Posts Tagged ‘19th century’

18TH CENTURY ALGERIAN PANEL - 18TH CENTURY GILET PERSAN - TURKISH GELIM RUNNER - KASHAN PART SILK RUG - GHASHGHAI GELIM

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

18TH CENTURY ALGERIAN PANEL - 18TH CENTURY GILET PERSAN - TURKISH GELIM RUNNER - KASHAN PART SILK RUG - GHASHGHAI GELIM
A RARE SUSANI PANEL, the ivory linen field with large madder carnations and leaves, a similar border, 7ft. 6in. by 5ft. 6in. (229cm. by 168cm.), circa 1900, con¬dition: fair.
A BOKHARA SUSANI PANEL, the ivory linen [...]

USHAK CARPET - KESHEHIR RUG - 18TH CENTURY KULA PRAYER RUG - GHASHGHAI CARPET - NAIN PART SILK RUG

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

USHAK CARPET - KESHEHIR RUG - 18TH CENTURY KULA PRAYER RUG -  GHASHGHAI CARPET - NAIN PART SILK RUG
A KASHAN SILK RUG, the madder field with an indigo pole medallion and spandrels, with an overall design of palmettes, vines and flowerheads, with a similar indigo border and
single guard stripes, 6ft. 8in. by 4ft. 2in. (203cm. [...]

KIZIL AYAK CARPET - ANATOLIAN WOOL AND METAL THREAD PRAYER RUG - UNUSUAL CHADOR JUVAL - 18TH CENTURY GHIORDES PRAYER RUG

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

KIZIL AYAK CARPET - ANATOLIAN WOOL AND METAL THREAD PRAYER RUG - UNUSUAL CHADOR JUVAL - 18TH CENTURY GHIORDES PRAYER RUG

A 17TH CENTURY KULA PRAYER RUG, the plain brick-red mehrab with twin columns supporting ivory floral spandrels, an ivory flowerhead, leaf and vine border, triple guard stripes,
5ft. by 4ft. (152cm. by 122cm.), condition: worn, restored.
AN [...]

18TH CENTURY TABRIZ VASE CARPET - KERMAN CARPET - KHORASSAN KELLEH - SAROUGH MAHAL CARPET - HERIZ CARPET

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

18TH CENTURY TABRIZ VASE CARPET - KERMAN CARPET - KHORASSAN KELLEH - SAROUGH MAHAL CARPET - HERIZ CARPET

AN 18TH CENTURY TABRIZ VASE CARPET, the rose madder field with vases, curvilinear vines and palmettes, an indigo palmette, vine and flowerhead border, single guard stripes,
Turkish knot, 14ft. 2in. by 8ft. lin. (432cm. by 246cm.), circa 1750, condition: [...]

NORTH GERMAN TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS - FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY - BRUSSELS TAPESTRY OF THE LAMENTATION - Louis XV FELLETIN VERDURE TAPESTRY PANEL

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

NORTH GERMAN TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS - FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY - BRUSSELS TAPESTRY OF THE LAMENTATION - Louis XV FELLETIN VERDURE TAPESTRY PANEL
A PAIR OF NORTH GERMAN TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS, one woven with John the
Baptist preaching in the Wilderness (Mark 1:4) the other with the Beheading (Mark 6:28)
surrounded by brightly coloured floral borders woven with roses, [...]

A Kashan Prayer Rug - An Afghan Kazan Ensi - An Amritzar Rug - A Kerman Carpet - А 19тн Century Khotan Carpet - A Nomadic Kazaku Rug

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

A Kashan Prayer Rug - An Afghan Kazan Ensi - An Amritzar Rug - A Kerman Carpet - А 19тн Century Khotan Carpet - A Nomadic Kazaku Rug
A Sivas Rug, the ivory field with a rose pole medallion and spandrels, all with vines and flower-heads, five borders.
A Kashan Prayer Rug, the madder mehrab with a [...]

19th Century Chinese Carpets

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Antique Chinese Carpets
It is only in the last few decades that Chinese carpets, previously overshadowed by the enthusiasm of collectors for Persian carpets, have been given the attention they long deserved. While the quality of Chinese carpets declined at the end of the 19th century, in part due to an increasing use of chemical dyes, [...]