Antique Persian Tapestry Rug, 18th Century

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

Antique Persian Pictorial Tabriz Rug, 19th Century This pictorial Tabriz from the 19th Century depicts men riding camels, a pair ...

Antique Persian Qashqai Rug, 19th Century During the 18thand early 19th century, the Qashqai tribal confederation controlled much of southwestern Persia around the vicinity of the c...

Persian Kashan Rug, 20th Century This small format Kashan rug novelly reinterprets classical Persian garden design from the seventeenth century. It incorporates various abstracted f...

Antique Persian Luri Rug, 19th Century Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'9" W x 5'9" L Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter)

Antique Persian Khamseh Rug, 19th Century Very good condition with slight wear. Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'6" W x 5'9" L Origin: Persia Period: 19th Century (4th Quarter...

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...

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...

Antique Malayer rugs were woven in the small town of Malayer, located south of Hamedan on the road to Arak. The location in relation to these towns is significant, since Malayer rugs...

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...