Zabihi Collection Antique Persian Sarouk Small Rug

An early 20th-century traditional Persian Sarouk rug Measures: 1'11'' x 2'6”. .

Mini Size Persian Sarouk Rug from the 1930s Details rug no. j2050 size 1' 10" x 2' 9" (56 x 84 cm)

An authentic room size full pile antique Persian Sarouk rug. Measures: 7'10'' x 11'9''.

Rust Color Persian Hamadan Malayer scatter size rug from the 1930s Details rug no. j2652 size 3' 5" x 6' 1" (104 x 185 cm)

78122 Antique Persian Sarouk Rug, 02'01 x 04'02. Radiating timeless grandeur, this hand-knotted antique Persian Sarouk rug stands as a paragon of refined elegance, a woven testament ...

78683 Antique Persian Sarouk Farahan Rug, 04'00 x 06'05. A Sarouk rug, also spelled Saruk or Sarough, hails from Iran's Markazi Province. Meticulously crafted in the village of Saruk...

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 ...