Archive for November, 2009

Bakhtiari Carpet, Feraghan, Isfahan Carpet, Heriz Rug

AN ANTIQUE KAZAK RUNNER
the charcoal-black field with nine stylised multicolouredll
lozenge medallions, each with smaflowerheads encircling hooked and floral centrepiece divided by similar triple small lozenges, leafy vines and flowerheads, in an ivory broad border of polychrome crab-reciprocal skittle-pattern and barber-pole stripes, short kelim at each end, small damage on outer stripes 312cm.
SAROUK CARPET

the ivory field with overall large leafy vine lattice containing polychrome serrated palmettes and flowering vines surrounded by shaded brick-red border of multicoloured serrated palmettos and scrolling leafy vinesbetween yellow palmetto vine and blue floral vine stripes, outer plain and zig-zag stripes 439cm.
TABRIZ CARPET

the ivory field with overall stylised Shah-Abbas design of meandering leafy vines issuing large multicoloured palmettes, flowerheads and stylised floral vases surrounded by shaded peach border of meandering polychrome palmette vine between sandy-yellow and blue flowering vine stripes, outer ivory plain stripe, signature cartouche at one end 429cm.
HERIZ CARPET

the ivory field with overall design of angular leafy vines issuing various stylised polychrome hooked palmettes and large hooked leaves surrounded by shaded indigo border of stylised turtle-palmetto and angular flowerhead vine between rust and shaded yellow meandering palmette vine stripes 320cm.
ISFAHAN CARPET

the ivory field with overall design of scrolling leafy tendrils issuing various polychrome palmettes and flowerheads surrounding floral vines connecting large multicoloured stylised floral botch, in broad light beige border of serrated palmette vine and meandering arabesques between ivory and indigo meandering floral vine stripes, outer brick-red plain stripe 459cm.
FERAGHAN CARPET

the shaded indigo field with stylised multicoloured large herati pattern around shaded brick-red shaped medallion containing polychrome palmette vine encircling ivory flowerhead centrepiece, spandrels similar, in broad border of interlocked brick-red, ivory and yellow half linked cartouches, containing serrated palmettes and angular floral sprays between indigo , brick-red and blue flowering vine stripes, outer zig-zag and plain stripes
A MASSIVE MALAYIR CARPET

the shaded indigo field with overall design of stylised multicoloured large licrati pattern surrounded by ivory border of stylised angular turtle-palmette and angular floral vine between yellow, charcoal-black and brick-red meandering palmette vine stripes, outer zig-zag, barber-pole and reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, slight overall wear, small repairs 585cm.
BAKHTIARI CARPET

the ivory field with meandering vines issuing stylised multicoloured palmettes, flowerheads and large serrated leaves around indented indigo medallion with multiple hooked palmette pendants containing yellow and brick-red meandering arabesques and delicate floral vines, wide brick-red arabesque and flowering vine spandrels, surrounded by shaded deep indigo border of polychrome palmettes, flowerheads and floral spray vinesb etween yellow and blue flowering vine stripes, outer zig-zag, barber-pole and plain stripes, inscription cartouche at one end (In God order work of Azim-Allah Ghasemi the leader of Yaharjafar Ghuli-Khan Bakhtiari
AUBUSSON CARPET

the ivory field with central large oval medallion containing stylised multicoloured floral bouquet, similar floral bouquet at each end with shell motifs at each side surrounded by broad ivory frame border of scrolling acanthus leaves and floral sprays divided by large stylised floral cartouches between spiralling leafy vine and plain stripes 585cm.
TABRIZ CARPET

the indigo field with stylised Ardebil design of scrolling leafy vines issuing polychrome palmettos, flowerheads and leafy sprays around large ivory concentric medallion with hanging mosque lamp pendants and multicoloured serrated palmettos containing meandering arabesques and delicate meandering floral fine encircling rust flowerhead centrepiece, yellow-beige spandrels similar, in broad indigo border of large rust floral cartouches divided by floral roundels and flowering vine between light beige polychrome palmetto and serrated meandering arabesque wide stripes, outer rust flowering vine and plain stripes 573cm. x 370cm.

