Antique Persian Camel Hair Serab Runner Rug

Antique Persian Serab Camel Hair Rug Runner circa 1900. A fine camelhair wool Serab rug, the central field in earth tones enclosing a central floral des...

A lovely example of a camel wool handwoven Serab runner. The openness of the piece woven circa 1930's lends itself to so many different styles and locations,.

Vintage Persian Serab Camel Hair Runner circa 1930. This runner is woven using camel hair which is strong and resilient. Camel hair rugs are not that typical and are rare to find. Th...

Antique Persian Camel hair Serab runner, circa 1900. This rug is woven using camel hair which is strong and resilient. Camel hair rugs are not the typical and are rare to find. They ...

A lovely example of a camel wool handwoven Serab runner. The camel border surrounds the runner creating a frame for the wonderful detailed design inside. Size: 4'10 x 9'7.  

A wonderful and hard to find size for this vintage circa 1940s handwoven Persian Feraghan runner. The deep navy blue field filled with detailed floral ...

:: Triple center medallion in single column with sharp serrated contour all in diamond shaped contour with field overlays in an intricate checkered concentric layered reciprocating m...

Highly collectible full pile Persian Serab runner with a camel ground and geometric motif. The colors, quality, geometry, and characteristics make this a true one of a kind unique ge...

Antique Persian Serab camel hair runner, circa 1880. A delightful Serab runner, circa 1880. hand knotted using camel hair wool that creates a soft and lustrous look and feel to the r...

Long runner antique rug from Persia with simple geometric design in camel, tan, red, blue tones, rug 13-0516, country of origin / type: Iran / camel hair, circa 1900. This handwov...

A 20th century tribal highly decorative Persian Serab wide runner. Great quality and great condition. Accents in blue brown red and green on camel brown tone ground Measures: 3'4"...

An antique Serab camel hair rug we just acquired. The best antique rugs and carpets utilizing undyed camelhair are quite rare, as they represent a limited production of just a handful of the rug weaving villages and tribal encampments of the mountainous district of Northwest Persia. Prized camelhair yarn, often spun from the wool of the weaver's own camels yields exceptionally soft and glowing earth tones and like top quality sheep's wool, it is very strong and resilient to wear. Color striations, known as abrash, yield a surprisingly wide range of earth tone hues from blonde to wheat to walnut and even chocolate brown, greatly enhancing the aesthetic of this style of weaving. The major regions of origin were Persian Kurdistan and Azerbaijan. The most notable pieces come from the towns of Bijar, Malayer, Serab and Bakshaish and the surrounding villages. Most of the Camelhair rugs...