Antique Persian Serapi Rug 44174

44174 Antique Persian Serapi Rug, Country of Origin: Persia, Circa Date: late nineteenth century This stunning antique Persian Serapi rug 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 corner-pieces fill out the field, utilizing once again a restrained or spare array of stylized vine-scroll elements. In place of the customary vine-scroll, 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.