Description:

Antique Persian Serab rug was hand knotted in Iran of 100% natural wool. This rug has low to medium, soft, wool piles and is in excellent condition for its age. This rug is 70+ years old. This rug has several small areas of low piles due to age (see pictures). Beautiful colors with excellent quality. No holes or repairs, and very soft. Gorgeous design and a near perfect rectangle. This rug was acquired from a Virginia Estate. Clean and ready to be enjoyed. Recent embargoes by the U.S. against Iranian goods should cause the value of these rugs to increase.

    Provenance:
  • Acquired from a Virginia Estate
  • Dimensions:
  • 7ft 0in x 10ft 7in
  • Medium:
  • Hand Knotted Rug
  • Circa:
  • 1940s
  • Notes:
  • A small village nestled in the Sabalan mountain range in northwestern Iran, Serab is home to a host of skilled tribal weavers who crafted artful, geometric rugs. While their remote location made it difficult to participate in the larger global rug trade, their isolated territory allowed their art form to develop noticeably unencumbered by commercial influences. The unique qualities of these rugs were dictated partly by their everyday use, partly by the type of raw materials they had available, and partly by the century’s old artistic influences of nearby villages and nomadic groups. The rugs woven here are characteristically constructed in a runner format, although area and room sizes can be found in fewer quantities. They were made this way to accommodate their homes at the time, which were much longer and distinctly narrower than those in the West, where architecture had evolved differently and was more suited to area or room sized rugs. The appearance of these rugs typically display lozenge shaped fields ornamented with crenelated, diamond shaped medallions which run along the vertical axis. Supporting them in the background are often elaborate, latticework designs that resemble the Jali screens found in Persian and Iranian architecture – crisscrossing patterns that interweave, creating honeycomb or fence motifs.
  • Condition:
  • Excellent

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