4' x 6' Hand Knotted 100% Wool Saroukk Traditional Oriental Area Rug Beige

This is a beautiful Beige, Green, Rust Color Sarouk design Hand Knotted, Oriental 100% Wool Rug. Its elegant style is easy to decorate with and perfect for living room, dining room, bedroom or anywhere in the residence and office. Exact Size: 4' x 6' Weave: Hand Knotted Rug Yarn: 100% Wool Color: Beige, Green, Rust, Brown, Rose, Navy, Multi Origin: India Pile Height: 0.75 inch Condition: New Rug#: ORH13934 Story Behind the Art Rugs with certain designs woven in Arak, surrounding villages, and the plains of Farahan in Iran are designated as Sarouks within the rug trade. Nineteenth-century rugs of this area often employed an all-over design of the Herati or Gul Hennai patterns. These were woven with about 100 asymmetric knots per square inch on a cotton foundation. In the late nineteenth century, factory rugs were woven in imitation of Tabriz models, using floral medallions. The medallion design was dominant until after the First World War, when Sarouk rugs were woven with detached flo