Fine Kashan Rugs, Aubusson Style Rug, Heriz Runner, Beshir Carpet, Isphahan Carpet

Fine Kashan Rugs, Aubusson Style Rug, Heriz Runner, Beshir Carpet, Isphahan Carpet

A PAIR OF FINE KASHAN RUGS
the brick-red field of each with meandering vines issuing various polychrome serrated palmettes and leafy sprays around cusped indigo medallion with palmette pendants containing palmetto vine encircling similar
smaller ivory and light blue double floral medallion, spandrels similar, in an indigo border of multicoloured serrated palmettes, meandering arabesques and flowering vines between ivory palmette vine, zig-zag and plain stripes, each 204cm.
AUBUSSON STYLE RUG
the light beige field with large stylised multicoloured floral bouquet surrounded by similar floral sprays open spandrels surrounded by plain stripes 198cm.
AN ANTIQUE AMRITZAR CARPET
the silver-grey field with overall design of scrolling flowerhead, palniette and leafy vines around nine cusped ivory inscription cartouches surrounded by stylised frame border of sang-de-boeuf with ivory inscription
cartouches and ivory scrolling leaf, square apricot cartouche in each corner with scrolling floral vine and inscription between broad shaded sea-blue plain stripe, small cuts at one side 363cm.
CARPET OF AUBUSSON DESIGN
the light beige field with meandering multicoloured floral bouquets and leafy vines issued from each side and end surrounded by broad frame border of scrolling acanthus leaves, flowering vine and floral bouquets
divided by large stylised floral cartouche in each corner between leafy vine stripes, outer plain stripe the shaded rust-red field with overall design of polychrom  palmettos,serrated flowerheadsand hooked motifs flanked by paired split palmettos issued from floral panels, in pale shaded red border of multicoloured flowerheads and meandering leafy vine between blue flowering  vine stripes, outer plain stripe.
A HERIZ RUNNER
the shaded brick-red field with a single column of eight multicoloured, hooked lozenge medallions, each with stylised polychrome large hooked palmetto flanked by hooked palmettes, serrated lozenges and small
flowerheads, in camel border of radiating flowerheads and jewellery motifs between blue and rust meandering palmetto vine stripes, small repair in one corner 449cm.
AN ANTIQUE ZIEGLER-MAHAL CARPET
the shaded indigo field with overall stylised flowering vine large lattice containing multicoloured hooked palmettos, angular floral sprays and small floral motifs surrounded by sandy-yellov,, border of large stylised
turtle-palmettes and angular flowerhead vine between sea-green and light brick-red flowering vine stripes, outer plain stripe, slight wear in places 317cm.
BESHIR CARPET
the charcoal-black field with overall stylised polychrome mina-kliani design of angular floral vines connecting serrated palmettos, in triple border of brick-red stylised serrated palmetto vine and indigo hooked palmettes, flowerheads and angular leaves between hooked S-motif, running-dog and plain stripes, serrated motif skirt at each end, localised slight corrosion on black 335cni.
AN ANTIQUE BHAR KELLEH
the shaded indigo field with stylised polychrome herati pattern around brick-red and light blue serrated pole medallion containing similar design encircling sea-green serrated floral centrepiece, brick-red and shaded
pistachio-green spandrels similar, in brick-red border of stylised angular turtle-palmetto and angular flowering vine between light blue palmetto vine stripes, outer minor stripes, slight wear 471cm.
ISFAHAN CARPET
the ivory field with overall design of meandering arabesques issuing various polychrome palmettos entwined with delicate meandering floral vines surrounded by light blue border of stylised turtle-palmettes and
meandering arabesques between brick-red and blue flowering vine stripes, outer plain stripe 360cm.
AN ANTIQUE NORTH-WEST PERSIAN KELLEH
the shaded indigo field with overall stylised multicoloured open herati pattern surrounded by rust border of polychrome hooked leaves, Smotifs, angular sprays, stylised animals and small floral motifs between ivory and camel meandering floral vine stripes, outer plain stripes, small repaired 507cm.
HERIZ CARPET
the shaded rust field with angular vines, hooked polychrome palmettes and serrated leaves around large hooked and stepped indigo medallion with bold hooked palmette pendants containing multicoloured palmette cartouches encircling similar smaller medallion with brick-red and ivory panel and stylised radiating flowerhead centrepiece, spandrels similar, in an indigo border of polychrome stepped flowerhead and angular serrated leaf vine between brick-red floral and yellow flowering vine stripes 360cm.
ISFAHAN CARPET
the ivory field with overall design of scrolling leafy, vines entwined with delicate scrolling tendrils issuing various multicoloured palmettos, flowerheads, floral leafy, sprays and occasional cloudband surrounded by broad light blue border of polychrome serrated palmettos and scrolling flowerhead and leaf vine between ivory and indigo meandering palmette vine stripes, outer brick-red plain stripe 446cm.
ISFAHAN CARPET
the ivory field with scrolling vines issuing multicoloured serrated palmettes, flowerheads and leafy sprays, occasional perching bird around large concentric brick-red medallion with pendants containing similar motifs encircling smaller concentric floral centrepiece, in broad brick-red border of polychrome palmettes and floral vines between ivory and indigo palmetto and meandering arabesque stripes, outer plain stripe 390cm.

