• An over size antique Persian Heriz "Serapi" carpet with a deep salmon color field containing a greenish camel color medallion, sky blue pendants and stylized floral forms. Ivory corner spandrels with green insets and a navy blue border frame the field. Northwest Persia, circa 1900. Douglas Stock Gallery, antique Oriental rugs Boston, Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Brookline, Newton, Weston, Concord, Wellesley, Natick,MA area New England, antique Oriental rugs NYC by appointment, antique rugs Washington,DC, Maryland, Virginia by appointment
  • An over size antique Persian Heriz Serapi carpet with a yellow-green medallion on a deep salmon color field that is framed by ivory corner spandrels and a navy blue border. Douglas Stock Gallery, antique Persian carpet Boston,MA area, antique rugs New England, antique decorative carpets New York
  • Border, spandrel, field and medallion detail from an antique Persian Heriz Serapi carpet, circa 1900 - Douglas Stock Gallery, antique Persian rugs Boston,MA area
  • Navy blue leaf and flowerhead border from an antique Persian Heriz Serapi carpet - Douglas Stock Gallery, antique Persian carpets Boston, Brookline, Newton, Weston, Wellesley, Sherborn, Dover, South Natick,MA area, antique decorative carpets New England, antique carpets New York, antique carpet Washington DC
11’9″ x 17’4″ Antique Heriz “Serapi” Carpet, Northwest Persia, Circa 1900

This over size antique Heriz “Serapi” carpet from northwest Persia has a beautiful palette, featuring an uncommon greenish camel color medallion with sky blue and coral highlights on a deep salmon color field. Sky blue pendants and stylized floral elements decorate the field which is framed by ivory corner spandrels with green insets and a navy blue border.

Early antique carpets from the Heriz district; i.e., those woven between circa 1870 and 1900, are often colloquially referred to as antique “Serapi” carpets. No village of this name exists but the term is used, and sometimes misused, to refer to examples older than the most mass produced examples from the 1920s and later. Antique carpets from the Heriz satellite villages of Karaja and Bakshaish are also sometimes referred to as antique “Serapi” carpets. This particular carpet was probably woven in Heriz itself, as it features a denser construction and different knotting technique to Karaja carpets and does not have the aesthetic characteristics generally seen in Bakshaish carpets.

To be published in The Magazine Antiques, January 2026

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Douglas Stock Gallery is a nationally regarded dealer in antique Persian carpets and other types of antique Oriental rugs. Our Oriental rugs shop is located 15 miles west of Boston and 5 minutes from Wellesley center in South Natick,Massachusetts. In addition to antique rugs, we offer a group of carefully selected new rugs that are hand woven utilizing natural dyes and hand spun wool. Douglas Stock Gallery is open Monday to Saturday by appointment or chance. Please, call Helen or Douglas at (781) 205-9817 or send us an e-mail via the Contact page to set an appointment. We work with individual clients, architects and interior designers across the United States who are interested in select antique rugs and contemporary natural dye rugs.