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Indian Rugs, Silk Rugs
A piece of genuine woven carpet art sold by Santa Barbara Design Center and Rugs and More.
8’1″ x 9’9″
Modern Rugs, New Arrivals
Ziegler & Co. Modern Mist A perfect blend of refined and relaxed, by artisans in India. Sloane offers a sophisticated foundation for a contemporarily bohemian look with perfectly woven stripes and minimalist appeal.
9’3″x13″
Modern Rugs
Modern Natural Stone Each design is 100% wool and hand-woven by skilled artisans in India.
7’9 x 9’9
Modern Rugs
Modern Stripe Natural is a surprising and modern twist with variations of high pile shag and low pile, woven construction. design is 100% wool and hand-woven by skilled artisans in India.
7’9 x 9’9
Modern Rugs
Ziegler & Co. Modern Mist A perfect blend of refined and relaxed, by artisans in India. Sloane offers a sophisticated foundation for a contemporarily bohemian look with perfectly woven stripes and minimalist appeal.
7’9×9’9
Modern Rugs
Modern Grey Hand-woven in India, The subtle chevron waves add beautiful dimension and create a truly unique look that is long-lasting and durable.
7’9 x 9’9
Modern Rugs
Modern Natural Hand-woven in India, The subtle chevron waves add beautiful dimension and create a truly unique look that is long-lasting and durable.
7’9×9’9
Modern Rugs, Moroccan Rugs
Modern Mist Warm and inviting, this traditional rug feels cherished and lived-in. Hand-woven by artisans in India of wool
7’9×9’9
Modern Rugs, Moroccan Rugs, The Moroccan Collection
Modern Natural nod to timeless Moroccan style, it is hand-knotted in India by skilled artisans. The soft pile features 100% natural, undyed wool, lending slight variations in tones that make each piece its own. Plus, each rug is finished with a thoughtfully designed fringe.
8’4×11’6
Chinese Rugs, Peking
The study of pre- 1800 Chinese carpets is a relatively recent discipline. Carpets from Persia, India and the Ottoman Empire were extensively traded from at least the late 15th century; their aesthetic and commercial value has been well understood by collectors since they first arrived in the West. In contrast, the classical carpets of China were little known until the early 20th century, during the final years of the Qing dynasty, (1636–1912), when they began to appear on the international market. The rug scholar, Arthur Urbane Dilley wrote “The advent of Chinese rugs in America was as dramatic as their quick capture of popular approbation. As if the art arrived from another planet, The American Art Association announced the first sale of it in 1908”1. They were enthusiastically taken up by collectors such as Dilley himself, Louis Tiffany, J K Mumford, Frederick Moore, T B Clarke and the patron of modern art and literature, and collector, Scofield Thayer, whose dais carpet is included in this sale (lot 89). As calculated by Michael Franses 2 some 1,650 ‘antique’ Chinese carpets had been offered across 15 auction sales in New York by 1920, when the sales effectively ceased, as the sources of these pieces dried up. Illustrated examples in the American Art Association catalogues show many pieces in pristine condition, but the depredations of time and use have had their effect. Franses 3 suggests fewer than six hundred classical Chinese carpets survive today with the Palace Museum in Beijing having the largest collection, of something less than one hundred, mainly examples from the reign of The Wanli Emperor, fourteenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, (1573-1619). In addition there are ‘some sixteen rugs’3 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a similar quantity in the Textile Museum in Washington, mainly from the collection of George Hewitt Myers, with the majority of the remainder held in private collections In Europe and the United States.
Classical Chinese carpets are in the main attributed to the weaving centre of Ninghsia in Western China, which seems to have seen an expansion in the production and availability of its weavings after a military expedition to the area by the Kangxi Emperor, fourth Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, (1662-1722), in 1696-97, during which he asked to see carpets being woven and was presented with several examples.4 Carpets were clearly highly prized as prestigious possessions: virtually all the portraits of the Ming and Qing emperors include depictions of carpets, see König. H. & Franses. M, 2005,5 pp. 19-23, pp.33, 39 for examples. Photographs of interiors of the several halls in the Forbidden City, dating from circa 1900, show how carpets were still being displayed in the palace by that date, see König. H. & Franses. M., ibid, pp.24-25. Carpets were used on raised platforms (dais), on beds, kang, as chair, bench, table and saddle covers, to define areas of importance, provide warmth and comfort, and through their motifs and decoration, create a harmonious aesthetic which integrated their symbolism with the other Chinese works of art with which the royal household, their courtiers and officials surrounded themselves.
6×7’6
Agra, Ziegler & Company
The City of Agra is typically known for the Taj Mahal and for its many Indian art forms including jewelry, architecture and most importantly; rug and carpet weavings. these art forms are what are create a rich culture for the city. These beautiful rugs captivate with their stunning designs and opulent history, but perhaps the most interesting thing about these splendid rugs is that they are hard to fit into one genre as they vary in size, design, and composition. Although they often exhibit open fields with smaller medallions and guards, they can also be woven with all-over designs.
6’2×9
Classical Rugs, Silk Rugs
Carpets like this silk Mughal were first designed around 1556; These designs were reproduced from other rugs from that era. Local weavers retained the Persian designs and colors and themes for many years to come. The vivid use of color and abundant vines, flowers and palmettes are what constitutes Mughals today. Around the mid 17thcentury, Indian carpets became increasingly more floral and colorful in nature with silk being among the most precious of weaving materials of their day.
8×10