Persian Rugs: Feraghan Rugs the O'Connell Guide

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My friend and Associate editor Joe Burke has a fondness for Feraghan Sarouks and he raised the issue that prompted this look at the type. so Joe sent me the images of the rug to the left. Here is what Joe wrote:

"An antique Feraghan carpet

A Fine Antique Silk Feraghan Rug And you still don't have an really classic look Feraghans on there. I attached one which I think is the ultimate classic freehand design... from 1870. Reduced to the right size for your pages. Also a full size corner shot for detail."

The Doris Leslie Blau Feraghan Carpet

Feraghan Rugs and Carpets

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The Feraghan Region

Feraghan takes in the area bordered by Guzan (Jozan) Arak (Sultanabad) Kasan (Kashan) and Qom. Guzan is up against the Hamadan region and the next town west is Malayer. A Malayar is in the Hamadan family of rugs with single wefts and Turkish knots while just a few miles away a Guzan (Jozan) is in the Saruk family with double wefts and Persian knots.

Old Feraghans are medium fine

Old Saruks are fine

Three Rugs from Wade Shehady Jr.

Of all the guys in the rug business Wade Jr. is one of my very favorites. When I asked him some questions about rugs from Arak he sent me these samples. I was expecting scrapes from the patch barrel but he sent good size rugs. What a guy.

Feraghan Structure

Warps: Cotton 6 strand. Undyed (white).

Wefts: 1 rigid and 1 sinuous weft.

Knot: Asymmetric open left. 90 KPSI

Selvage: Surmey blue wool wrapped around 3 warp units.

Handle: Leather hard handle

Feraghan, Persia. Circa 1870 - 1880.

Notes: Wade explained that this was close to "Pure Feraghan" but not exactly true to the old style.

This is about 1/2 inch across of the rug magnified.

Feraghan, Persia. Circa 1870 - 1880.

Size:
Structure: Symmetrical knot. 9 knots per horizontal inch and 12 knots per vertical inch. 108 per square inch (1674 per square decimeter)
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: 4 ply to 6 ply cotton.
Weft: 2 shots 3 ply white cotton small area of 3 ply blue in sample rug..
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Ends: not original in sample.
Selvages: reinforced selvage 2 warp units reinforced with with extra maroon selvage yarn.
Handle: Leather hard handle .
Further Notes: Areas of corrosion, black and celadon green. Areas if apple green showing no corrosion.

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This is about 3/4 of an inch across magnified.

Feraghan Sarouk, Persia. Circa 1900 - 1910.

Size:
Structure: Asymmetrical knot open right. 11 knots per horizontal inch and 18 knots per vertical inch. 198 per square inch (3069 per square decimeter) Medium depressed
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: 8 ply cotton.
Weft: 2 shots 8 - 12 ply white cotton. One shot rigid and one sinuous.
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Ends: not original in sample.
Selvages: attached interlaced selvage 1 warp unit wrapped with extra maroon selvage yarn.
Handle: Supple handle.
Further Notes: Areas of corrosion, brown. Areas if apple green showing no corrosion.

Sarouk, Persia. Circa 1900 - 1910.

Size:
Structure: Asymmetrical knot open left. 11 knots per horizontal inch and 12 knots per vertical inch. 134 per square inch (2077 per square decimeter) Minor depression
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: 7 ply cotton.
Weft: 2 shots 2 blue cotton singles. One shot straighter and one more sinuous.
Pile: 2 wool singles.
Ends: not original in sample.
Selvages: attached interlaced selvage 1 warp unit wrapped with extra maroon selvage yarn.
Handle: Thin firm handle.
Further Notes: Areas of corrosion, brown. Areas if apple green showing no corrosion.

Ziegler Rugs of Arak - In 1883, Ziegler and Co., of Manchester, England, established a Persian carpet manufacture in Sultanabad (now Arak), Iran, employing designers from major Western department stores, like B. Altman and Liberty of London, to modify fanciful 16th- and 17th-century Eastern designs for the more restrained Western taste. Using highly developed dying techniques (which Ziegler futilely attempted to copyright) and the best artisans from the region, Ziegler created rugs with bold, allover patterns and with softer palettes than their vibrant Persian counterparts. Ziegler rugs developed an almost immediate following, especially among newly monied Western industrialists; early collectors included the Guinness family, the owners of the stout-beer manufacture, who laid them in Elveden Hall, their Suffolk, England, estate. http://www.farsinet.com/arak/

Odds and Ends

Dr. Seyyed Ataollah Mohajerani
Born in Arak, Iran, 1954
Married to Ms. Jamileh Kadivar
(Author, journalist and Sixth Majlis deputy from Tehran)
President of the International Centre for Dialogue Among Civilizations
http://www.dialoguecentre.org/president.htm