Carpets, Rugs & Textiles

Good Mashad signed carpet, Khorasan, north east Persia, second half 20th century, 11ft. 5in. x 8ft. 4in. 3.48m. x 2.54m. Signature ‘Nrseri’ in the...

Ushak kelleh with green field, west Anatolia, first quarter 20th century, 11ft. 5in. x 4ft. 5in. 3.48m. x 1.35m. Overall wear, heavy in places; ho...

Mashad carpet with all over Shah Abbas design, Khorasan, north east Persia, circa 1930s, 11ft. 2in. x 8ft. 1in. 3.40m. x 2.46m. Slight wear in pla...

Mahal carpet, north west Persia, circa 1960s-70s, 11ft. 2in. x 7ft. 8in. 3.40m. x 2.34m. Slight wear in places.

Good Bijar carpet, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 11in. x 7ft. 4in. 3.33m. x 2.24m. Note the attractive pale blue and indigo floral ce...

Ersari Turkmen ‘gulli-gul’ carpet, south west Turkmenistan, late 19th/early 20th century, 10ft. 9in. x 7ft. 5in. 3.28m. x 2.26m. Overall wear with...

Yomut Turkmen kepse gul carpet, Turkmenistan, first quarter 20th century, 10ft. 9in. x 6ft. 5in. 3.28m. x 1.96m. Overall wear with some corrosion....

Ersari Turkmen ‘gulli-gul’ carpet, north east Afghanistan, circa 1930s; 10ft. 8in. x 7ft. 9in. 3.25m. x 2.36m. Slight wear and some corrosion.

Qashqa’i carpet, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 10ft. 8in. x 6ft. 3.25m. x 1.83m. Overall wear; small patch top left field.

Indian carpet, Masulipatnam, south east India, mid-20th century, 10ft. 7in. x 9ft. 5in. 3.23m. x 2.87m. Moth damage to selvedges in places.

Good Sa’uj Bulaq kelleh, Kurdish, north west Persia, early 20th century, 10ft. 6in. x 4ft. 9in. 3.20m. x 1.45m. Some wear in places; reweave and s...

Qum carpet, ivory field with all over design, south central Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 5in. x 7ft. 2in. 3.17m. x 2.18m. Overall even wear; so...

Ersari Turkmen tauk-nuska gul carpet, north east Afghanistan, circa 1930s, 10ft. 4in. x 7ft. 6in. 3.15m. x 2.29m. Overall uneven wear with some co...

Heriz carpet, north west Persia, early 20th century, 10ft. 4in. x 7ft. 5in. 3.15m. x 2.26m. Overall wear, heavy in places with losses to ends.

Saruk ivory ground carpet, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 3in. x 6ft. 11in. 3.12m. x 2.11m. Surface marks in places.

Lilihan carpet, north west Persia, circa 1930s, 10ft. 2in. x 5ft. 5in. 3.10m. x 1.65m.

Tekke Turkmen 5 x 14 gul main carpet, Turkmenistan, circa 1920s, 10ft. 1in. x 6ft. 10in. Overall wear and crease marks and small repairs in places...

Kerman carpet, south west Persia, mid-20th century, 10ft. 1in. x 6ft. 8in. 3.07m. x 2.03m.

Mahal carpet of all over design on an ivory field, north west Persia, circa 1920s-30s, 10ft. x 7ft. 6in. 3.05m. x 2.29m. Overall wear.

Swedish ‘rya’ carpet, circa 1930s, 10ft. x 6ft. 4in. 3.05m. x 1.93m. Overall wear with slight damage to lower end. Note the interlock kelim ends. ...

Ersari Turkmen gulli-gul carpet, north east Afghanistan, circa 1940s-50s, 9ft. 11in. x 8ft. 3in. 3.02m. x 2.51m. Crease marks in places.

Luri carpet, Fars, south west Persia, circa 1930s, 9ft. 11in. x 7ft. 8in. 3.02m. x 2.34m. Overall wear, heavier in some places.

Abadeh carpet, Fars, south west Persia, late 20th century, 9ft. 10in. x 6ft. 11in. 3m. x 2.11m.

Kurdish long carpet, Khorasan area, north east Persia, circa 1930s, 9ft. 10in. x 4ft. 6in. 3m. x 1.37m. Note the unusual ivory guards, both with v...

Karabakh kelleh, south west Caucasus, circa 1930s, 9ft. 10in. x 4ft. 3in. 3m. x 1.30m. Brightly coloured.

Tekke Turkmen 5 x 15 gul main carpet, Turkmenistan, early 20th century, 9ft. 9in. x 8ft. 4in. 2.97m. x 2.54m. Slight wear in places; small reweave...

Colourful Ersari Turkmen 3 x 6 gulli-gul main carpet, south west Turkmenistan, mid-19th century, 9ft. 9in. x 7ft. 1in. 2.97m. x 2.16m. Overall wea...

Rabat carpet, Middle Atlas, Morocco, mid-20th century, 9ft. 9in. x 6ft. 6in. 2.97m. x 1.98m. Very slight even wear.

Attractive Patchwork carpet com­posed mostly of fragments from Anatolian carpets, 20th century, 9ft. 8in. x 8ft. 6in. 2.94m. x 2.59m. Predominantl...

Quchan carpet of ‘garden’ design, Khorasan, north east Persia, second half 20th century, 9ft. 8in. x 6ft. 10in. 2.94m. x 2.08m. Some moth damage i...

Ersari Turkmen carpet, north east Afghanistan, mid-20th century, 9ft. 7in. x 5ft. 1in. 2.92m. x 1.55m. Slight wear and corrosion to browns/blacks.

