Finely Woven Floral Design Antique Persian Wagireh Sampler Khorassan Rug 45169

Antique Khorassan Rug, Persia, 1900’s – Woven in Persia’s Khorassan antique rug weaving region in 1900, this antique rug features an elongated field decorated with curvilinear vine scrolls and colorful bouquets. This charming rug features a chic combination of soft blue and delicate pink complemented by darker reds and browns. Branching floral bouquets and Shah Abbasi palmettes with flame-like petals decorate the creamy white field while wide borders and multiple sets of guard bands create a solid frame that complements the elongated composition. This stunning antique rug features an elegant combination of colors that are unexpectedly modern and quite ideal for today’s aesthetics partially due to the fact that this is a wagireh (sampler) that would have been used at genesis as a blueprint for the border of a larger rug. Because of wagirehs’ unusual asymmetry and rarity, they are inherently decorative. The curvilinear vine scrolls and fluid bouquets that decorate this antique rug epitomize the elegance of Safavid Persian designs.