Vintage Persian Area Rug Sarouk Design

This vintage Persian area rug is an exquisite handwoven piece made from the finest sheep's wool and colored using only safe, all-natural veget...

This stunning vintage Persian area rug boasts a rich tradition, handwoven by skilled artisans using the finest sheep's wool and all-natural ve...

Antique Persian area rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool. It’s colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Sarouk design hand...

Antique Persian area rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool. It’s colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Sarouk design hand...

Antique Persian area rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool. It’s colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Sarouk design hand...

New Persian Area Rug, Handwoven with High-Quality Sheep's Wool, Colored with Safe Natural Vegetable Dyes, Traditional Sarouk Design, Skilled Artisan Workmanship, Suitable for any Hom...

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, ...

78229 Vintage Persian Sarouk Rug, 10'03 x 13'09. ​Rich in color with incredible detail and texture, this hand knotted vintage Persian Sarouk rug is a captivating vision of woven beau...

A beautiful mid-20th century Persian Sarouk rug with a central flower with trailing vines with more large flowers and leaves, surrounded by a complex border with a repeated floral an...

Age: Circa 1930 Pile: low Wear Notes: 1 Material: wool on cotton Vintage and antique rugs are by nature, pre-loved and may show evidence of their past. There are varying ...

An authentic 3rd quarter of the 20th-century Persian Sarouk rug with a floral design on a navy ground. Measures: 9'1" x 11'5".