Antique Persian Heriz Area Rug

Antique Persian Heriz Area Rug       

Antique Persian Heriz Area Rug        

Antique Persian Heriz Area Rug  

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 Malayer rugs were woven in the small town of Malayer, located south of Hamedan on the road to Arak. The location in relation to these towns is significant, since Malayer 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...

Rare antique rug Heriz Serapi rug oriental carpet red, measures 11' x 14'. 330cm x 427cm. circa 1920. "This is a magnificent antique antique...

Rare antique Heriz Serapi Neutral rug geometric 9x12 rug 9' x 12'5" 275cm x 448cm circa 1920 "This is a magnificent antique antique Heriz Serapi. This piece incorpora...

Rare antique Heriz Serapi Karaje Neutral rug Geometric 11x14 rug 11'3" x 14'1" 343cm x 430cm Circa 1920 "This is a magnificent antique antique Heriz...

Large antique Persian Heriz Serapi rug Ivory geometric 9'7" x 12'7" 292cm x 162cm Circa 1920 "This is a magnificent antique antique Heriz S...

Antique Handmade Rug Carpet Traditional Rug 8x11 Wool Rug 244cm x 325cm "This is a magnificent hand knotted, antique tribal rug. Incredible handmade piece, adding flavor and charact...

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,...