Vintage Persian Sarouk Scatter Rug with American Traditional Style

76219, vintage Persian Hamadan Accent rug, small Persian rug. This vibrant Persian Hamadan rug with modern style features a stylized central medallion rendered in hues of hot pink, mint green, royal blue, apricot, ivory and aquamarine floating on a field of ink blue. The vintage Hamadan accent rug features a classic border. From warming up modern interiors and adding panache to formal areas, this small Persian rug seamlessly blends with eclectic areas and is well suited for a range of interiors. Used as: Entry rug, foyer rug, entryway rug, Persian kitchen mat...

This vintage Persian Sarouk with Traditional style rug features an intricate center medallion with two cartouche finials in a blue field surrounded by an all-over geometric pattern. ...

79241 Antique Persian Sarouk Rug, 01'11 x 02'04. Radiating with regal elegance and old-world charm, this hand knotted wool precious antique Persian Sarouk rug is a sublime expression...

78229 Vintage Persian Sarouk Rug, 10'03 x 13'09. Bathed in the gentle radiance of a warm ivory-beige ground, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Sarouk rug reveals a composition t...

A traditional early 20th century Persian Heriz scatter size rug Measures: 3'4'' x 4'6''.

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, ...

Beautiful Antique Bakhtiari hand-knotted wool rug with a red field. This Persian piece has an all-over multicolor accent in a gorgeous classic rosette Medallion motif. This rug me...

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...