Carpets, Rugs & Textiles

Tibetan carpet in a soft palette, Nepal, mid-20th century, 11ft. 2in. x 8ft. 2in. 3.40m. x 2.49m.

Kurdish kelleh of flowering plant and lattice design, north west Persia, early 20th century, 11ft. 2in. x 5ft. 11in. 3.40m. x 1.80m. Overall wear;...

Malayer ivory field ‘boteh’ kelleh, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 11ft. 2in. x 5ft. 7in. 3.40m. x 1.79m. Overall wear; heavier in centre; lo...

Savonnerie-design machine made carpet, probably French, 20th century, 11ft. 1in. x 8ft. 2in. 3.38m. x 2.49m. Note the ton-sur-ton red field and th...

Yomut kepse gul Turkmen carpet, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century, 11ft. 1in. x 7ft. 3.38m. x 2.13m. Overall wear; small reweaves in places; ...

Good Baluchi part silk carpet, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 11ft. x 6ft. 5in. 3.35m. x 1.96m. Areas of wear and corrosion to brow...

Heriz carpet, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 10ft. 11in. x 8ft. 3.33m. x 2.44m. Slight losses to ends.

Mahal carpet, north west Persia, circa 1920s, 10ft. 10in. x 8ft. 3in. 3.30m. x 2.51m. Reduced in size by removal of outer guards on all sides. Ove...

Sparta carpet with pale gold field, west Anatolia, circa 1930s, 10ft. 10in. x 8ft. 3.30m. x 2.44m. Some areas of wear.

Karaja carpet, Heriz area, north west Persia, early 20th century, 10ft. 10in. x 7ft. 2in. 3.30m. x 2.18m. Overall wear; large hole to lower left c...

Ersari Turkmen temirchin-gul carpet, north east Afghanistan, circa 1920s-30s, 10ft. 9in. x 7ft. 5in. 3.28m. x 2.26m. Areas of moth damage; repair ...

Heriz carpet, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 10ft. 8in. x 7ft. 7in. 3.25m. x 2.31m.

Tabriz carpet possibly from the Benlian workshop, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 10ft. 7in. x 7ft. 3in. 3.23m. x 2.21m. Slight wear in places...

Ersari Turkmen carpet, north east Afghanistan, about 1930s, 10ft. 7in. x 6ft. 10in. 3.23m. x 2.08m. Some wear and crease marks in places.

Tabriz ivory field carpet, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 10ft. 6in. x 7ft. 6in. 3.20m. x 2.29m. Hole to top end centre field; slight nick to top...

Joshaghan carpet, south central Persia, about 1940s-50s, 10ft. 6in. x 7ft. 4in. 3.20m. x 2.24m. Slight wear in places.

Veramin carpet, pale blue field, north central Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 6in. x 7ft. 2in. 3.20m. x 2.18m. Small hole top outer guard right s...

Arraiolos ivory field carpet, Portugal, second half 20th century, 10ft. 6in. x 6ft. 4in. 3.20m. x 1.93m. All over design of animals, birds and flo...

Nain part silk carpet, central Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 5in. x 6ft. 7in. 3.17m. x 2.01m. Some surface marks.

Heriz carpet of all over design, north west Persia, circa 1930s-40s, 10ft. 6in. x 7ft. 5in. 3.20m. x 2.26m. Small hole to right side top end; slig...

Saraband kelleh fragment, north west Persia, late 19th/early 20th century, 10ft. 4in. x 5ft. 5in. 3.15m. x 1.65m. Dated twice in each corner at th...

Good Ersari Turkmen gulli-gul carpet, north east Afghanistan, about 1920s-30s, 10ft. 3in. x 8ft. 5in. 3.12m. x 2.56m. Some areas of wear/corrosion...

Heriz carpet of all over design, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 3in. x 7ft. 4in. 3.12m. x 2.24m.

Kashan carpet, the pale yellow field with inscription, west Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 3in. x 6ft. 10in. 3.12m. x 2.08m. Some surface marks. ...

Hamdan kelleh, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 10ft. 3in. x 4ft. 8in. 3.12m. x 1.42m. Some areas of wear and corrosion.

Sparta carpet, south west Anatolia, late 20th century, 10ft. 3in. x 6ft. 7in. 3.12m. x 2.01m. Surface marks in places.

Bakhtiari carpet, Chahar Mahal Valley, south west Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 2in. x 6ft. 11in. 3.10m. x 2.11m.

Attractive Turkmen carpet by the Kizil Ayak of Ersari, south west Turkmenistan, first half 20th century, 10ft. 2in. x 5ft. 1in. 3.10m. x 1.55m. Lu...

Kolyai Kurd carpet, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 10ft. x 6ft. 8in. 3.05m. x 2.03m.

Qum boteh and moharammat design carpet, south central Persia, second half 20th century, 10ft. x 6ft. 2in. 3.05m. x 1.88m.

