Antique Persian Sarab Camel Hair Runner Size: 3'2" × 10'5" Date: 1880s Material: Wool and Camel Hair on Cotton Sarab is a town in the Azarbaijan province of northwestern Iran, and its rugs are immediately identifiable by one distinctive feature — the use of natural camel hair in the pile, which produces the warm, undyed ivory-to-toffee ground colour that no dye can replicate. This is not a dyed beige; it is the natural colour of the fibre itself, and it gives Sarab runners a quiet, organic warmth that sets them apart from virtually any other regional type. Four large diamond medallions run the length of the runner, each outlined in dark burgundy and filled with a fine lattice of small geometric forms, rosettes, and diagonal grid patterning on the camel ground. Between the medallions, smaller scatter motifs — geometric rosettes, small diamonds, and tribal devices — fill the open field. A vertical axis connects the medallions with pendant arrow forms, giving the layout a strong linear spine. The border is compact — a navy and red geometric reciprocal pattern that frames the runner without competing with the warmth of the field. The camel, burgundy, madder red, and indigo combination is earthy and natural, and ages exceptionally well. The runner shows honest wear consistent with its age, with the flat camel-hair sections of the field exhibiting the expected low pile typical of the material. A genuine Sarab camel hair runner in this format and condition is a find.