A Veramin Rug - Afshar Rug - Karajar Runner - A Kurdish Rug - A Ghashghai Rug - A Turkman Tekke Rug - A Kashan Rug
An unusual Afshar Rug, the ivory field decorated with stylized cypress trees, shrubs and flowerheads, the aubergine border with geometric flowerheads, single florai guard stripes.
A Veramin Rug, the beige field with six rows of three indigo florai medallions surrounded by flowerheads and vines, the beige border with flowerheads, enclosed by vines and leaves, single florai guard stripes.
A Ghom part silk Rug, the ivory field with а central pole medallion surrounded by palmettes, leaves, flowerheads, vines, animals and birds, the indigo border with palmettes flanked by serrated leaves and birds, one inner and two outer guard stripes.
A Ghom part silk Rug, the ivory field with an overall design of Trees of Life, surrounded by animals and shrubs, the green border with a similar design and with single florai guard stripes.
A Serapi Runner, the beige field with five medallions, an ivory florai border, single guard stripes.
A Tabriz Benlian Rug, the ivory fieldwith a central flowering tree with a cypress tree at each end, and surrounded by palmettes, flowers and wild animals in combat, the pale indigo border with palmettes and vines, flanked by exotic birds, single rose florai guard stripes, with a star signature panei in one corner.
A Karajar Runner, the madder field with seven floral medallions and half medallions, all in shades of pale indigo, ivory, pale green and saffron, an ivory florai border, twin guard stripes.
An Esfahan Rug, the pale indigo field with а design of palmettes, flowerheads, arabesques and vines, a madder palmette and flowerhead border, twin guard stripes.
A Tabriz Rug, the indigo field with an oval floral medallion surrounded by sprays of flowers, green florai spandrels, three borders incorporating florai cartouches.
A Sarough Rug, the camel field with an indigo pole medallion containing stylized palmettes and flowerheads, the rose spandrels with large green leaves and flowers, with aoverall design of flowerheads, vines and palmettes, the indigo border with palmettes and flowers, two inner and one outer guard stripes.
A Karajar Runner, the ivory field with rows of botehs, in shades of indigo and madder, a madder gul and vine border, twin guard stripes, reduced in length.
An Esfahan Rug, the indigo field with a madder pole medallion and spandrels, all with flowerheads and vines, an indigo palmette and vine border, triple guard stripes.
A Serapi Runner, the beige trelliswork field with three walnut florai medallions, three borders.
А Ghom part silk Rug, the pale green field with a design of indigo and madder medallions surrounded by flowers and vines, the ochre border with palmettes, flowerheads and vines.
A Khamseh Rug, the indigo field with a triple pole medallion surrounded by cypress trees, animals and flowerheads, with a pale indigo florai vine and boteh border, twin guard stripes.
An unusual Ghashghai Prayer Rug, the plain walnut mehrab with saffron spandrels with flowerheads, four borders circa 1880, condition: fair, damaged, colour run.
A Kurdish Rug, the field with columns of hooked wave vines, in shades of green, ivory, indigo and madder, an ivory arrowhead border, single diamond guard stripes, reduced in size.
An Esfahan Rug, the pale indigo field with a madder and indigo medallion and ivory and beige spandrels, with an overall design of curvilinear vines, arabesques, palmettes and fiowerheads, the madder border with palmettes, flowerheads and vines, single guard stripes.
A Tabriz Rug, the brick-red field with а pistachio pole medallion and spandrels, all with flowers and vines, a pistachio palmette border, triple guard stripes.
A North-West Persian Rug, the indigo field with stepped guls, a walnut ‘S’ border, twin guard stripes.
A Serapi Runner, the ivory field with a central pole medallion surrounded by botehs, and with three borders.
A Kerman Prayer Rug, the indigo mehrab with three vases of flowers at the base, surrounded by florai shrubs, all in attractive shades of madder, pale indigo, ivory and green, with a similar indigo border and twin florai guard stripes.
A Ghashghai Rug, the indigo field with an overall design of stylized flowerheads, and leaves, the walnut spandrels with a design of flowerheads, eight borders.
