Antique Rugs
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Antique Rugs and Kilims are rugs that were made 100+ years ago. These rugs were made by nomadic tribes, in villages, and in cities. These rugs come from all areas of the rug-making Orient regions of Old and New Persia/ Iran, the Iranian and Russian Caucasuses, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, India and China, These rugs are notable and prized for so many reasons:the colors, the dyes, the wool, the skill, and their rarity.
In these antique pieces, one sees aged colors from organic dyes which required the skill of a master dyer; hand-spun and hand-dyed wool; woven structures that reflect the ethnic-cultural region and origins of the tribe. The designs are tribal or village based that reflect the type of knot, weave, and the design used by that tribe whose skill is passed on from mother to daughter from generation to generation.
Semi-Antique Borchalu, 45″ x 65″ D0264
Decorum Collection:
D0264: Semi-antique Borchalu, Bozchelu, 45" x 65" Age: ca. 1930 Region of origin: Eastern Hamadan region, of Mongol tribal descent. Borchalu is the only Hamadan village that produces curvilinear rugs. Condition/Description:: Very good with crisp vegetable dyes, and gorgeous celedon blues and pistachio greens that are only found in old, antique rugs. The deep, almost black, indigo in this rug is a difficult color to achieve, and only the master dyers know how to get this almost black indigo to stay and NOT fade as a fugitive dye. Dim: 45" x 65" Condition: Very good condition with good pile overall and complete sides and borders and original kilim end. ♥
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1930’s Josan Malayer, Kork Wool, 48″ x 82″ D0256
D0256X: Fine Persian Josan Malayer
Dim: 48" x 82"
Age: 1930's
Region: Northwest Persia, Arak region
Remarks: This beautiful Josan Malayer rug was woven in the 1930's in the Arak region in NW Persia. It is in near perfect condition. When the weaver cut it off the loom, she left long fringes rather than cut them short. The rug is in gorgeous, near perfect condition displaying a virtual explosion of blossoms, tendrils and Persian birds. It is made with moss-like wool and incredibly crisp, clean dyes, Check out the skillfully drawn floral and arabesque display with beautifully drawn birds, flowers, tendrils and vases.
Antique Veramin, NW Persian rug, 36″x57.5″, D0174
Antique Persian Veramin village rug,
36.5" x 57.5"
Woven in a village near Teheran, this antique rug displays an overall Mina-Khani floral design. More than 120 years old, this approximately 3'x5' piece is in very good condition and still shines as brightly as the day it was cut from the loom.
19th cen. Antique NW Persian, 48″x80″, D0247
Antique northwest Persian rug, D0247
48"x80". 19th Century rug from northwest Persia, either a Garrus Bidjar or an antique Hamadan
Wool on wool (warp and weft) with wonderful jewel-like colors of celedon green, ocean blue, and camel.
Antique Malayer runner, ca. 1890, 36″x189″, D0400
Antique Malayer runner, 36"x139", D0400
Beautiful 19th cen. (ca. 1890) Malayer runner with a Bakshaish border and a herati (fish and garden) design in the field. This beautiful antique rug is all wool with all natural, deep-saturated dyes. It is in very good condition and will look wonderful in a hall, a kitchen (as shown), or alongside a main rug (in the Persian manner).
Antique Sarouk Mahal, 55″x82″, D0390
Antique Sarouk Mahal, 55"x82"
D0390
A beautiful Sarouk Mahal carpet in superb condition featuring a typical floral display. The rug has a very fine weave and clean, crisp natural colors of blues, ochre, greens, tan, walnut, The quality of wool is superior, typical of these 1920-30 Sarouk carpets. This Sarouk is unusual and rather rare as it has not been 'painted', that is, has not been re-colored, with the darker red often seen in Sarouks of this era sold in the United States.
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Antique Mahal/ Meshkabad, 1910, 53″ x 82.5″ D0116
Beautiful ca. 1910 Mahal Meshkabad rug made in northwestern Persia. This is a sought after design and vintage found in a great antique piece. It is in very good antique condition with consistent overall low pile, but NO worn spots, and fully intact selvages and ends. This sophisticated rug is quite a stunner.
Great for traditional settings where the grace of a piece of this kind provides warmth and authenticity to any decor.
Antique NW Persian, Malayer, 52″x80″, D0167
Antique Northwest Persian Malayer ( Malayir)
Dim: 52" x 80"
Fabric: Hand-spun, hand-dyed, hand-knotted,wool.
Condition: A beautiful antique Malayer (Malayir) rug in great condition with overall good low pile . NO worn spots. All sides will be secured to make the rug floor ready.
These rugs were woven in northwest Iran, adjacent to the Arak/Sarouk area. They were known for their fine weaves and design similarities to older Sarouks, but they always were woven with the Turkish (symmetric) knot and not the Persian, asymmetric knot. This piece has beautiful blues and coral reds and displays the islimis flower, vine-like design in the spandrel corners of the rug. The borders are the typical Northwest Persian borders of the calyx and leaf design, a design which also appears in some Caucasus rugs.
Old Heriz Medallion rug 53″x48″, D0379
Old Heriz, 4.5 x4 feet, D0379
Age: 1930-40's
Condition: Very good, with good pile overall and totally intact sides and fringes. This rug has been professionally washed and is ready for your floor.
Remarks: Unusual square size in a Heriz, probably woven in the Ahar region close to the Karajah area in Northwest Persia. Ahar/Herizes are noted for their large sprawling medallions (as with this rug) that flow over the entire piece.
Antique Kurdish Khorjin Bag, 21″x19″, D0377
Antique Luri, Kurdish Khorjin Pile Bag with kilim back, 21"x 19", D0450
Beautiful large complete nomadic pile bag with incredible colors and plush pile.
This bag is in almost pristine condition --- oustanding pile, design, colors, and weave. All wool fabric, natural dyes, goat hair binding. The closure loops are original.
The front of the bag is pile (knotted), while the back of the bag is a flat weave (kilim) with multi-colored banded stripes.
1930’s Antique Senneh Kilim, 39″ x 58″, D0373
Antique Very Fine Senneh Kilim, D0373, 39" x 58", D0373
Region NW Perian, Sanadaq Region, Kurdestan
Condition: Excellent and professionally washed
Materials: All hand-woven, hand-spun, hand-dyed "wool-on-wool" with all natural dyes
Remarks: Small antique Persian Senneh kilim rug with a finely woven fish design (Herati design).
Country of Origin: Persia, Circa Date: 1920-1930. An exceptionally vibrant herati fish design flows over the the area of this small, antique Persian rug, with saturated colors of crimson red, various shades of blue, and orange, accented with swirling color curls of yellow and pristine whites. The detail is minutely executed with leaf and flowering vine-like fronds and tiny flowers on a deepest indigo, almost black field, Truly a work of art, woven by skilled hands using the best wool and dyes. Note the careful use of a yellow and black stem-like zig zag extending from the center medallion piercing the larger medallion onto the border. These adornments continue and flow throughout the entire piece.
Pair of Antique Khamseh, Basiri Tribe Bags with attached back, D0340, 25.5″ x 43″ with attached back
Antique Khamseh Federation Bags, D0340
Note: Featured in James Opie's book, Tribal Rugs of Southwest Persia, p.109
Dim: 25.65" x 43", with kilim back attached.
Age: ca.1900
Materials: All wool, with all natural dyes and hand-spun wool.