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Semi-antique Karadja runner, Karadja district, N.W. Persia, Ca 1910-1920.
The design seen here is typical of examples from Karadja, the five shield medallions symmetrically arranged in colours that stand out well against the warm madder red ground. Narrow runners were only made in small numbers and are much sought after to accomodate modern lifestyles.
325 x 89 cms, 10'8"x2'11"
Sold for €2600
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Antique Kuba kilim, N.E. Azerbadjian, Ca 1865-1880
An early and highly representative example of this group of powerful Caucasian kilims. Finely woven with a strong handle, the pleasing colours all organic. Yanni Petsopoulos illustrates several closely related pieces in his important book Kilims, London 1979, plts 281, 286 & 287. He describes the main motifs in simple geometric terms but the origin of it is almost certainly zoo-morphic (eagle, turtle). In good condition throughout.
338 x 179 cms, 11'2" x 6'11"
Sold for €2800
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Antique Lori runner, Fars province, S.W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1900
The Lurs are an indigenous Persian tribe found over a vast area of south-western Zagros and into Fars. Similar in character to their tribal neighbours the Quashq'ai and Khamseh, the original examples woven by semi-nomadic weavers are becoming rare. This is a good looking short runner showing originality and tribal character, with great colours and in good order.
243 x 103 cms, 7'11" x 3'5"
Sold for €2600
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Semi-antique Kashan carpet, town of Kashan, Central Persia (Iran), Ca 1930-40.
A classical example of the fine weavings from Kashan, a town with carpet weaving traditions dating back to the Safavid Dynasty. The generous use of green is unusual - most Kashans are predominantly in the reds and blues - and with the ivory ground the impression is light and fresh. The wool is of high quality, knot count around 240 pr square inch.
378x280 cms, 12'5"x9'2".
Sold for €9000
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Antique Senneh rug, Sanandaj (Senneh), Hamadan province, West Persia (Iran), Ca 1900
The refined rugs woven by the Kurds of Sanandaj have a unique structure and colouring, much finer than the village and tribal work found in the surrounding countryside. Jon Thompson illustrates a similar piece in the Barbican Art Gallery exhibition, London, 1983, p. 121, where he refers to the design as "Vekilli". This example has particularly attractive, all natural, colours.
190 x 134 cms, 6'3" x 4'5"
Sold for €4200
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Antique Tekke Bokhara rug, Merv region, S.W. Turkmenistan, Ca 1900
A traditional Bokhara rug with a supple handle and glossy wool. There are details of faded fuchsine dye, a dye which is non-fugitive and almost ever present in Caucasian and Turkoman rugs of this vintage. Original kilims and sidecords.
197 x 136 cms, 6'5" x 4'6"
Sold for €1500
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Antique Baluch rug, Khorassan province, N.E. Persia (Iran), Ca 1880-1900
A beautiful example of Baluch tribal weaving, showing how "primitive" nomadic weavers can create superb, perfectly balanced weavings with a brilliant range of warm, natural colours. What appears to be wear is natural corrosion in areas piled with brown/black wool, due to the presence of metallic acids in the dye mordants.
Ref: J Boucher, Baluchi Woven Treasures, Virginia, USA, 1989, plates 2-8
182 x 103 cms, 6' x 3'5"
Sold for €1300
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Semi-antique Karadja rug, N.W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1900-1920
The village rugs from the Karadja area are similar to pieces from nearby Heriz but with a slightly different weave structure. The favoured design is the symmetrical arrangement of a centre medallion framed by either 2 or 4 shield-like and matching medallions. This piece has a striking colour balance with particularly soft madder peach field and deep, midnight blue border, indicating good age.
190 x 139 cms, 6'3" x 4'7"
Sold for €4000
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Semi-antique Kerman carpet, town of Kerman, Southern Persia (Iran), Ca 1930-40
Ivory ground Kermans were hugely popular in both Europe and the US around this time. This pretty carpet is finely knotted, has good dyes and a signature panel at the top end.
294 x 192 cms, 9'8"x6'4"
Sold for €5000
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Semi-antique Ersari Carpet, Amu Darya valley district, N.W. Afghanistan, Ca 1915-1925
Woven by settled Ersari Turkoman weavers this carpet epitomises the traditional style of original Afghani village weaving, the large Gul motifs often misnamed as "elephants foot". Originally purchased in Sweden it has been very well cared for all its life and is in totally original condition throughout.
