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Afshar Rugs, Antique Rugs, Designer Collections, Persian Rugs
Antique South West Persian Cypress Afshar Rug ca 1880
Woven Ca. 1880 by the tribal people of South West Persia. Rare cat faces double as crabs.
4′ x 5’3″
Antique Rugs, Collectible Rugs, Senneh
Antique Senneh Botteh, produced in Northwest Persia, are known for their intricate and delicate motif. Sennehs come in patterns that range from floral to geometric. The precise weaving technique is what really sets these lovely rugs apart from the rest.
3’2″x5’6″
Antique Rugs, Caucasian Rugs, Kuba Zeichur, Tribal
An exquisite Kuba Soumak rug was considered the best rugs of the Caucasus in their heyday. This Antique Kuba Rug is beautifully and richly colored, and they combine cryptic Caucasian symbols with exceptionally decorative motifs.
4’5″x5’9″
Antique Rugs, Bidjar Rugs, Bijar, Kelim, Ziegler & Company
Senneh
Antique Persian Senneh rugs are best known for scatter-sizes that make excellent decorative accent rugs, but they come as decorativein room-sized carpets as well. Certain of the more robust, tribal-looking antique Senneh rugs were probably woven by Kurds.
4’4 x 5’2
Qashqai Rugs
Antique Persian Qashqai rugs (sometimes spelled Ghashghai, Kashgai, or other variations) are beautiful and intricate, Tribal pile rugs. They get their name from Persian nomadic tribes that have lived in what is now southwest Iran for centuries. The Qashqai people lived in central Asia and the Caucasus region for many centuries before moving to their current home region
4’3 x 7
Antique Rugs, Silk Rugs
Antique Silk Prayer featuring unique pattern. Hand made from silk and natural dyes.
This magnificent antique prayer rug stands out among the more common rugs that one finds on the market for many reasons. This antique silk rug was produced in 1880, which is a time when great efforts were being taken to revive the carpet industry in Persia.
4 x 5’5
Antique Rugs, Nain Rug
Persian Nain Rugs – Nain is a small village located in central Iran that has relatively recently become a renowned center for carpet weaving. Production began here in the 1930’s. Although Nains are not as old as many of the traditional Persian rugs, they retain their value in terms of construction
Kelim, Kurdish, Senneh
Circa 1870
4’2″ X 6’7″
It has tapestry slit technique
All saturated natural dyes
Preserved in mint conditions
Beautiful rust, ivory, green and salmon
Antique Senneh Kelim masterfully hand made from all natural wool and organic dyes.
This Antique Senneh Killim design carries two different types of tiny Love Birds (Morgh-e-Eshgh) and Fishes (Mahi/Herati). The Mahies are turning around the globe which in Persian history symbolistically is the sigh of stability and peace.
Kurdish
Kurdish rugs are as diverse as the ethnic weavers who created them. The presence of Kurdish weavers in the northwestern area of Persia and the Iranian Kurdistan region has led to some stylistic overlap. Antique Kurdish rugs are one of the few under-recognized rug types to emerge in the past 30 years.
4 x 10
Malayer Rugs
Malayer Rugs – Antique rugs from the Malayer region embody an angular northwestern style that is best defined by its diversity in style and color. Malayer is a city and an eponymous county located within the province of Hamadan. It is located between Arak and the city of Hamadan.
4’4 x 6’5
Bakhtiari Rugs
The wool quality and rich color of the Bakhtiari rug is also notable, whether they utilize an urban or more tribal design idiom. Some antique Bakhtiari rugs feature especially vibrant and expressive urban Persian rug designs, steeped in classical beauty and resplendent with traditional, classical design elements.
4 x 5’5