Hand Knotted Persian Sarouk Red Floral Medallion Area Rug 10' x 14'

Very Fine wool oriental area rug from the second half of the 20th century. Hand knotted from wool with exquisite layered medallion and foliate detail throughout. Includes shades of ...

Indo-Tabriz area rugs are hand-knotted rugs with traditional designs and rich color palettes. They are known for their quality, durability, and diverse patterns. This stunning carpet...

20th century hand knotted Persian Sino silk area rug / carpet with long fringe, decorated with a floral / foliate / acanthus design with central medallion in red, blue, and white. D...

Genuine hand knotted oriental area rug. Features a colorful blue and gold geometric design. Hand woven from wool, 144kpsi Dimensions: 95" x 120"

Luxurious traditional Persian Sarouk rug featuring a star shaped medallion over a vibrant ruby red field. The rug has a velvety soft hand knotted wool pile with designs of scrolling ...

Made with hand-knotted wool circa 1880-1900, this 3x6 antique Persian rug of Sarouk Farahan provenance is a rare and gorgeous collectible of its weaving tradition—an exciting new cla...

Sarouk is a small village and its neighboring villages in Northwestern Iran. Most Sarouk carpets follow a very distinctive design and is depended on floral sprays and bouquets. They ...

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...