11146 · 2'10" x 11'8" Persian Gharajeh Runner Rug
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A column of hooked medallions marches down this remarkable runner, bold against its midnight ground. The midnight field is scattered with small diamonds in cream, gold and rose. Down its length, handsome brick red octagonal medallions alternate with gold eight-pointed stars. Each medallion holds a gold leaf-filled lozenge at its core within wavy lines, with hooked arms at its four corners. A small key pendant sits above and below each one. Four small octagons gather around every star. A splendid main border shares the midnight ground and carries stepped stars in rose, gold and cream. Guard stripes of rose sawtooth run along both sides of it. The pile is low, and every color holds at full strength. The dense drawing brings warm brick and gold to a long hall against deep midnight. At 2'10" by 11'8", it fits a hallway or the space along the side of a bed.
Every rug we sell is one of a kind, and this is the only one like it. Hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation, vintage, approx. 50 years (1970s). Condition: professionally washed & cleaned. It ships folded and fully insured.
About Gharajeh rugs
The best-known pattern of Gharajeh is three geometric medallions, the central one with a latch-hooked outline in a different color and the other two eight-pointed stars. Britannica says the runners of Gharajeh resemble those of Karabagh in the Caucasus but look more Persian. Gharajeh, also spelled Karaja, is a village district in northwestern Persia, north of Heriz. Its signature is a column of separate medallions down a narrow field, rather than a single centered one. That layout suits long formats, and runners are the pieces the district is known for. This runner keeps that column, with hooked octagons and gold stars set one after another down its narrow midnight field. Its border repeats stepped stars in rose, gold and cream between rose sawtooth stripes.
Shipping & delivery
Shipping is free and fully insured in the US and Canada. To the UK, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand we ship fully insured, with rates calculated at checkout. Orders are processed and shipped within one to four days and most arrive within about ten days, sometimes as fast as three depending on your location, carefully wrapped, with tracking sent the moment your rug leaves us.
Full shipping detailsAuthenticity
Every rug is an original, hand-knotted vintage piece, never machine-made, printed or reproduced. We inspect and photograph each rug in our own studio, so the piece you see is the exact piece you receive.
Our authenticity promiseCare & cleaning
Vacuum gently, rotate every few months, blot spills immediately and use a quality rug pad. Have it professionally cleaned every few years, never machine-washed.
Full care guideReturns
If a rug isn’t right for your space, get in touch within 7 days of delivery (14 days in the European Union) and we’ll help arrange a return or exchange. Because each piece is one of a kind, we handle every return personally.
Returns & exchangesMade entirely by hand.
Every knot in this rug was tied by hand, one at a time, on an upright loom. A piece like this is the work of two or three weavers sitting side by side for months, wool worked row by row into a pattern carried from memory, its colors softened by decades of light and use. Nothing about it was quick, and no two are ever the same.
The kind of thing that only gets better with age, and quietly passes from one home to the next.
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