Antique Persian Tapestry Rug, 18th Century

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, 19th Century Excellent condition. Additional information: Dimensions: 4'5" W x 6'1" L Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter) Rug ID: 10099

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, 19th Century This traditional antique Tabriz carpet from northwest Persia features a prominent elliptical medallion floating on an ivory field. Though da...

Antique Persian Sarouk Rug, 20th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'4" W x 4'9" L Condition: Excellent

Antique Persian Karadagh Runner Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 3'4" W x 11'9" L Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter) Rug ID: 14467

Antique Persian Serab Rug, 19th century Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'11" W x 8'9" L

Antique Northwest Persian Rug, 19th Century This elegant Northwest Persian corridor carpet draws an all over design of rotating blossoms and foliage against a madder red ground. Cen...

Antique Lavar rug handmade oriental rug fine. Measures: 9'10" x 13'8" 10' x14' 300 cm x 417 cm, c.1890 "This is an exceptional rare, handmade an...

Antique Dorokhsh rug Lavar Oriental rug fne Beige 10' x 13'2" 300cm x 401cm Circa 1890 "This is an exquisite handmade antique rug f...

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...

A Tabriz rug/carpet is a type in the general category of Persian carpets from the city of Tabriz, the capital city of East Azarbaijan Province in north west of Iran totally populated...

Heriz rugs are one of the most famous rugs from Iran, because of their very unique and distinguishable style. Heriz is a city located in northwestern Iran, near the city of Tabriz, w...

Antique Sarouk Rug 4'0'' x 7'6''