TURKMEN AND OTHER TRIBAL RUGS

A Fara Beluchistan Rug, the
dark-madder field with indigo and pale-madder rows of hooked pole medallions, within a pale-madder border and one inner and four outer guard stripes, 188 by 125cm.; 6ft. 2in. by 4ft. 2in.

A Beluchistan Prayer Rug, the
black mehrab with madder and indigo
flower heads, within multiple border
stripes, 150 by 100cm.; 4ft.

A washed Afghan Enzi, the
madder quartered field decorated with
candelabra and serrated leaf, within two
borders, 188 by 125cm.; 6ft. 2in. by
4ft. 2in.

A part silk Tekke Torba, the
madder field with five columns of five
gullps and minor cross motifs, within
geometric crossed border, triple guard
stripes and serrated leaf skirt, 114 by
72cm.; 3ft. 9in. by 2ft. 4in.

A pair of Soumakh Saddlebags,
each with an indigo and ivory hooked medallion flanked by bands of stylized pecking birds, within ivory geometric motif border, 53cm. square; 1ft. 9in.

An Afghan Prayer Rug, the
madder mehrab with three columns of four gull supported by crosses and star centered arch, within ivory palmetto and vine border and triple guard stripes, 95 by 81cm.; 3ft. 2in. by 2ft. 8in.; together with a Turkish Mat of two panels, each with diamond-shaped medallion, 92 by 44cm.;

A Tekke Bag, with four rows of four gull separated by ivory trellised bands, 48 by 41cm.; 7in. by 1ft. 4in.; a Shiraz Cushion; a Beluchistan Bag Face, with central radiating indigo and madder medallion, 74 by 61cm.; 2ft. 5in. by 2ft; and a Turkish Mat.

A Yomut Saddle Cloth, the
madder field with three rows of four gull
within a connecting gull border, 76 by
28cm.; 2ft. 6in. together with a
Soumakh Bag, the indigo field with
flowering bothers, with an ivory border of
stylized pecking birds, 57 by 46cm.;

A pair of Afghan Prayer Rugs,
each with a madder mehrab with two hexagons bearing a flowering plant and other minor motifs, within a flower head border with single guard stripes, 104 by 79cm.; 3ft. 5in. by 2ft. 7in.; together with a Turkey Runner Section.

A Turkmen Juval, the strong
madder field with four rows of three gull
and minor cross motifs, within three
geometric border stripes and flower head
skirt, 175 by 107cm.; 5ft. 9in. by 3ft. 6in.

A Tekke Turkmen Rug, the
madder field with three columns of six gull supported by minor hooked medallions, within a sunburst border, single guard stripes and serrated leaf ends, 126 by 97cm.; 4ft.

A pair of Beluchistan Rugs, each with a madder field with a column of five hooked gull and other minor motifs, multiple indigo, sage and ivory border stripes and flat woven ends, 197 by 88cm.; 6ft. 51hin. by 2ft.

A Tekke Turkmen Rug, the
madder field with two columns of eight
gull and minor hooked crosses, within
sunburst border and twin guard stripes
with serrated leaf ends, 206 by 130cm.;

A Tekke Turkmen Rug, the
madder field with four columns of ten gull supporting minor hooked medallions, within a sunburst border, twin guard stripes and serrated leaf skirt, 187 by 134cm.; 6ft. 2in. by 4ft. 4in.

A Beluchistan Rug, the indigo
field with a column of three madder
rectangullar motifs supporting minor
gull, within ivory and madder multiple
borders and flat woven ends, 184 by
123cm.; 6ft.

A Yomut Juval, the madder field
with three rows of three gull and minor
hooked motifs, within a geometric
hooked border and triple guard stripes,
the skirt decorated with stylized plants,
151 by 112cm.; 4ft.

An Afghan camel-hair Prayer
Rug, the natural field with a single
indigo and madder linear border and an
arrangement of stylized birds, 137 by
88cm.; 4ft. 6in. by 2ft. together
with a Bedouin flat weave Gelim Rug,
210 by 99cm.; 6ft.