Antique Aubusson Carpet, Spanish Savonnerie, Heriz Carpet, Tabriz Carpet

Antique Aubusson Carpet, Spanish Savonnerie, Heriz Carpet, Tabriz Carpet

AN ANTIQUE AUBUSSON CARPET
the abrashed burgundy and dusky-pink field with floral bouquets around large ivory shaped panel with scrolling leafy vines and similar smaller light pistachio-green panel with floral bouquets in each corner encircling ivory shaped oval medallion containing large multicoloured floral bouquet, in an ivory broad frame border of meandering floral vine and open floral cartouches in each corner between leafy, floral and plain stripes, areas of splits and damage 464cm.
SPANISH SAVONNERIE
the chocolate-brown field with polychrome scrolling acanthus leaves and leafy tendrils around large ivory oval medallion containing multicoloured leafy sprays, floral bouquets around open yellow flowerhead centrepiece flanked by dusky-pink floral sprays surrounded by flowering vine narrow border between plain stripes, initial R.F.T.
CARPET OF AUBUSSON DESIGN
the ivory field with stylised multicoloured large floral bouquet surrounded by flowerhead and leafy vines, in broad open frame border of scrolling leafy vines connecting polychrome floral bouquets between flowerhead
vine and plain stripes.
NEEDLEPOINT CARPET OF AUBUSSON DESIGN
the ice blue field with meandering leafy vines around large light beige shaped panel with stylised multicoloured central floral bouquet flanked by similar smaller floral bouquets and acanthus leaves surrounded by light beige frame border of polychrome meandering floral vine divided by floral bouquets and scrolling leaves between plain stripe 344cm.
HERIZ CARPET
the shaded brick-red field with various multicoloured hooked palmettos, angular floral sprays and small floral motifs around large hooked and stepped indigo medallion with hooked palmette pendants containing
brick-red stylised radiating floral centrepiece, ivory and light blue serrated wide floral spandrels, in an indigo border of angular turtlepalmettes between yellow and shaded brick-red flowering vine stripes 387cm.
IMALAYIR CARPET
the shaded brick-red field with overall design of angular floral vine and floral sprays encircling various multicoloured hooked and serrated floral palmettos surrounded by shaded indigo border of polychrome palmettos and meandering leafy vine between ivory and blue meandering floral vine stripes, outer zig-zag, barber-pole and plain stripes 523cm.
MAHAL CARPET
the shaded brick-red field with angular leafy vines, various stylised polychrome palmettos, floral sprays and flowerheads, inner reciprocal trefoil stripe surrounded by indigo border of multicoloured flowerheads and
flowering vine between yellow floral spray and light blue meandering palmette vine stripes, outer barber-pole and plain stripes 414cm.
TABRIZ CARPET
the shaded brick-red field with overall design of large multicoloured serrated palmettos linked by meandering palmetto and leafy vines flanked by stylised flowering trees and floral sprays, in broad ivory border of bold polychrome palmette, meandering arabesques and flowering vine between indigo angular palmette vine and plain stripes.
HERIZ CARPET
the shaded brick-red field with angular vines issuing various polychrome palmettes, flowerheads and angular leaves around large hooked and stepped indigo medallion with bold hooked palmetto pendants containing angular floral vine and palmetto cartouche encircling stylised radiating shaded brick-red large flowerhead centrepiece, wide ivory, brick-red and blue floral spandrels, in shaded indigo border of polychrome flowerheads and angular serrated leaf vine between flowering vine and zigzag stripes 449cm. x 347cm.
AN ANTIQUE. ZIEGLE-MAHAL CARPET
the faded dusky-pink field with meandering vines issuing various polychrome, palmettos and leaves around cusped indented indigo medallion with pendants containing linked palmettes issuing floral sprays, indigo
spandrels similar, in broad pistachio-green border of multicoloured palmettos and angular leafy vine between ivory and dusky-pink flowerhead stripes, outer plain stripe, slight overall wear, small repair 370cm.
MESHED  CARPET
the light burgundy red field with overall design of meandering vines issuing stylised multicoloured serrated and hooked palmettes, scrolling leaves and floral sprays surrounded by broad indigo border of polychrome
palmettes meandering vine and delicate floral tendrils between ivory radiating flowerheads and light blue meandering palmette vine stripes, outer plain stripe.

