Early 20th Century Persian Sarouk Rug

A gorgeous early 20th century Persian Sarouk rug with a large diamond floral medallion living admits a field of more flowers and leaves, and surrounded by a complex border of even mo...

A petite early 20th century Persian Sarouk rug with a floral pattern woven in light and dark indigo, green, pink, and cream, set against a coral background, and surrounded by a petit...

A very traditional early 20th century Persian Sarouk rug with a mirrored floral pattern of large floral clusters woven in typical Sarouk coors of cranberry, light and dark indigo, cr...

A wonderful early 20th century Persian Sarouk rug with a large central floral medallion woven with myriad flowers and scrolling vines, surrounded by a border with a repeated floral a...

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...

79125 Rare Late 19th Century Antique Persian Sarouk Farahan Rug, 10'09 x 16'00. Woven in the twilight of the Qajar dynasty, this hand knotted wool antique Persian Sarouk Farahan rug ...

An antique Persian Sarouk Farahan rug. From the late 19th century, this finely knotted scatter from the Arak weaving district has an ivory field carefully strewn with semi-realistic ...

The geographical region of Northwest Persia with its’ cities and villages was at the forefront of the large-scale export of rugs and carpets in the late 19th century. The merchants ...