A Beluchistan Saddlebag, each
panel with a serrated madder and
charcoal diamond and multiple guard
stripes, 152 by 57cm.; 5ft overall; together with a Beluchistan
flat weave Saddlebag, 143 by 66cm.;

A Beluchistan Rug, the camel field with diagonal rows of stepped madder diamonds, within madder arrow-head border, 143 by 82cm.; 4ft. 8in. by 2ft. 8in.; together with a Hamadan Rug, 160 by 109cm.; 5ft. 3in. by 3ft. 7in.

An Afghan Saddlebag, each madder panel with a single hooked gull within a connecting diamond border and ivory guard stripes, 106 by 78cm.;
3ft.

A Turkmen Ensi, the madder quarter sectioned mere bearing candelabra separated by crossed panels decorated with geometric motifs, within an inner flower head surround, a madder and serrated leaf border, outer border and barber pole guard stripes, with a madder flower head skirt, 142 by 117cm.; 4ft. 8in. by 3ft.

A Turkmen Ensi, the madder quarter-sectioned mehrab bearing candelabra, the separating crossed panels bearing geometric motifs, within inner flower head surround, serrated leaf border, geometric secondary border and single guard stripes, 137 by 119cm.;
4ft. 6in. by 3ft.

A Turkmen Juval, the washed madder field supporting two rows of three hooked gull and minor hooked gull, within multiple guard stripes and flower skirt, 142 by 76cm.; 4ft. 8in. by 2ft. 6m.; together with a Pakistan Bokhara Rug, 126 by 65cm.; 4ft. 2in. by 2ft.

An Afghan Ensi, the madder quarter-sectioned field each bearing stylized candelabra, a black bother flower border and twin guard stripes, 229 by 127cm.; 7ft. 6in. by 4ft. 2in.

A Turkmen Tent Band, the
natural cream ground decorated with stylized Tree-of-Life and geometric designs, 247 by 38cm.; 8ft.

A Soumakh Bag Face, in the form
of a bold radiating medallion compiled
Of polychrome diamonds, each with
minor motifs, hooked border
and Gelim skirt, 115 by 82cm.; 3ft.

An Ersari Rug, the field of
saffron, madder, ivory and black bands
of ‘fir tree’-shaped motifs, within madder
multiple borders, some moth damage,
214 by 109cm.; 7ft. by 3ft. 7in.; together with a Beluchistan Rug, the madder field with diagonal rows of flowering plants, 187 by 106cm.; 6ft.

An Ersari (Beshir) Torba, the
madder field with a row of four hooked
gull, within a diamond gull pattern
border, 180 by 52cm.; 5ft. together with a similar Beshir
Torba, with a row of five ivory, madder
and indigo gull, 180 by 54cm.; 5ft.

TURKMEN RUGS

A Tekke Rug, the washed madder
field with three columns of five gulls, and
minor motifs with a sunburst border,
together
with a Sara band Mat, the madder field
with all-over Bothe.

A Beluch Saddle Bag, each panel with all-over flower head design on an indigo field, with polychrome flat-weave backing.

A Tekke Rug, the madder field with three columns of twelve guls, and minor cross motifs within multiple borders.

A Beluch prayer Rug, the tree
of life metre with plant spandrels, within
multiple borders.

An Afghan Rug, the washed
madder field with a column of four gulls,
within a diagonal lattice border,
together
with a similar Afghan Rug, with a
column of three and a half gulls.

A Beluch Rug, the purple madder field with two columns of seven gulls and minor hooked motifs within multiple borders.

An Afghan Rug, with two columns of five hooked gulls, each filled with petals, similar minor motifs and a hooked border, together with an Afghan Ensi, the quartered field with rows of candelabra.

An Afghan Rug, the madder field with a column of four octagonal gulls, together with an Afghan Prayer Rug, and a Shirvan Rug, the indigo field with ram’s horns and palmettos.

Beluch Rug, the madder field with vertical stripes of indigo vines within three arrowhead borders and flat weave ends.

