This late 19th century Persian Serab camelhair runner is a companion piece to Serab Camelhair 1302 — similar in design, scale, and color palette, and joinable with its companion to create a magnificent long runner of extraordinary rarity and decorative impact. The traditional tribal geometric forms that fill the composition, rendered in the characteristic Serab palette against the warm undyed camel hair ground, embody the understated beauty that makes Serab runners among the most sought-after pieces in the antique rug market.
Despite extensive wear throughout — the honest patina of a piece over 125 years old — this runner retains its structural integrity and visual character. For the designer or collector who values authentic age and genuine tribal provenance over cosmetic perfection, it offers the irreplaceable warmth and depth of the real thing. Serab rugs, woven in the village of Serab and surrounding areas in the mountains of Northwest Persia south of Tabriz, are among the most coveted antique rugs by serious collectors and interior designers worldwide. Distinguished above all by their use of naturally colored camel hair — which gives the field a warm, honey-toned luminosity impossible to replicate with dyed wool — Serab rugs are celebrated for their extraordinary fineness of weave, their restrained geometric designs, and a palette of natural undyed camel and vegetable-dyed accents that achieves a beauty of uncommon depth and understatement. The runner format is the most traditional Serab proportion, and 19th century examples in good condition are among the most actively traded pieces in the antique rug market.
Dimensions: 3' x 14'
Date of Manufacture: 4th Quarter of the 1800s
Place of Origin: NW Persia (Serab region)
Material: Wool pile on a wool foundation with natural vegetable dyes and camel hair
