2'8" x 20'2" New Persian Sarouk Floor Runner Oriental Rug - Hand Made - 100% Wool This stunning Oriental rug is a 2'8" x 20'2" Persian Sarouk floor runner. This hand knotted Persian Sarouk runner is made with 100% wool using vegetable dye. Sarouk (Sarough/Sarouq) is a village located in the province of Markazi in central Persia. The rugs made here are well known and are designed with either geometric or curvilinear patterns. Sarouk rugs are built on a cotton foundation with good quality wool cut to a medium length making up the pile. The original older, and most expensive rugs, are hard woven with top quality lustrous wool which is cut very short. Color is made up from strong red, blue, burnt orange, black, ivory or champagne. Knot counts range on average from about 120 KPSI to 450 KPSI.