A Take Rug, the madder field
with three columns of minor octagonal
gulls, and minor cross motifs, within a
’sunburst’ border and serrated leaf ends.

An Afghan Rug, the dark brown
field with three rows of three octagonal
gulls and minor cross motifs within two
borders.

A Yomut Rug, the madder field
with all-over hooked gulls, within an ivory
border.

A pair of Yomut Juvals, each
madder field with four rows of four gulls,
within ivory border and stylised plant
skirts.

A Beluch Rug, the brown madder field with overall design of hooked gulls within a reciprocal border.

A Turkman Juval, the brown madder field with two rows of three hooked ’sailor’ gulls, within gull border.

A Beluch Afghan Rug, the
madder field with three columns of twelve guls within polychrome arrowhead border.

A Beluch Afghan Rug, the
madder field with two columns of four
gulls and geometric motifs within madder
trailing vine border.

A Tekke Rug, the madder field
with four columns of five gulls, within a
madder hooked border.

CAUCASIAN RUGS

A Kazakh Rug, the saffron plant
trellis field within a broad ivory star gull
and bracket border.

A Kazakh Rug, with three columns of six polychrome compartments, each containing a hooked medallion within an ivory border.

An Erivan Rug, the indigo field with rows of polychrome hooked gulls, within an ivory wine glass and serrated leaf border and reciprocal guard stripes.

A Kazakh Rug, the madder field
with a column of five polychrome gulls
within a walnut stylised floral border and
multiple guard stripes.

A South Caucasian Rug, the
walnut field with overall Bothe, birds and
gulls, within three narrow borders.

A Kazakh Rug, the indigo field with diagonal rows of Bothe, within an ivory gul and bracket border.

A Kazakh Rug, the indigo field with all-over large polychrome Bothe within an ivory serrated leaf and wine glass border.
A Caucasian Rug, the indigo field
with a column of four medallions and all-
over minor motifs, within an indigo
trailing vine border.

A Caucasian Rug, the madder
field with rows of Bothe, within ivory and
indigo geometric border.

RUNNERS

A pair of Kerman Runners, each with a pale-indigo field with all-over flowering vines, within a madder foliate cartouche border.

A Kurdish Runner, the madder field with a column of connecting indigo medallions, within three trailing vine borders.

A Kurdish Runner, the indigo
field with a column of hooked gulls within
two borders.

A Shirvan Runner, the charcoal
field with a column of six polychrome
star medallions and minor motifs, within
an ivory leaf and wine glass border.

A South Caucasian Runner, the
madder field with a column of medallions, within an ivory flower head border and walnut outer border.

A West Persian Kurdish Runner,
the indigo field with an all-over design of
Bothe, within an ivory trailing vine border,
one inner and two outer guard stripes,
patched and repaired.

A Hamadan Runner, the madder
field with an indigo and ivory pole
medallion, indigo spandrels and all-over
her ate design, within two borders,

PERSIAN RUGS: Shiraz Rug, Hamadan Rug, Kerman Pictorial Rug, Kurdish Rug, Sarongs Farrakhan Rug

A Sarongs Hamadan Rug, the indigo field with a soft madder and sage pole medallion and spandrels with all-over flowering vines, within a pale-indigo flowering vine border and

single guard stripes, 216 by 135cm.; 7ft.

A Kerman Rug, the madder ‘mille-fleur’ field with a Tree-of-Life, ivory arabesque flower head spandrels and surround, within a similar ivory border, 224 by 138cm.; 7ft. 4m. by

4ft. 6m.

A Shiraz Rug, the indigo field with two connecting hooked madder medallions and all-over stylized flower heads and animals, within a hooked motif border and two inner and two

outer guard stripes, 176 by 142cm.;
5ft. 9m. by 4ft. 8m.