Antique Meshed Carpet, Sarouk Rug, Persian Carpet, Sennen Kelim, Tebriz Carpet

Antique Meshed Carpet, Sarouk Rug, Persian Carpet, Sennen Kelim, Tebriz Carpet

MESHED AMOGIILI CARPET
the ivory field with overall design of various stylised multicoloured palmettos, meandering leafy vines and flowerheads surrounded by shaded brick-red border of polychrome palmettes, flowerheads and leafy vines
between sea-green meandering palmetto vine stripes, outer indigo ribbon and ivory plain stripes, signature cartouche at one end 390cm.
SAROUK RUG
the ivory field with overall design of scrolling leafy ‘Vules issuing various multicolouredserrated palmettos,flowerheads and leafy sprays surrounded by peach border of meandering polychrome palmetto and serrated leaf vine between yellow flowering vine stripes, outer zizag, barber-pole and plain stripes 208cm. x 130cm.
A SIMILAR FINE SAROUK RUG
SILK PANDORMA PRAYER RUG

the dusky-pink field with three stylised vases at one end, ice blue mihrab containing leafiv vines and polychrome palmettos with hanging mosque lamp above flanked by double floral columns at each side, light blue cross panel with meandering floral palmetto vine at the top end surrounded by pistachio-green broad border of multicoloured serrated palmettes and angular flowering vine between ivory meandering palmette vine and pistachio-green floral stripes, outer plain stripes, very slight wear 261cm. x 175cm.
AN ANTIQUE ANATOLIAN CARPET
the ice-blue field with rows of angular floral sprays around large hooked and serrated rust panel containing polychrome, jewellery motifs, flowerheads, floral palmettos and chequered lozenge vines encircling yellow
lozenge medallion with stylised floral spray pendants, ice-blue and linked flowerhead centrepiece, in broad apricot border of stylised multicoloured hooked palmetto and floral motif border between shaded blue hooked linked lozenge and rust serrated palmette wide stripes, outer yellow ribbon and ice-blue flowerhead stripes, slight wear and piling 289cm x 211cm.
the sang-de-boeuf field with overall stylised Shah-Abbas design of scrolling floral vines issuing various large multicoloured hooked and serrated palmettos surrounded by broad ivory border of polychrome serrated and floral palmettes linked by meandering leafy vine between dusky-pink palmettoand serrated leafwide stripes, outer reciprocal-trefoil and plain stripes, signature cartouche at one end, repaired at one side 504cm.
NORTH-WEST PERSIAN CARPET OF ZIEGLER DESIGN
the light beige field with overall design of meandering polychrome flowerhead and leaf vines issuing large multicoloured palmettos, stylised flowering vase at each end flanked by perching birds surrounded by a brashed beige border of stylised open palmettes, flowerheads and meandering floral vine between ivory flowerhead vine, zig-zag, ribbon and plain stripes 382cm.
TABRIZ PITAC CARPET