Senneh ghileem carpet, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 9ft. 11in. x 6ft. 7in. 3.02m. x 2.01m. Some surface marks.

Exceptional Mohtashem Kashan silk carpet, west Persia, last quarter 19th century, 9ft. 7in. x 7ft. 9in. 2.92m. x 2.36m. Corrosion to the light bro...

Nain part silk carpet with pale blue field, central Persia, mid-20th century, 9ft. 7in. x 6ft. 5in. 2.92m. x 1.96m.

Uzbek ghudjeri, Uzbekistan, circa 1930s, 9ft. 10in. x 7ft. 6in. 3m. x 2.29m. Seven widths joined horizontally, warp faced with geometric design. R...

Tabriz signed carpet, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 9ft. 10in. x 6ft. 4in. 3m. x 1.93m. Note the signature cartouche in the inner guard top...

Joshaghan carpet, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 9ft. 8in. x 7ft. 3in. 2.94m. x 2.21m.

Attractive Tabriz carpet woven with a Jugendstil-style design in a soft palette, north west Persia, second half 20th century, 9ft. 7in. x 6ft. 10i...

‘American’ Saruk carpet, north west Persia, circa 1940s-50s, 9ft. 7in. x 6ft. 6in. 2.92m. x 2.01m. Some wear in places; ‘bite’ to top left corner.

Heriz carpet, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 9ft. 6in. x 6ft. 11in. 2.90m. x 2.11m.

European kelim, probably Balkans, eastern Europe, second half 20th century, 9ft. 6in. x 6ft. 8in. 2.90m. x 2.03m.

Kars Kazak rug, north east Anatolia, late 20th century, 9ft. 6in. x 6ft. 2in. 2.90m. x 1.88m.

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Needlework carpet, probably east European, second half 20th century, 9ft. 1in. x 6ft. 2.77m. x 1.83m. Lined with heavy black linen.

Kolyai Kurd carpet, north west Persia, late 20th century, 9ft. 1in. x 4ft. 4in. 2.77m. x 1.32m. Note the piled tufts to the ghileem ends.

Bakhtiari ghileem in double interlock weave, Chahar Mahal Valley, south west Persia, mid-20th century, 8ft. 11in. x 5ft. 2.72m. x 1.52m. Crude rep...

Abadeh rug, Fars area, south Persia, mid-20th century, 8ft. 7in. x 5ft. 3in. 2.62m. x 1.60m.

Maharlu carpet, Shiraz area, south west Persia, early 20th century, 8ft. 6in. x 5ft. 9in. 2.59m. x 1.75m. Overall wear with losses to both ends. T...

Attractive Kerman carpet, south west Persia, mid-20th century, 8ft. x 5ft. 3in. 2.44m. x 1.60m. Note the ‘gol farangi’ flowers to the centre medal...

Neiriz gabbeh, Fars, south west Persia, mid-20th century, 7ft. 11in. x 5ft. 9in. 2.41m. x 1.75m.

Bakhtiari carpet, Chahar Mahal carpet, south west Persia, circa 1930s, 7ft. 5in. x 5ft. 9in. 2.26m. x 1.75m. Overall wear.

Ersari Turkmen carpet, north east Afghanistan, mid-20th century, 7ft. 2in. x 6ft. 4in. 2.18m. x 1.93m.

Sardinian loop pile fragmented carpet, Italy, second half 19th century, 6ft. 4in. x 7ft. 2in. 1.93m. x 2.18m. Small repairs and surface marks in p...

Exceptional Khotan silk rug of all over pomegranate design, east Turkestan, 6ft. 9in. x 3ft. 11in. 2.05m. x 1.20m. Overall wear; heavy corrosion t...

Ninxia throne or seating rug, north west China, late 19th century, 2ft. 8in. x 2ft. 11in. 0.81m. x 0.89m. Overall wear with re-piling in places; p...

Baotou-Suiyuan rug, north west China, about 1920s-30s, 4ft. 6in. x 2ft. 5in. 1.37m. x 0.74m.

‘The Strutting Phoenix under a setting sun’. Baotou pictorial rug, north west China, circa 1920s-30s, 5ft. 11in. x 4ft. 1in. 1.80m. x 1.25m. Some ...

Ninxia fo-dog rug, north west China, probably first half 19th century, 7ft. x 4ft. 5in. 2.13m. x 1.35m. Overall wear, heavy in places with some re...

Ninxia meditation runner of ten panel design, north west China, possibly first quarter 19th century, 19ft. 3in. x 2ft. 5.87m. x 0.61m. Overall hea...

‘The Look-Out Cat in the Night-time’. Baotou ‘tiger’ rug, north west China first quarter 20th century, 6ft. x 3ft. 9in. 1.83m. x 1.14m. Reweave to...

Khotan double medallion rug, Xinjiang, east Turkestan, first half 20th century, 10ft. 6in. x 5ft. 6in. 3.20m. x 1.68m. Overall wear with some corr...