Antique 1880s Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz Rug with Tree of Life Design, 4 x 6

This Persian Isfahan Tree of Life carpet, circa 1890-1900, features a gateway to paradise design anchored by four phoenixes. The phoenix of Persian...

This 1900-1910 Persian Malayer carpet consists of a cotton warp, handspun wool weft and hand-knotted handspun wool pile. Its bright oranges, reds, blues, and golds were created using...

This Persian Sultanabad carpet circa 1880 was created using handspun wool and organic vegetable dyes. It is an exceptional Sultanabad by uniqueness of coloration and design, created ...

This 19th century Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz carpet consists of a hand-knotted woolen pile, cotton warp and threads, and natural vegetable dyes. Created circa 1880 by master weaver H...

Fine Antique Persian Isfahan Tree of Life Rug 8'5'' x 11'8''. The cream niche-shaped field of this central Persian urban Isfahan displays a tall, ...

This antique Persian Mohtasham Kashan rug, circa 1870, features an extraordinary Tree of Life composition enriched with lions, birds, and vase motifs—hallmarks of elite 19th-century ...

This Antique Dabir Sanaye Kashan Tree of Life Rug (4'3" x 6'7") is a remarkable example of late 19th-century Persian artistry, dating to circa 1880. Handwoven in the renowned Dabir S...

The manufacturing of these masterpieces luxury rugs began late the 19th century. These Turkish rugs were woven in Asian Anatolia, Turkey in the historic city of Hereke. In the mid-19th century, Sultan Abdul Majid proclaimed Hereke to be the royal weaving village. The silk rugs were woven there were considered the finest in the world, this is an example of the white rug which has used soft rust colours to be in harmony with most elements of designs. All examples used select Borsa silk which is the finest quality for traditional rugs. The Sultan required that all of the silk rugs woven in Hereke had to be signed with the name Hereke. These carpets were regularly woven for the aristocracy in Europe, Asia, and The Middle East. The design of this rug is unique because it is an interpretation of the famous 17th-century Mughal carpet from India, and are most sought after by interior designers and collector to buy rugs as an important element of interior designs because resonates elegance and opulence. The Mughal carpet was exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum and was illustrated in the book called flowers under foot, published by the Museum. The carpet has 1200 knots per square inch, and the entire field is woven of silver/metallic thread. The signature (see detail photos) is written in the ottoman script and says Use Ipek, which was the premier workshops in Hereke during the 1980s. Tree of life hereke silk rugs...