Sky Blue Vintage Overdyed Rug
This sky blue vintage overdyed rug is a Persian wool rug, hand knotted in Iran and measuring 425 x 300 cm. It covers about 12.8 square metres, a size for a large living room or a dining room with space around the table.
The design up close
A loose oval of sky blue fills the centre, with warm rust showing through it in small dots where the older red ground lies under the new colour. Cream and olive green flower sprays gather across the oval and around a small blue rosette at its middle, so the medallion reads as a cluster of blossoms rather than a hard outline.
Around the oval the field turns a pale sage, with faint scrolling stems and leaves in cream and green. The old corner shapes are only just visible against it. Because the blue is strongest in the middle, the eye lands on the centre of this sky blue vintage overdyed rug first and the edges read as a quiet frame.
The wide border keeps the sage grey-green, filled with cream and rust flowers in rounded cartouches, small blue blossoms between them and a rust palmette at intervals. Narrow guard stripes with a thin green vine run either side. The edge is bound in rust brown, and the fringe at each end is pale blue.
About Persian rugs
Every rug in our Persian collection is hand knotted in Iran. A Persian rug is made one knot at a time on a loom, usually from hand-spun wool, and a room-size piece can take a weaver many months. That is why no two are alike. Sarabi’s Fine Rugs is a family-owned business with over 40 years of experience in handmade rugs.
How a sky blue vintage overdyed rug is made
Each knot of this sky blue vintage overdyed rug was tied by hand on a loom, and the pile is wool. The blue was dyed over an older rug, which softens the old pattern. The original design still shows in the cream, green and rust, but the surface reads as one cool wash, with the older colours coming through in patches.
Colour in your room
Sky blue with sage and cream suits white or pale grey walls, pale timber floors and linen or cream upholstery. The rust in the flowers picks up terracotta pots and tan leather.
Sizing it for your room
At 425 x 300 cm, a three-seat sofa of about 2.2 m leaves about 102 cm of rug showing past each end, so a sofa and two armchairs can all rest their front legs on it.
Under a dining table of 240 x 100 cm, the rug extends about 92 cm past each end and 100 cm along each side. That is enough for chairs to slide back and stay on the rug.
Looking after your rug
Vacuum it on a suction-only setting, or with the beater bar switched off, so the brush does not pull at the knots. Turn it around every six to twelve months so sun and foot traffic wear it evenly. Blot spills with a clean white cloth and cold water rather than rubbing them in. When it needs a full clean, choose a cleaner who washes handmade rugs by hand.
Put a good underlay beneath it. It stops the rug sliding on timber or tiles, adds cushioning and takes some of the wear off the pile. Moths like wool in dark, quiet spots, such as the part of a rug under a sofa, so vacuum those areas often and lift the furniture now and then.
See it before you buy
Visit our showroom at 307 Penshurst St, North Willoughby, open every day from 10 am to 4:30 pm, to see this sky blue vintage overdyed rug in person. If you would rather judge it in your own room, with your own light and furniture, book a home trial and we will bring a selection to you.
Browse more Traditional rugs, or ask about a custom made rug in your own size and colour. Read more about Persian carpets.
