4'4" x 6'9" Antique Turkish Oriental Rug - 1920s - Hand Made - 100% Wool

$598.00, located in Evanston, Illinois, USA (602**), item #196320536964

This beautiful Oriental rug is an antique 4'4” x 6'9” Turkish, circa 1920s. This hand knotted rug has was recently professionally hand washed. This rug has some low pile areas and a small area with moth damage. This rug is sold as is, no returns accepted. Sarouk (Sarough/Sarouq) is a village located in the province of Markazi in central Persia. The rugs made here are well known and are designed with either geometric or curvilinear patterns. Sarouk rugs are built on a cotton foundation with good quality wool cut to a medium length making up the pile. The original older, and most expensive rugs, are hard woven with top quality lustrous wool which is cut very short. Color is made up from strong red, blue, burnt orange, black, ivory or champagne. Knot counts range on average from about 120 KPSI to 450 KPSI.