Vintage Persian Mahal Rug, French Rococo Meets Relaxed Refinement

74415 Distressed Vintage Persian Mahal Rug, 10'08 X 14'01. Persian Mahal rugs, originating from the Mahallat region in central Northwestern Iran, are characterized by their bold geom...

77598 vintage Persian Mahal rug with rustic Romantic Traditional style. Traditional style and rustic sensibility with romantic connotations, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Ma...

76758, antique Persian Kerman rug with French Victorian style, antique Kirman rug. With an impressive array of realistic floral elements and a refined color palette, this hand knotte...

78297 Antique-Worn Persian Kerman Rug, 09'01 x 12'01. The hand knotted wool antique Persian Kerman rug effortlessly combines the opulence of Bridgerton style with the elegance of Roc...

A gorgeous early 20th century Persian Mahal rug with the most incredible mirrored trellis floral pattern woven in cream, brown, pink, and indigo set against a cranberry background, a...

A colorful formal fine quality connoisseur level Persian Malayer rug. Rugs this quality type can be used as great wall decor as well. Measures: 4'4'' x 5'8''.

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...

Vintage Persian Kerman rug, circa 1940. A very attractive Kerman rug with the ivory field having a central design that colors and style is repeated by the overflowing borders to comp...