Antique Persian Sarouk Gallery Carpet, Orange Allover Field, Mansion Style

An elaborately octofoiled navy medallion with a sand bumpy lozenge sub-medallion with en suite extended corners, is set on the rust-red field with a dense floral arabesque pattern. N...

Characteristic "American Sarouk" design of detached floral sprays, some including botehs, on a red ground. Navy border with closely packed palmettes, flowers and leaves. Solidly wove...

The pinkish field of this "American" style west Persian village scatter displays a detached flower spray and both pattern. This good condition, solidly woven rug features a navy palm...

The abrashed rose -rust field is defined by leafy volutes and spirals, all surrounding the tall dark navy medallion with an internal strapwork arabesque pattern. Very extended en sui...

Made for the European market, this west Persian village carpet in an urban style shows a cream field with a finely detailed palmette, vine and cloud band design in shades of lighter ...

Beautiful Antique Farahan hand-knotted wool rug with an orange field. This Persian rug has a designed frame with multi-color accents on a Classic floral design. This rug measure: ...

Feraghans were made between the 1870s and 1913 from a region north of the town of Arak, produced for the Persian aristocracy. They are single wefted, long and narrow or room-sized carpets, typically with an all-over herati design or floral and curling leaf motifs. Feraghan-Sarouks, also called Sarouks, are double-wefted, heavier carpets...

The rug has a harmonious design. Each symbol is very distinctive and refers to a specific aspect of life. The lay out provide a feeling of inclusion. Regardless of where the viewer start he can easily migrate to the next symbol or just remain with last one. The design is uncommon for Feraghan Sarouk and showing tree of life, riches and peace. Sarouk carpets get their name from an obscure village in Persia, located twenty miles north of Arak (formerly Sultanabad). Over a short span of history, this village produced some of the most highly regarded antique Persian rugs from the late 19th to early 20th century. These rugs are easily recognizable despite their lack of consistent design elements. Generally the wefts were blue and floral motif in the field showed multiply shades of orange, green and brown. The short velvet like pile of this unique antique rug style...