1960's Persian Mehraban Carpet with Traditional Style

75916 Vintage Persian Mashhad Rug, 09'07 x 12'01. This hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Mashhad rug is a splendid representation of classical Persian craftsmanship, boasting a stunn...

75921 Vintage Persian Khorassan Rug, 09'07 x 12'09. Like the opening of a garden gate into an ancient Persian paradise, this hand-knotted wool vintage Khorassan rug unveils a lyrical...

76226 Vintage Persian Heriz Rug, 06'04 x 09'08. Steeped in tradition and woven with an artistic flair, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Heriz rug embodies the bold spirit of no...

76076 Vintage Persian Borchelou Hamadan Rug, 02'05 x 03'10. This hand knotted wool vintage Persian Borchelou Hamadan rug exudes timeless charm and expert craftsmanship, reflecting th...

Handmade antique Kerman rug in bright blue and red shades. The rug is from the beginnig of 20th century in good condition. -condition: good, -circa: 1930s, -size: 3.8' x 7.1...

The village of Sarouk in the Arak province in northern Persia is known for producing finely woven rugs and carpets. These rugs most often have central floral medallions flanked by s...

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 vintage circa 1920s Persian Kashan handwoven small scatter rug.