the light camel field with overall meandering palmette and leafy vines around diagonal rows of ice-blue and ivory stylised large and small flowerheads, similar ivory and camel medallion centrepiece surrounded by broad light beige border of meandering floral vines encircling stylised multicoloured floral cartouches divided by floral roundels between ivory flowerhead and meandering arabesque stripes, outer reciprocal trefoil, barber-pole and plain stripes.
KERMAN LAVER CARPET
the shaded burgundy field with overall design of stylised multicoloured radiatintg flowerheads, paired long serrated leaves enclosing floral sprays and floral bouquets surrounded by borad indigo border of hooked floral palmette cartouches, part floral medallion and angular flowering vine between shaped light blue flowerhead and apricot flowering vine stripes,
outer plain stripe.
AN ARTS & CRAFTS RUG
the field with overall diagonal rows of interlocking multicoloured roundels,each containing stylised plychrome floral sprays divided by floral ovalcartouches and lozenges 213cm.
ANTIQUE SENNEH KELIM
the field with dense multicoloured stylised herati pattern around large serrated ivory pole medallion containing similar design surrounded by sandy-yellow narrow border of angular meandering palmette vine between brick-red and pistachio-green meandering floral stripes, outer plain stripe 201 cm.AN ANTIQUE BESSARABIAN KLLINI
the ivory field with overall design of stylised multicoloured floral bouquets surrounded by plain light blue stripe, slight wear, small repairs 279cm.NTIQUE TABRIZ CARPET
the ivory field with meandering floral vines and floral sprays around shaded brown cusped medallion with hooked palmetto pendants containing polychrome palmettos, floral sprays and cloudbands encircling ivory and pale rust stylised flowerhead centrepiece, spandrels similar, in broad shaded rust border of serrated palmettos, arabesques, flowering vine and cypress trees between ivory similar wide stripes, outer brown palmetto vine and plain stripes, slight overall wear 376cm.
TABRIZ CARPET
the ivory field with overall design of scrolling floral vines issuing multicoloured serrated palmettos, floral sprays, flowerheads and serrated leaves surrounded by aqua-blue border of meandering polychrome palmette and serrated leaf vine between rust flowering vine stripes, outer yellow and green reciprocal trefoil, zig-zag and plain stripes, signature cartouche at one end 409cm.
TABRIZ BENLIAN CARPET
the light beige field with delicate meandering tendrils issuing stylised multicoloured palmettos and floral sprays around large shaded sea-green cusped medallion with pendants containing similar design, burgundy
spandrels similar, in broad shaded sea-green border of polychrome serrated palmetto and meandering floral vine between light blue and burgundy flowerhead and leafy vine wide stripes, outer plain stripe 425cm.

Antique Caucasian Carpet, Tabriz Carpet, Heriz Carpet, Prayer Silk Rug

Antique Caucasian Carpet, Tabriz Carpet, Heriz Carpet, Prayer Silk Rug

NORTH CAUCASIAN KELIM CARPET
the light brick-red field with serrated polychrome panels, lozenges, angular botch and cruciform motifs around three linked multiple lozenge medallions in sandy-yellow, light blue, indigo , brick-red and ivory surrounded by serrated angular radiating vine, light blue floral panel spandrels, in an indigo broad border of bold meandering palmetto vine between brick-red, blue and ivory zig-zag stripes, braided ends, minute repairs 357cm.
HAMADAN RUNNER  CARPET
the shaded indigo field with polychrome serrated flowerheads, leaves and animal figures around stylised hooked and floral panels linked with large hooked leaves and angular floral sprays, linked floral spandrels
surrounded by blue border of stylised angular floral vine between reciprocal trefoil wide stripes, outer minor stripes 516cm. x 84cm.
A SIMILAR FINE HAMADAN RUNNER
AN ANTIQUE MALAYIR RUNNER  RUG

