Carpets, Rugs and Textiles

Attractive long rug by the Salar Khani of Baluch, Khorasan, north east Persia, about 1930, 8ft. 8in. x 3ft. 3in. 2.64m. x 1m. ...[more]

Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, about 1930-40, 5ft. 3in. x 4ft. 2in. 1.60m. x 1.27m. Some crease marks and wear in places; slight losses...

Qashqa`i ghileem, Fars, south west Persia, about 1930-40, 9ft. 5in. x 4ft. 10in. 2.87m. x 1.47m. Slight remains of tufts to selvedges. ...[more]

Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 5ft. x 3ft. 1.52m. x 0.91m. Overall even wear with corrosion to brown; losses to bot...

Salar Khani Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, about 1920-30s 6ft. 8in. x 3ft. 7in. 2.03m. x 1.09m. Slight corrosion to browns. ...[more]

A most attractive rug by the Arab Ghani tribe of the Khamseh Confederation, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 7ft. 2in. x 5ft. 8in. 2.1...

Qashqa`i ghileem, Fars, south west Persia, about 1930s 8ft. 10in. x 5ft. 7in. 2.69m. x 1.70m. Note the attractive remains of woollen tassels to ea...

Qashqa`i gabbeh, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 8ft. 1in. x 4ft. 3in. 2.46m. x 1.30m. Overall uneven wear, heavier in centre. ...[...

Fars rug, Shiraz area, south west Persia, about 1930s, 7ft. 1in. x 5ft. 2.16m. x 1.52m. ...[more]

Qashqa`i long rug, Fars, south west Persia, about 1930-40, 9ft. 6in. x 3ft. 5in. 2.90m. x 1.04m. ...[more]

Attractive Khamseh long rug, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 9ft. 2in. x 4ft. 10in. (max.) 2.80m. x 1.47m. (max.) Some corrosion to b...

Bolvardi rug, Shiraz area, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 5ft. 5in. x 4ft. 6in. 1.65m. x 1.37m. Slight wear in places. Note the amus...

Qashqa`i moj, Fars, south west Persia, 20th century, 10ft. 8in. x 3ft. 11in. 3.25m. x 1.20m. And Qashqa`i `half` moj, Fars, south west Persia, 20t...

Qashqa`i moj, Fars, south west Persia, 20th century, 7ft. 1in. x 5ft. 6in. 2.16m. x 1.68m. Polychrome woollen tassels to each side and scattered i...

North west Persian banded ghileem, mid-20th century, 9ft. 2in. x 3ft. 10in. 2.80m. x 1.17m. ...[more]

Good Afshar rug, Kerman area, south west Persia, about 1930s, 6ft. 6in. x 4ft. 7in. 1.98m. x 1.40m. ...[more]

Bakhtiari brocaded flatweave sofreh, Chahar Mahal valley, south west Persia, 2nd quarter 20th century, 3ft. 9in. x 4ft. 1.14m. x 1.22m. Slight dam...

Interesting Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 5ft. 3in. x 3ft. 2in. 1.60m. x 0.97m. Slight wear in places. Note the ti...

Rug by the Baharlu taifeh of the Qashqa`i Confederation, Fars province, south west Persia, about 1930-50, 7ft. 6in. x 4ft. 5in. 2.29m. x 1.35m. Ve...

Luri or Bakhtiari mixed technique khorjin, west Persia, about 1940-50, 2ft. x 3ft. 9in. Approx. 0.61m. x 1.14m. Together with a Fars ghileem khorj...

Qashqa`i ghileem, Fars, south west Persia, about 1920-30s, 9ft. 5in. x 4ft. 4in. 2.87m. x 1.32m. An attractive ghileem with deep, intense colour, ...

Baluchi balisht, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 2ft. 10in. x 1ft. 8in. 0.86m. x 0.51m. Note brocaded details to striped flatweav...

Veramin mat, north central Persia, 20th century, 13½in. x 14½in. 0.34m. x 0.37m. Ersari Turkmen torba face, north east Afghanistan, early 20th cen...

Interesting Bakhtiari ghileem, probably Sefid Dasht village, Chahar Mahal valley, south west Persia, early 20th century, 8ft. 10in. x 4ft. 2in. 2....

Qashqa`i ghileem, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 9ft. 10in. x 5ft. 5in. 3m. x 1.65m. Note this ghileem is unusual in that it has bee...

Interesting Baluchi `bird` khorjin face, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 2ft. 2in. square, 0.66m. square. Long reweave ...

Afshar rug, Kerman area, south west Persia, early 20th century, 5ft.6in. x 4ft. 4in. 1.68m. x 1.32m. Overall wear, heavy in some places. ...[mor...

Khamseh `morgh` rug, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 5ft. 5in. x 4ft. 2in. 1.65m. x 1.27m. Overall uneven wear; hole and damage to ri...

Attractive Shahsavan runner, north west Persia late 19th/early 20th century, 11ft. 5in. x 3ft. 7in. 3.48m. x 1.09m. Overall even wear; reweave to ...

Attractive Afshar rug, Kerman area, south west Persia, early 20th century, 3ft. 10in. x 3ft. 1in. 1.17m. x 0.94m. Uneven wear; slight loss lower e...

