Arak Rugs: Semi-Antique Arak Village Rug

Semi-Antique Arak Village Rug

This rug is a Semi-Antique Arak Village Rug. By examining the weave and the materials it is of a type we see from the province of Arak. Arak is the province that Sarouk carpets are from and this appears to be from one of the neighboring village.

This rug would have be totally undistinguished 50 years ago and was the sort of rug that usually ended up in Germany. In fact judging by the tag this one is from Germany. Fortunately for us an undistinguished new rug can grow into a very interesting old rug. Time has been kind and this is an attractive rug.

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Structure: Symmetrical knot. 7 knots per horizontal inch and 5 knots per vertical inch. 35 per square inch (542 per square decimeter)

Yarn Spin: Z.

Warp: white Cotton.

Weft: Cotton 2 shot. blue.

Pile: 2 Wool singles.

Ends: Top 1 1/4 plain weave, warp fringe. Bottom reduced warp fringe.

Selvages: wrapped in red wool.

Notes: The rug is in very good condition but does have small areas of low pile due to moth damage.

Color, Color, and Color! This is a coarse simple village rug but it is sturdy and give many years of floor use. What makes it special is that the colors have mellowed very nicely and it is pretty.

Again this one was sold to me as Antique but I like to be a little conservative so I call it Semi-Antique.