Yazd zilu cotton flatweave carpet, central Persia, second half 20th century, 9ft. 5in. x 5ft. 6in. 2.87m. x 1.68m. Literature: Tanavoli, P. Persi...

Tekke Turkmen 5 x 16 gul carpet, Turkmenistan, circa 1930s-1940s, 9ft. 3in. x 6ft. 5in. 2.82m. x 1.96m. Some wear in places; soft handle.

Interesting Bakhtiari carpet with woven date, Chahar Mahal Valley, south west Persia, first quarter 20th century, 9ft. 1in. x 6ft. 7in. 2.77m. x 2...

Fine silk Qum prayer carpet, south central Persia, mid-20th century, 9ft. 1in. x 6ft. 1in. 2.77m. x 1.86m. Slight wear in places; Worn area to low...

Hamadan carpet, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 9ft. 2in. x 4ft. 11in. 2.80m. x 1.50m. Patch to top left side field.

Ersari Turkmen carpet with all over chuval guls, north east Afghanistan, late 19th century, 9ft. 1in. x 6ft. 4in. 2.77m. x 1.93m. Overall wear, he...

Khamseh carpet, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 9ft. 1in. x 5ft. 2in. 2.77m. x 1.58m. Some wear in places and some repairs. Note the ...

Tekke Turkmen 3 x 9 gul carpet, Khorasan area, north east Persia, circa 1930s, 9ft. x 4ft. 11in. 2.75m. x 1.50m. Overall wear. Soft handle.

Fine silk carpet of classic hunting design, Egypt, second half 20th century, 8ft. 11in. x 6ft. 11in. 2.72m. x 2.11m. Beautifully drawn rendition o...

Bakhtiari carpet, Chahar Mahal Valley, south west Persia, circa 1920s-1930s, 8ft. 7in. x 5ft. 2in. 2.62m. x 1.58m. Overall wear; heavy in places; ...

Ushak carpet, west Anatolia, circa 1920s, 8ft. 6in. x 6ft. 1in. 2.59m. x 1.86m. Overall wear with repair to top end; split and crease mark to left...

Karabakh carpet, south west Caucasus, circa 1920s-30s, 8ft. 1in. x 4ft. 11in. 2.46m. x 1.50m. Slight wear; some corrosion to blacks/browns; losses...

Balkans kelim in the Bessarabian style, eastern Europe, mid-20th century, 7ft. 11in. x 5ft. 2.41m. x 1.52m.

Khamseh carpet, Fars, south west Persia, early 20th century, 7ft. 7in. x 5ft. 6in. 2.31m. x 1.68m. Overall wear with corrosion to browns. Note the...

Afghan ‘Chobi’ carpet of Ziegler design on a soft red field, Afghan/Pakistan borders, late 20th century, 7ft. x 5ft. 7in. 2.13m. x 1.79m.

Khaden rug, Tibet, inner Asia, late 19th/early 20th century, 4ft. 10in. x 2ft. 6in. 1.47m. x 0.76m. Woven in three widths joined vertically. Sligh...

Pair of Mongolian flatweaves, east central Asia, first quarter 20th century, each 9ft. 8in. x 3ft. 10in. 2.94m. x 1.17m. The motifs stencilled and...

Ninxia rug, north west China, early 20th century, 5ft. 5in. x 3ft. 5in. 1.65m. x 1.04m. Some reweaves in places. Lustrous wool and soft handle.

Baotou-Suiyuan pictorial rug, north west China, first quarter 20th century, 5ft. 11in. x 2ft. 11in. 1.80m. x 0.89m. Surface mark to top end of fie...

Ninxia rug, north west China, first half 20th century, 7ft. x 4ft. 3in. 2.13m. x 1.30m. Some wear and moth damage in places; surface marks; some r...

Ninxia Fo-dog carpet, north west China, first half 19th century, 11ft. 2in. x 6ft. 3.40m. x 1.83m. Overall wear, heavy in places; holes and tears ...

Exceptional Ninxia meditation runner, north west China, 19th century, 12ft. 10in. x 2ft. 3in. 3.90m. x 0.69m. In good pile with lustrous wool and ...

Chinese silk prayer rug, modern, 3ft. 1in. x 2ft. 0.94m. x 0.61m. Finely woven with flowers and foliage on an ivory field. Note the piled details ...

Ait Ouaouzguite rug, High Atlas, Morocco, mid-20th century, 7ft. 5in. x 4ft. 10in. 2.26m. x 1.47m. Overall wear; some colour run in places.

Good Beni Ouarain gabbeh type rug, Middle Atlas, Morocco, mid-20th century, 7ft. 4in. x 5ft. 6in. 2.24m. x 1.68m. Some wear in places. Lustrous, u...

Good Kozak rug, Bergama area, west Anatolia, early 20th century, 6ft. x 4ft. 4in. 1.83m. x 1.32m. Some wear in places. Lustrous wool of excellent ...

Interesting Erzurum prayer kelim with metal thread details, north east Anatolia, second half 19th century, 4ft. 11in. x 3ft. 7in. 1.50m. x 1.09m. ...

Ait Ouaouzguite rug, High Atlas, Morocco, mid-20th century, 6ft. x 3ft. 8in. 1.83m. x 1.12m. Some crease marks. Note the piled details to the flat...

Yuruk rug of panelled design, east Anatiolia, circa 1870, 6ft. 1in. x 3ft. 6in. 1.86m. x 1.07m. Overall wear with some corrosion to browns; some r...