A Kashan Rug, the madder field with an indigo pole medallion and spandrels, all with palmettes, flowerheads, leaves and vines, with а similar indigo border and triple guard stripes.
A Malayer Rug, the indigo field with an overall design of the herati pattern, a madder flowerhead and vine border, single pale green guard stripes.
A Kerman Praver Rug, the indigo mehrab with entwining Trees of Life surronnded by florai shrubs and with two birds at the base, with pale madder flowerhead and leaf spandrels, the indigo border with trees and florai shrubs.
A Kashan Rug, the madder field with an indigo florai pole medallion, surrounded by palmettes, flowerheads, leaves and vines, the indigo spandrels with a similar design, the indigo border with a design of palmettes and flowerheads, surrounded by vines and leaves, triple guard stripes.
Nain Rug, the ivory field with a pale indigo pole medallion and spandrels, with an overall design of palmettes, vines, arabesques, flowerheads and leaves, an indigo border with palmettes, flowerheads, vines and leaves, twin guard stripes.
An Esfahan Rug, the madder field with а walnut pole medallion and spandrels, all with palmettes, leaves, vines and fiowerheads, the indigo and walnut border with cartouches and palmettes enclosing fiowerheads.
A Khamseh Rug, the indigo field with an ivory triple pole medallion surrounded by animals, birds, flowerheads, leaves and combs, three borders.
A Shrinigar Rug, the slate field withamadder pole medallion and spandrels, all with palmettes, flowerheads and vines, an indigo florai border.
А Ensi, the madder quartered field with rows of stylized rams’ horns in each quarter separated by wide bands of curled leaves and vines, the ivory border with stepped guls, stylized rams’ horns, and a diamond gul skirt.
A Turkman Tekke Rug, the madder field with two rows of guls, a sunburst gul border.
A Saryk Juval, the madder field with five rows of Uve guls, with a star gul border and a hooked gul and honeycomb skirt.
A Kerman Carpet, the ivory field with a rose pole medallion and pale indigo spandrels, all with rosettes and fiowerheads, five borders.
A Mashhad Carpet, the madder field with palmettes, vines, cloudbands, serrated leaves and vines, an indigo border with cypress trees, flower-heads and vines, five inner and six outer guard stripes.
An Afghan Dali Carpet, the madder field with five columns of twelve guls, four borders.
A SAVONNERIE RUG, with a central ivory cartouche of flowers, bands of leaves and roses and an outer tapestry frame border, 6ft4in by 2ft8in (193cm by 81cm) circa 1810, condition: fair, slight damage.
AN AUBUSSON CARPET, the cafe’-au-lait field with an ivory floral medallion and spandrels, within a border of scrolling vines and flowerheads and an outer narrow frame border, 20ft 2in by 16ft 3in (615cm by 495cm) circa 1880, condition: fair, damaged.
ANOTHER AUBUSSON CARPET, the rose field centred by an ivory medallion with a central bouquet of flowers and with similar spandrels, 16ft 6in by 12ft 11 in (503cm by 374cm) circa 1890, condition: f air, stained.
ANOTHER AUBUSSON CARPET, the ivory field with a central medallion of flowerheads, flower-head spandrels, a plain cafe-au-lait border, 12ft by 8ft (366cm by 244cm) circa 1860, condi¬tion: fair, slight wear.
A FINE AND RARE LATE LOUIS xiv SMALL CARPET, woven with a central basket on a stone plinth flanked by two vases standing on hillocky ground, from these spill a profusion of full-blown summer flowers filling the saffron-coloured ground, within a blue and beige leafy guilloche border, lift 8in by 7fi Win (356cm by 239cm) late I7thlearly 18th Century, condition: fair turbanned figure holding a falcon, 3ft high (94cm) cresting altered; trie Bracket witn a
serpentine shelf bordered with lambrequin on three Aying scroll supports faced with
plumed masks above chains of leaves and a berried acanthus finial, Ift 5in high (43cm) both
circa 1715.