Sarough Ghiasabad
274 × 211 cm
3.381 €
Sarough
3.006 €
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317 × 218(6.91 m²)
Hand-knotted
20-40 Years
Iran / Persia
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About This Sarough
Where it comes from
This is a Sarough, a red-ground Persian medallion carpet from the weaving district around Arak in west-central Iran, valued for its dense floral drawing and for a red that has become the reference shade for the type. At 317 x 218 cm (10'5" x 7'2") this piece sits at the generous end of a room rug, and its medallion carries one refinement beyond the usual template for the design.
What you see
The first impression is a rich, even red, filling the field with scrolling vines before the eye settles on the medallion sitting over it. Drawn in navy with pendants reaching toward the corners, its outer edge is not a plain oval but a run of scalloped lobes, giving the shape a lace-like fringe rather than a hard silhouette. Cream floral tracery threads through the medallion and repeats, at the same density, across the wide navy border, which runs to about a fifth of the rug's width and closes with several narrower guard stripes in rust and dusty pink.
How it was made
Sarough rugs are known for a firm, close knot, and this one is knotted at 201,000 to 250,000 per square metre on a cotton warp, with hand-spun wool making up the pile. Hand-spun yarn keeps a slight unevenness that machine-spun wool does not, and at this density it lets the floral outlines stay sharp rather than blur into the field around them, which is exactly what keeps that scalloped medallion edge legible. A pile of 12 millimetres, cut short and even, gives a soft sheen without softening the drawing, and twenty to forty years of use have settled the wool rather than worn it.
At home
A rug this size sits comfortably under a dining table with room for chairs to move, or anchors a seating group in a living room. The red holds its own against dark wood furniture and warms a pale floor just as readily, while the navy border keeps the whole composition from tipping too warm. Underfoot it is dense and firm rather than soft and deep, made for a room that gets used every day rather than kept for best. Move around it as the light shifts and it is the medallion's cream tracery that keeps catching the eye, tracing that lace-like edge over and over.
More on Sarough rugs: origin, making and how to recognise a genuine piece
Product Details
- Rug No.
- 293405
- Size
- 317 × 218 cm (6.91 m²)
- Thickness
- ca. 12 mm
- Knots
- 201,000 – 250,000 / m²
- Craft
- Hand-knotted
- Pile
- Hand-spun Wool
- Warp
- Cotton
- Origin
- Iran / Persia
- Age
- 20-40 Years
- Condition
- Perfect★★★★★
- Pattern
- Medallion
- Weight
- ca. 24 kg
- Stock
- Unique — Only 1
Fine quality weave
Questions about this rug
Which room is this rug for?
At 317 × 218 cm (6.91 m²) this is a large rug. It sits under a seating group with the front legs of sofa and chairs on it, or under a dining table for four. A table for six wants about 80 cm of clearance all round, and needs more.
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 6.91 m² that is roughly 1.4 to 1.7 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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Ref: 293405
