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An exquisite early 20thcentury Persian Tabriz rug, light blue field and medallion with shades of apricot, ivory, and medium blue, circa 1900, measures: 9'2" x 13'7".

Mid-20th century Large square size Turkish Kilim Flat-weave rug no. j3750 size 11' 8" x 11' 9" (356 x 358 cm)

Narrow vintage floral Turkish Anatolian runner. 1'10'' x 9'8''

A late 20th Century One of a Kind Turkish Oushak Rug with the finest angora hand-woven wool in ivory, apricot, and brown Measures: 11'10'' x 15'3'' Oushak rugs are prized for their...

Rare Antique Turkish Oushak Pink Rose Rug 10x12 Rug 9'7" x 11'4" 9 x 12 300cm x 345cm Circa 1870 "This is a stunning, rare antique 1870'S T...

A 3rd quarter of the Century Turkish Tulu shag rug with bright funky colors. 3'7'' x 4'7''

A modern Moroccan room size area rug from the 21st century. Measures: 8' 7" x 12' 6"

1880 Auhtentic Antique Turkish Oushak Geometric overall muted 12x15 12' x 14'6" Circa 1880 "This is an authentic Antique Turkish Oushak in rare soft colors, and a unique geom...

1920s Persian Kurd Gallery Size Rug with a tree of life motif on a gray field Details rug no. j2217 size 4' 10" x 10' 5" (147 x 318 cm)

One-of-a-kind Turkish deco runner with a flurry of animals on a mint green field. Measures: 2.10" x 8.11".

1930s Turkish Anatolian Pictorial rug depicting a white goat on a brown field Measures: 2'6'' x 2'9''.

One of a kind late 20th century Turkish Tulu room size wool rug. A fun rug to work around. Measures: 8'6'' x 10'8''.

An Early 20th-century Persian Bidjar runner 3'3'' x 13'

An antique Persian Heriz long rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 1" x 18' 2".

A vintage American Braid round/circular accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 1" x 7' 1".

Rare early 20th-century pictorial animal Bakshaish rug with various sheep and pigeons floating around a red field Measures: 9'9'' x 14' The best Bakshaish carpets offer a uniqu...

an early 20th-century room square size Turkish Oushak Rug Details rug no. r4904 size 2'7" x 2'11''

An early 20th century colorful bright orange field long and narrow Oushak Runner. Not many old runners made this long from the Oushak region. this was most probably a custom order at...

Intermediate size Persian Malayer rug with an all-over repetitive motif on a navy blue field. Primitive, masculine for the rug connoisseur.             

A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 8' 5" x 13' 0".

A vintage Persian flatweave Kilim small room size carpet in square format handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 7' 1" x 8' 1".

A vintage Persian Heriz carpet from the mid-20th century.

An antique Persian Mahal Sultanabad room-size decorative rug from the 1st quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 10'4” x 13'8''.

A vintage Chinese Art Deco throw rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a pictorial design of a dragon in black, blue, red, goldenrod, and light blue-grey over a cream-white borderless field. Measures: 1' 3" x 1' 6" The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains. When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings. Weavers from Ningxia set up workshops in the capital Peking (Beijing) in the 1860’s and began weaving Western room sizes for export, primarily to America. In blue – and – white and polychrome palettes, with round wreath medallions, precious objects, seasonal flowers, paeonies, lotuses, fretwork, clouds, butterflies and bats, all relatively spaciously drawn. The round “Shou” (Good Luck) character is also a prominent decorative motif. There are also a few Peking landscape pictorials with pagodas, houses, bridges, waterscapes and boats. Peking carpets were woven right up until WWII and production began again after the Cultural Revolution around 1970. They are moderately well-woven, on cotton foundations, exactingly executed and indisputably Chinese. Many are in the blue-and-white style. Nothing else looks like a Peking carpet and for a Chinese “look” in a room, they are absolutely indispensable. Sizes range from scatters and a few runners, through the popular 9’12’ size, to large carpets over 20’ which must have been special orders. The earliest Peking Revival carpets are pliable and fairly thin, but they became heavier and more compact in the 20th century, in competition with Art Deco carpets from Tientsin. The modern, post- 1970, pieces are in the traditional Peking style, but are a little too regular and neat. Exactitude has been favored over character, as hard to explain that as it is. There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches. The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet. Chinese carpets also include small scatters from Tibet, with high quality wool, floating dragons and allover textile patterns. The colors of vintage and modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs...

an early 20th Century Persian Sarouk Intermediate Rug with a rich emerald green field Details rug no. j3696 size 5' 11" x 9'10''

A vintage Turkish Anatolian room size rug handmade during the mid-20th century with a geometric tribal design. Measures: 8' 8" x 11' 0"

Breathtaking antique Turkish Oushak featuring warm gold tones. Hints of brown and green can be found too. Top end border was intentionally left out by the weaver giving it a unique c...