Good Afshar rug, Kerman area, south west Persia, about 1920s, 6ft. 5in. x 5ft. 1in. 1.96m. x 1.55m. ...[more]

Afshar rug, Kerman area, south west Persia, about 1910 6ft. 8in. x 5ft. 5in. 2.03m. x 1.65m. ...[more]

Afshar rug, Kerman area, south west Persia, about 1900-1920 5ft. 4in. x 4ft. 2in. 1.63m. x 1.27m. ...[more]

Baluchi rug, Mashad area, north east Persia, about 1890-1900, 4ft.10in. x 2ft. 9in. 1.47m. x 0.84m. Slight corrosion in places; slight loss to end...

Baluchi rug, Khorasan area, north east Persia, about 1900, 5ft. 10in. x 3ft. 1in. 1.78m. x 0.94m. Attractive camel ground rug with `tree of life` ...

Baluchi balisht, Khorasan, north east Persia, about 1900 3ft. 3in. x 1ft. 7in. 1m. x 0.47m. Note the weft float brocade ends; the camel ground and...

Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th century, 4ft. 5in. x 2ft. 11in. 1.35m. x 0.89m. Overall wear and corrosion. ...[more]

Kalardasht rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 4in. x 3ft. 5in. 1.93m. x 1.04m. Note the tiny animals in the wide mid-blue main borde...

Interesting Baluchi khorjin face, Khorasan, north east Persia, late 19th century, 1ft. 7in. x 1ft. 9in. 0.48m. x 0.53m. Note the rare Kufic `bird`...

Afshar khorjin face, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 2ft. 3in. x 2ft. 2in. 0.69m. x 0.66m. Overall even wear; small holes; slight los...

Quchan Kurd flatweave bag and a Quchan Kurd flatweave bag face, Khorasan, north east Persia, 20th century, both banded with weft float brocade det...

Interesting Baluchi prayer rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 3ft. 1in. 1.47m. x 1.17m. Note the mihrab woven with...

Mianeh warp faced blue and white cotton jajim, north west Persia, about 1930-50, 6ft. 6in. x 5ft. 11in. 1.98m. x 1.80m. Woven in nine narrow strip...

Mianeh warp faced dark brown and white cotton jajim, north west Persia, about 1930-50 6ft. 6in. x 5ft. 9in. 1.98m. x 1.75m. Woven in eight narrow ...

Mianeh warp faced madder and shaded blue striped cotton jajim, north west Persia, about 1930-50, 6ft. 1in. x 6ft. 3in. 1.86m. x 1.91. Woven in ten...

Azerbaijan jajim, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 6ft. x 5ft. 4in. 1.83m. x 1.63m. Woven in eight narrow strips joined vertically. ...[more]

Mianeh warp faced blue and white striped cotton jajim, north west Persia about 1930-50, 5ft. 8in. x 7ft. 1.73m. x 2.13m. Woven in eight strips joi...

Mianeh warp faced cotton and wool jajim, north west Persia about 1940-50 6ft. 1in. x 5ft. 8in. 1.86m. x 1.73m. Woven in seven strips joined vertic...

Azerbaijan warp faced jajim, north west Persia, about 1940-50, 7ft. x 6ft. 10in. 2.13m. x 2.08m. Woven in nine strips joined vertically. Small rep...

Azerbaijan ghileem, Ishliq, north west Persia, 20th century, 13ft. 3in. x 3ft. 9in. 4.04m. x 1.14m. For a very similar ghileem, see Tanavoli, Parv...

Azerbaijan ghileem, Hashtrud, north west Persia, about 1930-50, 11ft. 5in. x 4ft.7in. 3.48m. x 1.40m. ...[more]

Bijar striped ghileem, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 8ft. 4in. x 3ft. 10in. 2.54m. x 1.17m. Note the use of a very intense yellow at one en...

Fars moj, Shiraz area, south west Persia, about 1920-30, 6ft. 9in. x 5ft. 6in. 2.05m. x 1.68m. Woven in two sections. ...[more]

Fars moj, Shiraz area, south west Persia, about 1920-30, 6ft. 3in. x 5ft. 10in. 1.91m. x 1.78m. Woven in two sections. with embroidered motifs to ...

Collection of eight weavings, comprising three north west Persian salt bags, Bakhtiari malband; Veramin flatweave bag with leatherwork; jajim stri...

Collection of four weavings comprising Bijar khorjin, north west Persia, Kurdish half khorjin, north west Persia; Azerbaijan warp faced khorjin, n...

Veramin chanteh, north west Persia, early 20th century, with polychrome flatweave closing bands and diamond pattern flatweave back, 20in. x 9in. 0...

Azerbaijan chanteh, north west Persia, early 20th century, 2ft. 1in. x 10½in. 0.64m. x 0.27m. Note that this charming chanteh has piled closing ba...

Bakhtiari mixed technique khorjin, Chahar Mahal valley, south west Persia, 20th century, 2ft. 9in. x 3ft. 11in. 0.84m. x 1.20m. ...[more]

Interesting Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 7ft. 1in. x 4ft. 1in. 2.16m. x 1.25m. Turkmen gul design with bird and p...