Sarough Ghiasabad
274 × 211 cm
3.381 €
Sarough
11.100 €
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362 × 263(9.52 m²)
Hand-knotted
40-60 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Sarough
Where it comes from
This is a Sarough, the Persian workshop rug woven in the villages around Arak in west-central Iran, sized 362 x 263 cm (11'11" x 8'8"). Sarough is best known for a dense floral repeat set against a warm brick-red ground, the pattern that furnished the finest American houses of the early twentieth century. Here the ground is not red at all, but a deep midnight blue.
What you see
At a distance the field reads almost black, a deep night blue carrying a close lattice of small floral rosettes in dusty pink, salmon and ochre, threaded through with terracotta and pale blue. This is the Mahi pattern, the fish-and-rosette repeat laid over the whole field with no medallion to interrupt it, so the eye moves evenly across the surface rather than settling on a centre. Two small palmette-like forms sit either side of the middle, easily read as part of the wider repeat. A wide ivory and terracotta border, carrying its own floral vine, closes the design and holds the dark field in place.
How it was made
The density behind this is considerable: between 441,000 and 500,000 knots per square metre, tied by hand onto a cotton warp. That count is what lets the rosettes and vine keep such crisp, closed edges instead of blurring into one another, and it represents months of steady work at the loom. The pile is hand-spun wool, its slightly uneven thread taking dye with small natural variations that give the pinks and reds a depth a machine-spun yarn would not carry. Clipped to a firm 12 mm, the pile holds the pattern flat and sharp underfoot rather than deep and soft.
At home
At 362 x 263 cm this rug belongs under a dining table or in front of a sofa group, in a living or dining room where it can be seen in full rather than tucked to one side. Against a pale floor the midnight ground stops the room going flat and cool; against dark wood or leather furniture it holds its own instead of disappearing into the shadow. The dense, tightly clipped pile is firm and even underfoot, suited to a room in daily use rather than one kept for best. Catch it in low evening light and the blue lifts toward indigo, the small rosettes glowing quietly rather than shouting.
More on Sarough rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 259093
- Size
- 362 × 263 cm (9.52 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 441,000 – 500,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- 40-60 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 29 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Exceptionally fine weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 362 × 263 cm (9.52 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 441,000 to 500,000 knots per square metre; across 9.52 m² that is roughly 4.2 to 4.8 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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Authenticity
Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 259093
