy Rug. Size: 8'-11" X 11'-7"

Finely woven Farahan Sarouks were produced in the late 19th century until just before World War I. They've become extremely rare and are highly valued for their artistry and colors. ...

This early 20th-century Persian Sarouk floral carpet, dating from around 1920, is a beautiful representation of the high-quality weaving and design traditions that characterized Pers...

Sarouk is a name of a village situated about 25 miles north of Arak (Sultanabad). This region became one of the most active regions of carpet weaving in the late 19th century through the early 20th century. The city's most famous designer was named Farahan. To be able to compete with Kashan in rug commerce, Farahan designed rugs with center medallion motives. Today, these carpets are referred to as Antique 19th century Farahan Sarouks. In the 1920s and 1930s a well-known rug dealer in New York thought that Americans would buy rose-field carpets with blue borders and detached floral motives. During that period, a vast number of Sarouks with rose-fields and all over floral patterns were woven and exported to the American market. However, the natural dyed rose color did not stand up to the alkaline bath to which new rugs in Arak were subjected in the finishing process. The rose color faded radically. But instead of changing the finishing process or changing the composition of the dyes to stand up to alkali, New York merchants "solved" the problem by arming their staffs with synthetic dyes and little paint brushes with which they painted back in the rose-color in the entire fields of thousands and thousands of rugs and carpets over a period of 20 years. Today, Antique Sarouk rugs and carpets...

Ashly Fine Rugs presents an original Vintage Persian Serapi room-sized area rug. Persian Serapi rugs are perhaps the most desired rugs by both connoisseurs and interior designers. Ma...