Our Inventory
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- Lenkoran [more]
- Filed under: Recent Acquisitions , Antiques
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- Age: Late 19th C.
- Country: Caucasus
- Size: 3'9" x 13'5"
- Price: On request
- Handsome antique Lenkoran rug with overall excellent condition. This is a wilder woolier version of this classic with a wonderful panoply of animals and people. Please ask for additional photos.
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- Tekke Engsi [more]
- Filed under: Recent Acquisitions , Antiques
- Item #513
- Age: 3rd Qtr. 19th C.
- Country: Turkestan
- Size: 4" x 4'11"
- Price: On request
- This engsi or door covering for a yurt is in almost full pile. The colors, all natural, are rich and nicely saturated. Wool is of the finest quality. It's rare to find Turkmen pieces of this age in such remarkably good condition.
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- Afshar Rug [more]
- Filed under: Recent Acquisitions , Antiques
- Item #491
- Age: Circa 1880
- Country: E. Persia
- Size: 3'7" x 4'8"
- Price: $2200.00
- Big fat botehs on a dark blue field with five different minor borders all nicely drawn. What's not to like about this happy little rug?
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- Chahar Mahal Carpet [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #465
- Age: 1331 or 1912
- Country: Iran
- Size: 5’8” x 11’6”
- Price: $3900.00
- An unusual and colorful carpet with great borders from the Chahar Mahal district. There is an inscribed date of 1331 or 1912. The condition is better than it appears in the photos. Please ask for additional images.
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- Kurd, Kolyai [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
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- Age: Circa 1940
- Country: Iran, Hamadan area
- Size: 4' x 6'6
- Price: $1900.00
- A very similar rug is pictured, Plate 20, in William Eagleton's book, An Introduction to Kurdish Rugs and Other Weavings. The field contains the 'milk and honey' design commonly found in rugs attributed to the Kolyai tribe northeast of Kermanshah.
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- Sauj Bulaq, Diamond Lattice Field [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #297
- Age: Mid-19th C.
- Country: N.W. Persia
- Size: 4’5” x 8’10”
- Price: On request
- A wonderful example of Kurdish weaving from the Sauj Bulaq area. An interesting arrangement of varying colored diamonds in the lattice field and the relief effect caused by the corroded brown ground create the feeling that the rug is floating.
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- Malatya Kilim [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #164
- Age: Late 19th C.
- Country: Turkey
- Size: 5’11” x 10’2”
- Price: $1100.00
- About 20 years ago, this Malatya kilim was rescued from a pillow maker who planned to cut it up. It's hung on the wall and been a favorite ever since. There is an old repair in the center and a small tear at the top which could be fixed, or it can be used as is. The white areas are woven with cotton.
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- E. Anatolian Prayer Rug [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #CJF
- Age: Late 19th C.
- Country: Turkey
- Size: 2’5” x 5’
- Price: $2900.00
- A slender prayer rug adorned with flower and jewelry designs. Nice treatment of the border pattern and great abrash in the field. Side cords and flat woven ends are original and intact and in good condition despite raggediness in photo.
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- Sanjabi Kurd Rug [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #RSK
- Age: late 19th C.
- Country: N.W. Persia
- Size: 4’2” x 5’4”
- Price: On request
- A rare field design in a rug, but not uncommon in Sanjabi Kurd saddlebags. The wool quality is superb. Once again the long pile floral designs in the field set against a corroded brown ground creates a 3 dimensional effect causing the rug to feel as if it is floating.
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- Kuba, Boteh Field [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #337
- Age: Late 19th C.
- Country: Caucasus
- Size: 3’4” x 4’5”
- Price: On request
- Excellent composition with great balance between field and border. The botehs, small in scale and on a dark blue background, contrast with the larger meandering design of the ivory outer border. Also, slight variations in the coloring of the rows of botehs produces a sense of rhythmic movement.
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- Kordi [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #486
- Age: Early 20th C.
- Country: N.E. Iran
- Size: 4’3” x 5’10”
- Price: $4600.00
- This weaving contains all the elements needed for a great tribal rug: clear saturated colors, free bold drawing, inclusion of both traditional design elements with the more personal images of people and animals, and long shiny, silky wool. It’s rare to find all the pieces coming together so nicely in a rug with near perfect condition.
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- Kurd Karabagh Prayer Rug [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #298
- Age: Late 19th C.
- Country: Caucasus
- Size: 3’4” x 4’1”
- Price: On request
- This inscribed prayer rug has a beautiful array of naturally dyed colors and full lustrous pile. The bottom few rows of knots have been expertly re-woven. Few rugs are able to match the warmth and cheerfulness found in this piece.
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- Bergama Kilim [more]
- Filed under: Antiques
- Item #247
- Age: Mid 19th Century
- Country: W. Anatolia
- Size: 5'2" x 6'11"
- Price: On request
- This is a zili woven kilim from the Bergama area. An almost identical piece is published as plate 111 in Flatweaves of the Vakiflar Museum Istanbul. Given its age, it is in a remarkable state of preservation.