Sarough Ghiasabad
274 × 211 cm
3.381 €
Sarough
8.550 €
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354 × 250(8.85 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Sarough
Where it comes from
A Sarough carpet, 354 x 250 cm (11'7" x 8'2"), woven in the Arak region of west-central Iran, an area that gave its name to the deep, saturated red for which this type has been prized since the early twentieth century. Sarough, also written Sarouk, became a fixture in fine houses abroad precisely because it combined that colour with a firm, disciplined weave — luxurious without being delicate. This piece is a straightforward, well-drawn example of the type, with no medallion to anchor it and none needed.
What you see
The field is an intense, unbroken red, carried edge to edge by a fine floral vine pattern that repeats without a break or a centre. Nothing pulls the eye to one point; the drawing is even across the whole ground, scrolling stems and small blossoms in rust, tan, olive-brown and cream set steadily into the red. A wide border in navy blue and ivory closes the field, its own floral scrollwork running in bands that take up close to a fifth of the rug's width. Against the surrounding red, the navy holds firm rather than fighting it, and the pile itself is close-clipped and matte, with no sheen to break the colour.
How it was made
That evenness is the result of deliberate, careful knotting. At 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre, tied by hand over a cotton warp, the weaver had enough density to keep the vine pattern crisp and continuous across the whole field, with no medallion to break up the labour or hide a lapse in the drawing. The pile is handspun wool, left at 12 mm, thick enough to give the surface real body underfoot while still taking the fine floral detail cleanly. It is the work of the Sherkat Farsh workshop, and it shows in the discipline of the repeat: this is not a rug that needs a focal point, because the whole field is drawn to the same standard throughout.
At home
A rug of this size sits naturally in a dining room, under a table and its chairs, or anchoring a seating group in a living room. The red holds its own against dark wood and does not fade out under a pale floor; it will warm a room rather than compete with it. Underfoot it is dense and firm, built for a room that gets used rather than one that gets protected. As the light shifts through the day, the vine pattern reads differently at each hour, but the red beneath it never loses its weight.
More on Sarough rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 187972
- Size
- 354 × 250 cm (8.85 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 201,000 – 250,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Workshop
- Sherkat Farsh
- Age
- 20-40 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 31 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 354 × 250 cm (8.85 m²) this is a very large rug. It carries a whole seating group with every furniture leg on it, or a dining table with the chairs pushed back. In a small room it becomes the floor rather than a rug.
Is this rug hand-knotted?
Yes, knotted by hand — knot by knot on a loom, not machine-made. The density is 201,000 to 250,000 knots per square metre; across 8.85 m² that is roughly 1.8 to 2.2 million individual knots, every one of them tied by hand.
How do I care for this rug?
Hand-spun wool still carries its own lanolin, which keeps liquid sitting on the surface for a moment: blot quickly, with clear water and a light cloth, working inwards and without rubbing. Otherwise regular vacuuming along the pile is enough. Turn the rug once or twice a year so light and footfall reach it evenly.
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Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 187972
