Antique Persian Mohajeran Sarouk 4'2" x 6'5"

Antique Farahan Sarouk Rug 4'2'' x 6'5''. The scatter and room size pieces made in the Arak/Sultanabad area, between 1880 and 1910, with firm and leathery well-woven textures, and st...

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...

Farahan is a village located in west central Iran, north of the city of Arak, and is known for its finely knotted late 19th century rugs. Most Farahan rugs have a geometric pattern, although some curvilinear rugs...

Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan Rug 4'2" x 6’5". The Revival Period rugs woven by two generations of Mohtashams, from 1880 to WWI, with imported Manchester-spun, Australian merino w...

An antique, late 19th century, Persian Mohajeran Sarouk rug with beautiful mirrored tree-of-life pattern on a deep indigo background surrounded by a contrasting crimson floral border.

One of the top high end Persian carpet maker. The source of this important provenance has been in the village of Sarouk. North of Arak (formerly Sultanabad). Sarouks are known to be...

Amazing antique Persian carpet with: rich colors, fine quality, Fables design, excellent condition, professionally cleaned, great room size and made in early twenty century...

?78451 Antique Persian Mohajeran Sarouk rug, 04'06 x 06'03. With its timeless design, incredible detail and texture, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Mohajeran rug...