Rugsville Classic Serapi Floral Red & Rust Wool Persian Carpet 9' x 12'

About 2.5 million asymmetric knots, roughly seven months on a vertical loom, three weavers paced to a single hand-drawn cartoon. The Serapi tradition is built on those proportions. The rug succeeds when the maths is honoured and the pattern is left enough room to breathe. A floral red and rust Serapi, in particular, depends on the discipline of leaving the field alone.

The weaving was done in India by a workshop carrying a multi-generation lineage from the original north-western Persian villages whose work the western trade renamed Serapi in the 1880s. Wool was hand-spun from highland fleece. Madder root produced the red, with rust tones built up from a second bath in walnut hull. Indigo went into the blues, and the ivory is undyed wool from white sheep. Cotton warps and wefts hold the structure flat across the full nine-by-twelve footprint.

The composition

A red field crossed by floral repeats in rust, ivory, and indigo. The flowers are stylised rather than botanical, simplified to the geometry a village cartoon could hold without visual noise. The corner spandrels carry the same vocabulary. The borders are layered three deep, the innermost in ivory to lift the field. Daylight will warm the red over years toward terracotta, the rust will deepen, the indigos will gain depth as oxidation works through the wool.

What you are buying

Comparable antique Serapi carpets in 9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) with floral fields appear at Sotheby's and Rippon Boswell in the thirty-to-seventy-thousand-dollar range. The current rug is a continuation of that tradition, woven on the same construction, in the same fibre, to a comparable density. It accumulates value through use rather than losing it. Few objects of any kind installed in a domestic interior carry that quality.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) takes a generous living floor or a dining setting for eight people with chairs free. The rust-and-red palette sits beautifully against creamy lime-washed walls, oak floorboards, and walnut joinery. It pairs with deep brown leather, raw linen, and brass lighting. The pattern is dense enough to forgive a busy upholstered room and disciplined enough to anchor a more austere arrangement.

Conservation

Rotate twice a year so the south-facing side does not bleach faster than the back. Vacuum weekly on suction, beater bar disengaged. Blot spills immediately with a dry cotton cloth. Engage a wool conservator every five to seven years for a hand wash. The carpet is a long-life object built to outlast the room it enters today.

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 (madder, walnut hull, indigo)
• Origin: India

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