Rugsville Classic Serapi Floral Green Wool Persian Carpet 9' x 12'

Green Serapis are the rarest of the Serapi family. The villages of north-western Persia kept fewer dye masters who could push indigo through a second bath of weld without losing depth, and the carpets that emerged from those workshops were usually held by the families that commissioned them. Floral green Serapis specifically, with the open field discipline that defines the type, are difficult to find on the secondary market in any size, and almost impossible at nine by twelve.

Three weavers worked this rug across approximately seven months. Knots were tied with the Persian asymmetric draw against a vertical loom, the pace set by a hand-drawn cartoon hanging above the warp. Wool was hand-spun from highland fleece, washed cold before dyeing. The green ground was built in two baths, indigo for the blue base and weld for the yellow, with the dye master pulling and re-dipping the skeins until the colour landed. The reds came from madder root, the ivory is undyed wool, the secondary tones from oak gall and walnut hull.

The composition

A green field reading toward bottle and forest depending on the angle of light, broken by floral repeats in red, ivory, and indigo. Corner spandrels carry the same vocabulary. The borders frame the field in three layered guard bands, restrained enough to let the green carry the room. The colour is alive. Indigo darkens with oxidation, weld holds the warm note longer than chemistry predicts, and the field lands somewhere richer at year five than it did at year one.

What you are buying

Antique green-ground Serapis in 9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) are an auction category that runs forty to eighty thousand dollars when one surfaces in collectible condition. This is a new piece in the same construction, the same fibre, the same dye chemistry. It is an object that gains value through use, not loses it. The price reflects current cost of materials and weaver-months, not the secondary market it will eventually enter.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) suits a substantial living area or a formal dining floor. The green ground reads cool against pale plaster, warm against rosewood and aged oak, and sits naturally with brass lighting, leather club chairs, and undyed linen upholstery. The pattern holds at distance and rewards approach. Avoid placing it against forest-green walls. The two greens compete and the field flattens.

Conservation

Rotate twice a year to age the surface evenly between sunlit and shaded passages. Vacuum weekly on suction, beater bar off. Blot spills immediately with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. Hand wash with a wool-trained conservator every five to seven years. Maintained well, the rug holds for eighty to a hundred years, accumulating patina that can only come from time.

Reference

• Medium: hand-knotted wool on cotton foundation
• Dimensions: 274 x 366 cm (9' x 12')
• Construction: Persian asymmetric knot
• Hands: 3 weavers, approximately 7 months
• Pile: hand-spun highland wool
• Dye: vegetable (indigo, weld, madder, walnut hull)
• Origin: India

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