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

New Zealand wool is the only fibre that takes vegetable dye to the saturation a red and rust Serapi needs without losing the irregular grain that gives the carpet its hand. The fleece is longer-staple, lower in coarse outer fibre, and accepts madder root in a single bath without crystalising the way coarser local wools tend to. The decision to weave a Serapi in New Zealand wool is the difference between a flat red and a red that breathes.

The loom carried three weavers across approximately seven months in India. The drawing was set by a paper cartoon hung above the warp, knot by knot in the Persian asymmetric draw. Madder root produced the field, rust came from a second walnut-hull bath layered over the madder, indigo built the deep blues, and ivory came from undyed cream-coloured fleece. Cotton warp and weft, beaten tight at the close of each line so the foundation lies flat across the full nine-by-twelve span.

The composition

A red and rust field with floral repeats moving across the surface in scattered rather than centralised drawing. The visual logic is botanical, layered, and slightly asymmetric. Corner spandrels in ivory and indigo bracket the composition. The colour is alive. Madder lightens toward terracotta over years, rust deepens, the indigos move from inky to atmospheric. The rug evolves with the room rather than fixing it at a single moment.

What you are buying

Antique floral Serapis in 9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) with red-and-rust palettes regularly sell at Christie's and Rippon Boswell between thirty and seventy thousand dollars. The current piece is a new weaving in the same tradition, on the same loom geometry, in a comparable fibre, using the same plant-dye chemistry. It is sold to be used. Few objects of any kind in a domestic interior gain value with time. A Serapi at this construction quality is one of them.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) takes a generous drawing room or a formal dining setting with eight to ten chairs fully drawn. The red-and-rust palette pairs with warm timbers, brass detail, leather upholstery, and creamy plaster walls. Avoid placing the rug under strongly patterned curtains or wall art. The Serapi is a graphic field that prefers to set the visual ground rather than compete for it.

Conservation

Rotate twice a year so the south-facing edge does not bleach faster than the back. Vacuum on suction weekly, beater bar disengaged. Blot any spill with a clean cotton cloth, never rub. Engage a wool conservator every five to seven years for a hand wash with plant-soap chemistry. Stored or moved, roll the rug pile-out around a sturdy core to prevent compression of the pile.

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 wool
• Dye: vegetable (madder, walnut hull, indigo)
• Origin: India

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