William and Mary Persian Rugs

An antique Persian Sarouk rug from the first quarter of the 20th century.  

Antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan Rug 10’4” x 14’6”. The Revival Period rugs woven by two generations of Mohtashams, from 1880 to WWI, with imported Manchester-spun, Australian merino...

79287 Rare Late 19th Century Antique Persian Afshar Pictorial Rug, 04'01 x 05'09. A Woven Legacy of Prestige and Purpose: 1880s Persian Afshar Pictorial Rug. Woven in the twilight of...

Large Antique Persian Heriz Serapi Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Antique Persian Rug, Circa Date: 1900 – Size: 11 ft 2 in x 16 ft (3.4 m x 4.88 m) Antique Persian Serapi carpets are known for their classic designs and use of brilliant color to create a design that is majestic yet has an earthy tribal appeal. One of the main features that stands out about this large antique Persian Heriz carpet from around the turn of the 20th century is its spectacular use of color to delineate the geometric form and defined specific areas within the antique Persian rug. This is a classic feature of antique carpets from this era and place that make them some of the most highly collectible world. This beautiful large antique Persian Heriz Serapi rug is based on a classic central medallion design with fields that radiate out towards the formal corners, enclosed by an elaborate border that helps to define the space. What stands out about this specific antique Persian Heriz Serapi rug is its spectacular use of bright happy colors and its level of preservation. The light Persian rug...

76799-76800 pair of antique Persian Ghashghaei floor pillow cushions. Dating from around about the 1900s, this is a gorgeous example of an antique Persian Ghashghaei pillow poshit c...

Distinctive antique Persian Heriz rug featuring a star-shaped medallion and large white corner spandrels. Bold Heriz colors of all-natural dyes having angular geometric designs in in...

A turn of the 20th-century room size Persian Mahal rug. Measures: 8'7'' x 12'9''.

Antique Persian Serapi Rug, Country of origin / rug type: Persian rugs, Circa date: 1900. Size: 9 ft x 11 ft 6 in (2.74 m x 3.51 m)

Antique Mahal with brick red Abrash field and an all-over pattern of medallion motifs in ivory, tan, taupe, olive, gold and indigo. The composition is framed in a similar border of m...

An antique Persian Serapi 15' x 22 oversize rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 15' 2" x 22' 0".

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...

78331 Late 19th Century Antique Persian Serapi Rug, 11'03 x 15'04. Emanating a sense of regal sophistication, this hand-knotted wool Late 19th Century Persian Serapi rug is a strikin...