A Bakhtaran Rug, the field of polychrome cartouches filled with rosettes or flowering trees, within an indigo palmetto and vine border and single guard stripes, 211 by 127cm.;

6ft. 11 in. by 4ft. 2in.; and a Shahs van Bag Face, the indigo field with all-over polychrome stars within an ivory border, 56 by 66cm.;

A Kashan Rug, the madder field with an indigo pole medallion, within complementary spandrels, flower spray border and two inner and three outer guard stripes, 202 by 128cm.;

6ft. 7in. by 4ft. 3m

A Sarough Rug, the ivory field with an all-over trellis of flowering vines and peacocks, within an indigo flowering vine border and single guard stripes, 146 by 104cm.; 4ft.

9in. by 3ft. 5in.

A Bakhtiari Rug, the madder field with all-over flowering vines and palmettos, within meandering vine spandrels, an indigo serrated leaf and wine glass border and single guard

stripes, 200 by 133cm.; 6ft. 7in. by 4ft. 4in.

A Shiraz Rug, the indigo field with diagonal rows of polychrome gulls, within barber-pole border and single guard stripes, 182 by 135cm.; 5ft.

A Kashan silk Prayer Rug, the aborigine midrib with cypress trees and an all-over profusion of flowering vines, within complementary spandrels, a pale-indigo flower head border

and twin guard stripes, stained in one comer and a rip to one end, 194 by 135cm.; 6ft. 4in. by 4ft. 5m.

A Malayer Rug, the ivory field with a madder and indigo pole medallion, within complementary spandrels, a palmetto and vine border and single guard stripes, 198 by 129cm.; 6ft.

5V2in. by 4ft.

A Hamadan Rug, the indigo field with a pole medallion and an all-over hearted design, within an indigo serrated leaf and flower head border and single guard stripes, 195 by

125cm.; 6ft. 5m.

A Hamadan Rug, the orange field with vases and stylized flowers, within complementary ivory border and single guard stripes, 173 by 109cm.; 5ft. 8in. by 3ft. 3in.

A Kerman Rug, the ivory field with birds standing amongst flowering plants, within an indigo flowering vase and bird border and one inner and two outer guard stripes, 196 by

139cm.; 6ft. 5m. by 4ft. 7in.

A Kashan raised silk Rug, the ivory field with a mauve and indigo cartouche-shaped pole medallion with an all-over profusion of flowering vines, within complementary spandrels,

a palmetto and vine border and two inner and three outer guard stripes, 204 by 129cm.; 6ft. 8in. by 4ft. 3in.

A Sarongs Farrakhan Rug, the ivory
field with an indigo Wilted pole medallion,
within complementary spandrels, an indigo
flowering vine border and single guard stripes,
some damage caused by glued patches on reverse,
208 by 131cm.; 6ft.

A Kerman Pictorial Rug, the ivory
field with a Prince kneeling on a stool with
male attendants to side, the border with deer
and warriors wearing feathered helmets, with
single guard stripes, inscribed at the top, 209 by
142cm.; 6ft. 10m. by 4ft. 8in.

A Tabriz silk double-ended Prayer
Mat, the saffron midrib with an ivory pole
medallion, within complementary spandrels, a
palmetto and vine border and single guard
stripes, 84 by 56cm.; 2ft. 9in.

A Sarough Rug, the indigo field with a
central palmetto and vine circular medallion
and all-over flowering vases and trees, within a
camel palmetto and vine border and twin
guard stripes, 212 by 135cm.; 7ft. by 4ft. 5in.

A Shiraz Rug, the charcoal field with
five hooked medallions, within madder
surround, indigo spandrels and a flowering
vine border, 184 by 158cm.; 6ft. by 5ft. 2in.

A Kurdish Rug, the madder field with all-over rows of stars and brackets, within an ivory flower head border and two inner and one outer guard stripes, 203 by 158cm.; 6ft. 8in.

by 5ft. 2m.

PERSIAN RUGS: A Shiraz Rug, Ghashghai Rug, Kedar Hamadan Rug, Bakhtiari Prayer Rug

A Shiraz Rug, the madder field with three connecting indigo medallions with all-over stylized birds and flowers, within an ivory border and single guard stripes, 152 by 106cm.;

5ft. by 3ft.