284 x 221 cms, 9'4"x7'3" excl kilim ends
Sold for €6000
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Antique Karadja carpet, Karadja district, N.W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1890-1900
Karadja and Heriz produced carpets of similar style but can be distinguished by certain weave features; this example with a single blue cotton weft and "flat" Turkish knot is from the Karadja district. The main attraction of this carpet are the soft but rich, natural colours, replaced some decades later by crude, aggressive chemical dyes.
337 x 264 cms, 11'1"x8'8
Sold for €6600
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Semi-antique Georavan carpet, Heriz area, N.W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1915-1925
A typical example for this region with the large leaf motifs around a vague centre medallion, with a "turtle vine" border. A decorative carpet with good, warm colours.
327 x 254 cms, 10'9"x8'4"
Sold for €4800
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Semi-antique Samarkand carpet, Uzbecistan, Ca 1900-1920
This carpet clearly shows links with China - the border design, the wool quality and the weave structure - and also with the Uzbec and Turkoman traditions. An unusual carpet with all the good qualities of a really old piece, yet devoid of the nasty synthetic colours employed in the region for most of the 20th century.
386 x 252 cms, 12'8"x8'3"
Sold for €5200
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Antique Sultanabad Mahal carpet, Arak district, West Persia, Ca 1900.
This region was the home of the famous Ziegler & Co carpets but also to a wide range of similar pieces woven locally. This carpet is of unusually long and narrow format, making it suitable for use in dining rooms, a format which is scarce and sought after, further helped by its all-over design. Areas of slight wear and minor repairs.
395 x 254 cms, 13' x 8'4"
Sold for €8000
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Old Kashan carpet, town of Kashan, Central Persia (Iran), Ca 1935-45.
Green is a most unusual ground colour in any old carpet woven by islamic weavers, it being the holy colour associated with the holy profet Muhammed. In this old Kashan, the green dye has faded very slightly to a very agreable pistachio shade, working well with the warm and beuatifully drawn borders and scroll design. The wool quality and weaving technique is high with a knot count of around 185 pr square inch.
307 x 218 cms, 10'1"x7'2"
Sold for €7500
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Antique Tekke Bokhara carpet, Merv region, Turkmenistan, Ca 1870-1890
This is a very fine example of the original "Bokhara" carpets, finely knotted and beautifully drawn by the weavers. Despite its apparent formality the carpet displays great originality and quirkiness: note the tiny human figure and token animals in the field as well as the spontaneous variations in the border design. A rare and highly accomplished piece in superb condition.
315 x 226 cms, 10'4" x 7'5"
Sold for €9000
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Semi-antique Kashan carpet, town of Kashan, Central Persia (Iran), Ca 1935-45.
A classical Kashan medallion design carpet with an un-cluttered scrolling leaf vine field pattern against ivory ground.Purchased in Sweden and kept in good condition, in full pile throughout.
363 x 265 cms, 11'11" x 8'9"
Sold for €8700
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Semi-antique Kurk Kashan carpet, town of Kashan, Central Persia (Iran), Ca 1920-30
A superb carpet with top quality wool and weaving technique, in an unusual ground colour of sky blue with the every sought after allover design. A great carpet in perfect condition throughout.
355 x 270 cms, 11'8"x8'10"
Sold for €14000
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Semi-antique Ersari carpet, Amu Darya valley region, N.W. Afghanistan, Ca 1910-1925
Large Guls on open space inside narrow borders indicate good age in Afghani carpets. The soft ground colours were obtained by soaking the carpets in acidic mud which, when washed away, had absorbed excess dye to leave this pleasant, washed out appearance. This original form of "antique wash" was far less harmful than the viscious methods used in the modern carpet industry.
396 x 285 cms, 13' x 9'5" excl kilims
Sold for €2800
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Semi-antique Karadja carpet, Karadja district, N.W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1910-1925.
Similar in design to the nearby Heriz group, Karadja carpets have more emphasis on blue/red tones and less of the whites, yellows and greens seen in Heriz. Structurally they also differ with a "flat" symmetrical knot and blue cotton wefts. This carpet illustrates a skillfull use of very few colours to maximum effect.
