Antique Heriz-Serapi Persian Rug #44174

44174  Antique Serapi/Heriz, Persia, late nineteenth century

This stunning antique Serapi adapts classic Persian rug design to the crisp geometric sensibility of village weaving.  At the center a monumental blue medallion with internal floral detail and projecting red finials floats amidst an ivory ground, surrounded by a sparing corolla of angular vines and palmettes.  Grand red cornerpieces fill out the field, utilizing once again a restrained or spare array of stylized vinescroll elements. In place of the customary vinescroll, this unusual piece has a main border of made of octagonal medallions in various different colors with hooked motifs as fillers. Flanking ivory-ground minor borders help to frame the field.