An Indo-Persian Rug, the indigo field with a lobed madder pole medallion and all-over flower sprays, within an indigo and madder cartouche border and single guard stripes, 151

by 91cm.; 5ft. by 3ft.

A Kurdish Rug, the indigo field with two columns of six octagonal gun supported by minor motifs, within an indigo flower head border and triple guard stripes, 236 by 158cm.;

7ft. 9m. by 5ft. 2m.

A Hamadan Rug, the charcoal field with two camel and madder medallions, 157 by 120cm.; 5ft. 2in. by 3ft. together with another Hamadan Rug, 137 by 91cm.; 5ft. 6in. by 3ft.

A Ghashghai Rug, the madder field with a charcoal medallion and all-over stylized flowers, within complementary indigo spandrels, a flowering tree border and guard stripes,

holed, 232 by 140cm.; 7ft. 7in.

A Gore van Rug, the camel field with
two madder and indigo medallions within a
madder border, 174 by 70cm.; 5ft. 8in. by
2ft. 4in.; together with a Shiraz Rug, 149 by 116cm.; 4ft. 11m.

A Ghashghai Rug, the madder field
with an indigo diamond medallion bearing a
hooked motif with an all-over profusion of
flowers and songbirds, within complementary
indigo spandrels, an indigo border and single
guard stripes, 197 by 126cm.; 6ft. 5in. by
4ft. 2m.

A pair of Tabriz Rugs, each with a
madder field and a pictorial pole medallion,
within hearten spandrels, ivory flowering vine
border and single guard stripes, 127 by 87cm.;
4ft. 2m. by 2ft.

A Kerman Prayer Rug, the indigo
rehab with a vase of flowering plants and
birds above a pond with ducks, within side
columns and madder spandrels, all within an
indigo bird and flowering shrub border and
one inner and two outer guard stripes, 222 by
137cm.; 7ft. 3m.

A Kerman Prayer Rug, the indigo
mehrab with three flowering vases and an
all-over profusion of flowers, within a
complementary pale-indigo border and twin
guard stripes, 205 by 140cm.; 6ft. 9m.

A North-West Persian Rug, the indigo field with overall stepped star gulls within a cane border, 175 by 134cm.; 5ft. 9m. by 4ft. 5m.

A Kedar Hamadan Rug, the madder field with an indigo Kadar medallion and spandrel within an ivory serrated leaf border, 192 by 131cm.; 6ft. 4m. by 4ft. 4m.

A Teheran Rug, the ivory flowering
urn field within a madder arabesque and
palmetto border, with an inscription, 197 by
148cm.; 6ft. 51/2in. by 4ft.

A Bakhtaran Rug, the madder field with
an ivory reserve enclosing an indigo flowering
medallion, indigo spandrels, madder arabesque
border, 192 by 129cm.; 6ft. 31/2in. by 4ft.

A Bidjar Rug, the indigo hearten field within a pale-madder flower head border, 209 by 117cm.; 6ft. by 3ft.

A Joshua Rug, the madder field with an indigo stepped medallion and spandrels, overall flower heads, within an ivory palmetto border, 205 by 133cm.; 6ft.

A Malayer Rug, the ivory field with an indigo medallion and spandrels, all with the herate pattern, within a madder arabesque and flower head border, 200 by 142cm.; 5ft.

A Kashan Rug, the indigo field with a madder lobed pole medallion, similar spandrels, overall flowering urns and vines, within an indigo flowering urn and curled leaf border,

201 by 135cm.; 5ft. 9in. by 4ft. 5in.

A Bakhtiari Prayer Rug, the indigo
rehab with a central flowering urn,
polychrome tile pattern spandrels, within a
madder flowering vine border, 198 by 132cm.;

A Hamadan Rug, the indigo field with
an ivory pole medallion and all-over stylized
flowers within a complementary border and
single guard stripes, 189 by 120cm.; 6ft. 2in. by
3ft.