Vintage Persian Serab Camel Hair Rug

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

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.  

:: Allover covered field in a Henna plant design with pomegranates and scallop contoured main minor medallions. Likely made with authentic camel hair. Colors and shades include: Came...

An antique Serab camel hair rug from the early 20th century 3'11'' x 6'4'' 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...

:: 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...

Center medallion filled with pomegranates atop a watery blue ground. Fantastic color saturation and very unusual size with hard to find still intact outer side border - many of the t...