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

The composition is built around a red ground broken by rust floral repeats. Everything else in the rug works in service of that primary tension. Corner spandrels, border guard bands, the small geometry of leaf and palmette inside the field, the choice of indigo or walnut for the secondary outline, all of it follows from the central decision to let madder and walnut speak together at full saturation.

This rug was hand-knotted in India over approximately seven months by a team of three weavers working a vertical loom. Knots were tied in the Persian asymmetric draw against a paper cartoon mounted above the warp. The wool is hand-spun from highland fleece, washed in cold water to keep the lanolin before it enters the dye bath. Madder root made the red, walnut hull the rust, indigo the secondary blues, oak gall the darker outlines. Cotton warp and weft hold the structure flat to its full nine-by-twelve span.

The composition

A red field, rust floral repeats, ivory and indigo accents. The drawing is slightly asymmetric, the way village Serapis traditionally were, because the cartoon is read by hand rather than mirrored mechanically across the field. The borders are layered in three guard bands. Madder lightens slowly with daylight, walnut hull deepens, and indigo gains atmospheric depth as the wool oxidises across the first decade of use.

What you are buying

Comparable nineteenth-century floral Serapis in 9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) appear at the major international houses at thirty to seventy thousand dollars when one surfaces in good condition. This is a contemporary weaving in the same tradition on the same loom geometry, made from the same fibre, dyed with the same plant chemistry. It is built to be used and to gain value over decades rather than depreciate from the moment of installation.

The piece in a room

9' x 12' (274 x 366 cm) holds a serious living floor or a dining setting for eight to ten people with chairs out. The red and rust palette suits warm-toned plaster walls, walnut joinery, antique brass, and oxblood or oatmeal upholstery. The rug pairs equally well with traditional rosewood furniture and contemporary pieces in oak and steel. Avoid placing it against red brick walls. The two reds compete and the field reads flat.

Conservation

Rotate the carpet a half turn twice a year. Vacuum weekly on suction with the beater bar lifted. Blot any spill immediately with a clean cotton cloth, working from the perimeter of the spot inward. Schedule a hand wash with a wool conservator every five to seven years using plant-soap chemistry. Properly maintained, the carpet outlives multiple generations of furniture installed above it.

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, oak gall)
• Origin: India

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