11'2"x15'9" Palace Red Hand Knotted 100% Wool Sarouk Traditional Oriental Area Rug

This is a beautiful Red, Peach, Blue Color Sarouk design Hand Knotted, Oriental 100% Wool Rug. Exact Size: 11'2''x15'9'' Weave: Hand Knotted Rug Yarn: 100% Wool Color: Red, Peach, Blue, Ivory, Midnight Blue , Brown, Rose, Gold, Multi Origin: Iran Pile Height: 0.5 inch Condition: New Condition Description: New with tag Rug#: ORH18350 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 floral sprays. This design was extraordinarily popular. Currently, Sa