Sarough Ghiasabad
274 × 211 cm
3.381 €
Sarough
1.275 €
Incl. VAT
200 × 82(1.64 m²)
Hand-knotted
New (0-20 Years)
Iran / Persia
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About This Sarough
Where it comes from
A Sarough runner, 200 x 82 cm (6'7" x 2'8"), from the weaving villages of west-central Iran. The type is best known for a dense floral drawing set on a warm, brick-red ground, tight enough in knot to read as formal without ever looking fragile. This particular piece keeps that discipline of drawing but sets it in navy rather than red, which is not how Sarough usually presents itself.
What you see
The ground is a deep, even navy, and against it the eye first takes in a lattice of diamonds, each holding a small bouquet in salmon-pink, apricot and cream, with rust-red touching in here and there among sage-green and dusty-blue leaves. The lattice is not random: it draws the eye steadily inward until it meets a small eight-pointed rosette at the exact centre of the runner, where the whole pattern converges. It reads less as one bold medallion than as a quiet point of rest inside a running rhythm. The border stays close in tone to the field, filled with the same vine and rosette motifs, so the frame holds the design rather than announcing it.
How it was made
The pile is handspun wool on a cotton warp, knotted at 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre — a fine, consistent count for a rug of this size, giving the bouquets and lattice lines their crisp edges even at 12 millimetres of pile height. Handspun yarn is never perfectly uniform in thickness, and that slight variation is what gives the surface its soft, matte character and gentle sheen, rather than the flatter look of a machine-spun pile. It is this combination — fine knotting with a handspun yarn — that lets the navy ground stay so even while the florals keep their definition.
At home
At this length a runner belongs in a hallway or along a landing, and a navy ground is particularly good in a hallway with little daylight, where it holds its colour rather than fading into shadow, while the salmon and cream florals keep catching the eye as you pass. Underfoot it is dense and firm, a wool pile built for daily footsteps rather than a room kept for best. Watch how the light changes through the day, and the rosette at its centre stays exactly where the eye expects to find it.
More on Sarough rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 272525
- Size
- 200 × 82 cm (1.64 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 128,000 – 160,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- New (0-20 Years)
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- All-Over Pattern
- Weight
- ca. 5 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Traditional weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 200 × 82 cm (1.64 m²) this is a runner. It belongs in a hallway, an entrance, on a landing or lengthways beside a bed. It is too narrow for the middle of a room.
Is this rug hand-knotted?
Yes, knotted by hand — knot by knot on a loom, not machine-made. The density is 128,000 to 160,000 knots per square metre; across 1.64 m² that is roughly 210,000 to 260,000 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.
Still have a question?
We are in the Hamburg Speicherstadt. Come and see this rug in daylight, or write to us — a person answers.
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Authenticity
Certificate included verifying origin, materials, and craftsmanship.
Ref: 272525