388 x 284 cms, 12'9"x9'4"
Sold for €4500
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Antique Heriz runner, Heriz area, N.W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1900
A most original piece exemplifying the "freestyle" method of weaving where the weaver works completely from memory without cartoons. Here you have originality and absolute uniqueness as such pieces can never be repeated. The key to "freestyle" is in the borders where symmetry cannot be achieved without the use of precise cartoons. In perfect condition it also has superb colours and high quality glossy wool.
303 x 117 cms, 10' x 3'10"
Sold for €3200
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Antique Kurdish runner, probably Saudjbulag region, N.W. Persia, Ca 1900
Kurdish weavings typically have brown wool warps and wefts, with predominantly dark shades of blue, brown, gold and rust red. They often contain a lot of character and charm, exemplified here by the range of stylized animals found both in the centre medallions and main border.
375 x 98 cms, 12'5" x 3'3"
Sold for €3400
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Antique Bidjar rug, Kurdish, Bidjar town, West Persia (Iran), Ca 1880-1900
Antique Bidjar rugs are rare and internationally sought after; they are also among the most robust of all Oriental rugs, due to a unique method of beating wool and cotton wefts into the fabric. The compact weave, dense knotting and good quality wool makes Bidjars exeptionally hard wearing. This piece, sourced from an old continental collection, is in virtually perfect condition with original ends, sidecords and full pile. All colours are natural, with a design reminiscent of the flatwoven kilim rugs from nearby Senneh.
213 x 142 cms, 7' x 4'8"
Sold for €5600
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Antique Kurk Kashan carpet, town of Kashan, Central Persia (Iran), Ca 1880-90.
This rare carpet was originally sourced in a private Irish collection, acquired in India and brought back here in the early 1900's. It is a rare piece with a unique version of the zil-i-soltan design and a stunning border, the colouring equally unusual. The fine lambs' wool (kurk) is very tightly knotted at over 320 pr square inch giving a total knot count in excess of 3 million.
290 x 208 cms, 9'7"x6'10"
Sold for €11000
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Antique Mahal carpet, Sultanabad district, W. Persia, Ca 1900
This region is the homeland of the famous Ziegler carpets which share many structural features with carpets known as Mahal. This example has a colouring of nearby Ferahan with a weave structure of the Mahal group. The field design is known as "Herati" within a "turtle vine" main border. A decorative, solid carpet in good order.
372 x 259 cms, 12'3"x8'6"
Sold for €6200
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Antique Konya runner, Konya area, Central Turkey (Anatolia), ca 1800-1850
A most original and early example from Konya with a quirky and spontaneous design of almost nomadic tribal appearance. Such rugs have not been woven throughout Turkey for over a century following the gradual demise of the entire nomadic culture. The memling Gul motifs also appear in old Caucasian rugs and in village rugs from western Anatolia around Bergama.
268 x 115 cms, 8'9" x 3'9"
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Semi-antique Heriz carpet, Heriz area, N.W. Persia, Ca 1930.
A very strong and powerful displaying the main repertoire of natural colours and local designs found in carpets from Heriz. The white ground with sky blue corner motifs complement the range of vibrant, clear colours. A classical Heriz carpet in excellent condition throughout.
386 x 284 cms, 12'8"x9'4"
Sold for €9000
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Semi-antique Mehraban runner, Hamadan province, W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1930
The rose ground is commonly found throughout Hamadan and also in the more formal Sarouk carpets further south. The colour is derived from madder which can produce a wide range of rose and red shades. Single wefted structure with a high pile knotted symmetrically (Ghiordes knot).
287 x 97 cms, 9'5" x 3'2"
Sold for €7200
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Antique North West Persian runner, prob Meshkin area, N.W. Persia, Ca 1900
Runners of this general style were made throughout Persian Azerbadjian and Hamadan, yet structural details points this piece to the north near Meshkin with a possible Kurdish influence. Old runners in good order are very hard to find as they were used in concentrated high traffic areas and accordingly suffered serious neglect.
312 x 89 cms, 10'3" x 2'11"
Sold for €1900
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Antique Heriz carpet, Heriz area, N.W. Persia (Iran), Ca 1870-1885.
An early example with a rare, naturalistically drawn main border showing that the usual vine tendrils were in fact originally of zoo-morphic nature (eagle or snake heads). The entire design has an early, archaic drawing which confirms its considerable age. Further evidence lies in the uncluttered spaces in contrast to later weavings from Heriz.
387 x 312 cms, 12'9" x 10'3"
Sold for €15000
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