An antique Persian Malayer rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 2' 10" x 12' 4" Persian rugs carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately lar...

square size early 20th Century American Hooked Rug Measures: 3' x 3'

An antique Persian Gabbeh throw rug handmade during the early 20th century with tribal design elements scattered throughout the undyed natural wool colored (cream/light brown) field....

an early 20th Century Persian room size Mahal Rug rug no. j3756 size 10' 6" x 14' (320 x 427 cm)

mid 20th century Tribal Turkish Kars Room rug Details rug no. j3772 size 7' 5" x 11' 7" (226 x 353 cm) Kars is a village located in Northeast of Turkey. The weavers in this area te...

1910s Room Size high decorative Persian bidjar with an all over floral design on a striated abrashed ground. STUNNING to say the least Size 8' 5" x 11' 6"

An authentic early-20th-century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design with an eclipsed medaion on a tan ground. Measures: 8' x 9'8''.

A traditional early 20th century Persian Heriz scatter size rug Measures: 3'4'' x 4'6''.

Authentic one of a kind Turkish Ghiordes rug. 4'7'' x 7'2'' Since the beginning of their production in the 18th century, rugs from the Turkish town, Ghiordes have mostly been known for their rectilinear, colorful, multi-bordered antique prayer patterns. Ghiordes rugs often have stylized architectural motifs that are found on 16th and 17th century Ottoman...

An antique Persian Malayer rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 3' 4" x 10' 3".

A late 19th century Persian Lavar Kerman rug featuring a tradtiional design in burgundy and celadon green Measures: 3'10" x 5'9" The province and city of Kerman in Central Persia ...

An antique Persian Mahal Sultanabad room size square decorative rug from the 1st quarter of the 20th century Measures: 11'2” x 12'4".

An accent size 20th century Persian Heriz rug in apricot rust and soft blue tones Measures: 4'6" x 6'3" Heriz antique carpets combine design elements borrowed from many differe...

A contemporary all wool Afghan room-size carpet handmade during the 21st century. African Tuareg carpets inspire the field pattern. 8'6'' x 10'3''

a late 19th-century Turkoman small rug 28'' x 46''

a one-of-a-kind cotton and wool Turkish Kilim handmade from the late 20th century with a large scale design on a light color field Details rug no. 10710 size 11'9" x 14'11" Kilim...

Colorful mid-20th century Turkish accent size kilim 4'10' x 7'

an early 20th Century Persian Heriz Runner with a geometric Lenkoran pattern found in many 19th century Caucasian Kazak Rugs 3' x 10'7''

Intriguing square size Turkish Kilim. Measures: 8'2" x 8'7".

A vintage Turkish flat-weave Kilim accent rug handmade during the mid-20th century with an asymmetrical horizontally striped design in shades of red and black. Measures: 5' 9" x 7...

A circa 1900 authentic Very Good Condition large size Turkish Oushak Rug Measures: 11'8'' x 15'6'' Oushak rugs are prized for their rich looks as well as for their high quality a...

An authentic early-20th-century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design on a navy ground. Measures: 8'11'' x 11'6''.

Antique Oushak carpet or rug. An absolutely outstanding antique decorative carpet or rug. Art Nouveau inspired design carpet - the best examples...

Authentic Cotton Agra rug Antique Water Color Vegetable Dye Beige 6' x 9' 183cm x 274cm Circa 1920 "This is an exquisite 1920's Cotto...

Vintage Spanish needlepoint carpet with repeating square floral motif in neutral tones.

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 9' 2" x 12' 0".

Vintage Northwest Persian square acccent size rug from the middle of the 20th Century Measures: 5'2" x 6'10".  

An antique Persian Tabriz in pale green, blues and yellow. Measures: 10'4'' x 13'9''.

A vintage Turkish flatweave Kilim room size carpet handmade during the Mid-20th Century. Measures: 8' 4" x 12' 0".

Museum Quality astonishing mid-19th century Mohtasham Kashan Rug. This carpet is just as gorgeous today as when it was woven 175 years ago, remarkably remaining in exceptional heavie...

Medium size pillow made from a Persian Bidjar rug. zipper closure and poly-fill insert provided. Measures: 17'' x 18''.

This mosaic floor pattern wool needlepoint carpet was clearly a special commission for a high-level Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, bishop and then archbishop / cardinal as indicated by the hats with tassels in the corners, each surmounting a shield of arms...

This antique geometric tribal runner rug, circa 1890, showcases a striking composition of bold geometric motifs rendered in a refined beige and blue palette. Hand-knotted entirely of...