Antique Persian Serapi Handmade Medallion Wool Rug

Beautiful Antique Serapi hand-knotted wool rug with a rust field. This Persian rug has a brown frame and multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over geometric floral medallion design....

Beautiful Antique Serapi hand-knotted wool rug with a beige and rust field. This Persian rug has a rusted frame and multi-color accents in a gorgeous all-over geometric floral medall...

Extremely Rare size, which leads us to believe this carpet originally was a custom order for a Nobel Family. Antique Serapi carpets are one of the most sought after rugs particularly in America and England for many years. Antique Serapi rugs are a major draw particularly in big city America. Serapi carpets were woven on the level of small workshop with multiple weavers working several years to complete each rug. Highly skilled artisans, they continually reinterpreted the design as they wove, creating highly spontaneous and inventive artistry. Measures: 16'2" x 18'2". Serapi is a term that is a mystery in the Persian antique carpet market. There is no location or tribe of this name. Sarab, also spelled Saab, a town in northwestern Persia, is known for weaving only runners with a camel hair pile during the nineteenth century. "Serapi" may be a nickname given by American dealers...

This traditional handwoven Persian Serapi rug has a shaded coral red field of sparse angled geometric palmettes vines, enclosing an imperial indigo lozenge medallion, with reciprocal...