the indigo field with overall design of stylised polychrome serrated and hooked palmettes, stellar floWerheads, serrated leaves and occasional animal figures, inner reciprocal skittle-pattern stripe at each side linking ivory similar spandrels, in stylised hooked palmettes and meandering angular vine between brick-red similar wide stripes, outer barber-pole stripes, small repair 516cm. x 91 cm.
A SIMILAR ANTIQUE MALAYIR RUNNER
TABRIZ CARPET

the shaded brick-red field with overall design of various multicoloured stylised serrated palmettes, meandering arabesques, split palmettes, cloudbands and delicate flowering tendrils surrounded by broad indigo border of large polychrome serrated palmettos and meandering serrated leaf vine between ivory palmetto, arabesque and flowering tendril stripes, outer plain stripe, small repair at one end.
BIG TABRIZ CARPET
the shaded brick-red field with overall design of various serrated and hooked palmettos in yellow, ivory. aubergine, blue, green and indigo surrounded by broad indigo border stylised turtle-palmetto and angular
flowering vine between ivory palmette and serrated leaf vine stripes, outer reciprocal trefoil and plain stripes 384cm.
ANTIQUE TABRIZ CARPET
the indigo field with overall design of large stylised multicoloured palmettos issuing profussion of hanging flowerheads and floral sprays surrounded by shaded light brick-red border of polychrome serrated palmettes, floral sprays and meandering arabesques between ivory angular palmetto and floral spray stripes, outer light blue reciprocal skittle-pattern and plain stripes.
the shaded indigo field with overall design of meandering angular floral vines connecting polychrome angular inscription and serrated palmettos surrounded by broad brick-red border of angular multicoloured serrated palmettos divided by angular inscription palmettes between light blue meandering flowerhead and palmetto vine stripes, outer plain stripe.
HEREKE PRAYER SILK RUG
the polychrome field with polychroe palmetto and serrated leaf scrolling vines, ivory and sandy-yellow arabesque mihrab above, ivory and raspberry-red arabesque and flowering vine small spandrels at the bottom end, in ice-blue broad border of multicoloured flowerheads, serrated leaves and meandering arabesques between pistachio-green and sandy-yellow flowerhead stripes, outer plain stripe, signature cartouche at one end.
HERIZ CARPET
the shaded brick-red field with overall design of angular vines issuing various hooked and serrated multicoloured palmettos, large serrated leaves and small flowerhead, in an indigo border of angular turtle-palmette between yellow and brick-red angular floral spray stripes, outer barber-pole and plain stripes 320cm.
ANTIQUE HERIZ CARPET
the rust field with angular vines issuing various polychrome palmettos and leafy sprays around large hooked and stepped indigo medallion with bold hooked palmette pendants containing multicoloured palmette
cartouches and floral vine encircling similar smaller brick-red serrated medallion with light blue stylised radiating flowerhead centrepiece, ivory, brick-red and pistachio-green spandrels similar, in an indigo border of polychrome serrated flowerheads, angular flowerhead and leafy vine between shaded light blue flowering vine stripes,reduced 344cm.
AN ANTIQUE HERIZ CARPET
the shaded rust field with angular vines issuing various polychrome hooked palmettes and angular leaves around large hooked and stepped indigo medallion with bold hooked palmette pendants containing multicoloured palmette cartouches encircling similar smaller medallion with large light brick-red and indigo stylised radiating flowerhead centrepiece, wide light blue, brick-red and pistachio-green floral spandrels, in an indigo border of turtle-palmettes and angular flowerhead vine between yellow and brick-red palmette vine stripes, slight wear, small areas of piling 366cm.