Name: Bright & Colorful Antique Persian Karaja with Ivory Field & Deep Red Medallion
Size: 2.0 x 2.9
Age: Antique, Circa 1930
Pile: Medium pile with beautiful clarity of color and great presence
About This Rug
This Antique Persian Karaja is the kind of piece that instantly grabs your attention — bright, joyful, and full of life.
The rug opens with a crisp ivory field, a lighter ground that allows every color in the design to truly shine. Anchoring the center is a bold deep-red medallion, creating that strong focal point Karaja rugs are known for. The contrast between the warm red and the bright white background gives the rug incredible visual punch.
Surrounding the medallion are lively tribal motifs and geometric details, with pops of blue and golden tones woven throughout the field. Along the borders, you’ll find playful tangerine and gold floral elements dancing through the design, adding movement and warmth while framing the composition beautifully.
It’s a palette that feels energetic but balanced — deep reds, cool blues, warm golds, and bright citrus notes all working together against that clean ivory background. These naturally aged dyes have mellowed perfectly over time, giving the rug vibrant color without feeling overly loud.
At 2.0 x 2.9, this is a perfect small-format rug — ideal for an entryway, beside a bed, layered over a larger rug, or placed anywhere a room needs a pop of personality.
Bottom line: small rug, huge charm.
The Real Deal
Every rug we carry is authentic, handmade, and completely one-of-a-kind. No duplicates. No copies. No stacks of identical rugs sitting in a warehouse somewhere.
This Karaja was hand-knotted with natural wool using traditional village weaving techniques nearly a century ago, and it has been professionally cleaned so it’s ready for its next chapter.
Once it sells, that's it. There will never be another one exactly like it.
Condition Notes
This is a genuine antique handmade textile. Minor irregularities, variation, and signs of age are completely normal and part of what give these rugs their depth, charm, and authenticity.
Translation: that’s character, not damage.
Rug Pad Tip
We always recommend a high-quality custom-cut rug pad made specifically for hand-knotted rugs. A proper pad protects the structure of the rug, adds body underfoot, and keeps everything from sliding around.
A Little Perspective
Rugs like this weren’t made in factories. They were woven knot by knot on village looms, often by artisans working from memory, instinct, and generations of tradition.
Who first owned it? Who lived with it? Where did it travel over the last hundred years?
We may never know the full story — and honestly, that mystery is part of the beauty.
At Rugsnob, we hunt down the good ones — the rugs with real soul, real craftsmanship, and real presence — and pass them along to people who know the difference.
Because once you’ve lived with a rug like this, the mass-produced stuff just doesn’t hit the same.
