Bobyrug’s Wonderful Antique Sarouk Rug

Very beautiful antique rug with nice Herti design and natural colors with blue, red, dark blue, orange, pink, yellow and green, finely and entire...

Beautiful early 20th century rug with pretty floral design and nice colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of luxury and cr...

Very pretty 19th century Bijar rug with nice botteh design and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on wool foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome of lu...

Exquisite late 19th-century rug featuring a captivating floral and central medallion design. Beautiful natural colors, including dark blue, yellow, blue, and red, meticulously hand-k...

Very beautiful vintage decorative rug with nice design and colors with blue, red and yellow, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome...

Very beautiful 19th century fine Malayer Farahan rug with beautiful design and beautiful natural colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ ...

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, ...

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...

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...

Antique Sarouk Rug 4'0'' x 7'6''

Antique Persian Gazan Sarouk Rug, c. 1900 Very good condition with slight wear. Multiple dog-eared corners and frayed selvedges. Additional Information: Dimensions: 4'2" W x 6'4" L...