Antique Persian Jajim Rug, c. 1900

Jajim Rug, c. 1900 Additional Information: Dimensions: 7'2" W x 7'6" L

Antique Persian Shahsevan Jajim Rug, 19th Century Shades of green, red, orange, yellow, and bits of blue. Additional Information: Dimensions: 5'5" W x 10'9" L Origin: Northwest Per...

Antique Persian Heriz Long Rug, c. 1900 This extraordinary Heriz carpet from Northwest Persia uses a small-scale intricate lattice design composed of alternating blossoms, rosettes,...

Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, c. 1900 This elegant Tabriz carpet balances open spaces with areas of finely detailed and precise drawing composed in a soft palette of mellow harmonious...

Antique Persian Malayer Rug, c. 1900 Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'9" W x 6'3" L Condition: Excellent Origin: Persia Period: c. 1900 Rug ID: 23607

Antique Persian Karaja Rug, c. 1900 Being sold on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Lenore Zaiser. Price includes restoration with the exception of reweaving the loss at the ends. Just a good ...

This antique Persian Jajim Kilim circa 1900 consists of a combination of handspun wools - some vegetable dyed and some undyed. It exhibits a linear, interlaced pattern in the style o...

This antique Persian double weave Jajim Kilim, circa 1900 consists of hand spun vegetal dyed as well as undyed wools. Its double weave results in a denser texture, completed in the s...

This antique Persian Jajim Kilim, circa 1900 consists of a combination of handspun wools - some vegetable dyed and some undyed.. It exhibits a linear, interlaced pattern in the style...

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...