Antique Rugs and Persian Carpets by Style and Design

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Antique Rugs and Persian Carpets by Style and Design

	Antique Agra Rugs & Carpets Agra has been a major center of carpet production since the great period of Mugal art in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.	Antique Alcaraz Carpets The production of carpets in Spain turned away from designs of oriental inspiration to a more classically derived Renaissance European style.
	Antique Amritsar Rugs Amritsars are extremely distinctive within the production of Indian carpets.	Art Deco Rugs & Carpets The term Deco applies to European and certain Chinese carpets that reflect the new movements in modern European decorative arts during the first third of the twentieth century.
	Art Nouveau Rugs & Carpets Carpets were a major part of the great Art Nouveau movement that revolutionized the decorative arts in Europe and the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.	Antique Axminster Rugs & Carpets Antique Axminster carpets were a luxurious nineteenth-century English counterpart to the great Neo-classical designs of French Aubussons and Savonneries.
	French Aubusson Aubusson carpets made in tapestry technique are among the most elegant and luxurious antique floor coverings.	Antique Persian Bakhtiari Rugs & Carpets Antique Bakhtiari carpets, produced in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, are one of the few types that can encompass nomadic tribal as well as urban Persian design.
	Azerbaijan Rugs & Carpets from the Caucasus The Azerbaijan region in the Caucasus just north of Iran was already an important rug-producing region by the seventeenth century, if not earlier.	Embroidery Textiles from the Balkans Until the early nineteenth century the Balkan Peninsula was under the rule of the Ottoman Turks.
	Antique Persian Bakshaish / Bakhshaish / Bakhshaysh Among the larger rugs made in Iran, Bakshaish carpets are in a class by themselves.	Bessarabian Carpets Antique Bessarabian rugs in pile and tapestry technique occupy a unique place among European carpets.
	Baluch Rugs & Carpets Baluch carpets are among the most varied and unusual antique nomadic Central Asian carpets.	Bibikabad Oriental Rugs & Carpets Antique Bibikabad carpets, woven near the Hamadan region in Iran, are related to Malayers in technique.
	Bezalel Rugs & Carpets from Israel Antique Bezalel carpets were produced in the earlier twentieth century as part of a new art school for Jewish immigrants in what was then British-ruled Palestine.	Early Period Cairene Oriental Rugs & Carpets Under the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the sixteenth century, a new style of carpet production emerged in Cairo under carefully controlled court patronage.
	Persian Bidjar Rugs & Carpets Bijars, produced in Northwest Iran are among the finest of Persian rugs by virtue of their design and technique.	Chinese Rugs & Carpets Antique Chinese carpets have a very long and distinguished history that is largely independent of rug design from Middle East. See also: Ningsia, Peking.
	Central Asian Nomadic While the dominant nomadic rug and textile production in Central Asia was maintained by the various Turkoman groups like the Tekke, Yomud, etc.	Donegal Irish Donegal carpets, produced during the later nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, represent the Irish contribution to the Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau Movements.
	Dagestan Rugs & Carpets from Caucasus - Antique Dagestan rugs, produced in the East Caucasus, were closely related to Shirvan and Kuba rugs from the same region.	Persian Esfahan / Isfahan Rugs & Carpets Isfahans or Esfahans, claim a very proud tradition among Persian carpets going back to Safavid times in the seventeenth century.
	Antique Oriental Farahan Rugs & Carpets Farahan carpets, produced in the Arak region of west central Iran, are remarkable for their abilty to combine different qualities and sensibilities.	Antique Gendge / Ganja / Gendge Rugs & Carpets Prized by collectors and decorators alike for their glorious color and large-scale graphic design, much like Kazak rugs from the same region.
	Primitive Gabbeh Rugs Antique Gabbehs are tribal Persian rugs made with extra high pile and very simple, graphic designs focused on the use of color, which can be vibrant or soft and earthy.	Greek Island Embroidery They disclose something of the influence of Ottoman Turkish textile arts in their design and coloration.
	Turkish Giordes / Ghiordes Rugs Giordes rugs have a long and distinguished history in Turkish weaving.	Fine Turkish Hereke Rugs & Carpets - Antique Hereke rugs represent the ultimate in finesse and delicacy within the Turkish production of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
	Oriental Hamedan \ Hamadan Antique Hamadan (Hamedan) rugs, generally produced in scatter sizes drew extensively upon the tribal weaving traditions of Iran.	Hooked American Indigenous to the Northeast of the United States and Maritime Canada, their production began in the 1840’s.
	Antique Persian Heriz / Serapi Heriz carpets are among the most recognizable rugs of Iran because of their distinctive monumental designs and the expressive power of their angular drawing.	Irish Arts & Crafts The Arts and Crafts Movement grew out of the design revolution spawned by English artists like William Morris and Christopher Dresser.
	Ingrain American Ingrain carpets were a form of machine loomed, flatwoven, reversible carpet that became popular in the nineteenth century.	Antique Oriental Kashan Antique Kashans are among the very finest Persian rugs and carpets.
	Karabagh Rugs & Carpets Karabagh rugs, eagerly sought after by collectors as well as designers, have one of the oldest and most varied design traditions of any antique Caucasian rugs.	Antique Kerman Lavar Persian Rugs & Carpets Since the seventeenth century, Kerman has been a major center for the production of high-quality carpets.
	Kazak Rugs from the Caucasus Among the most prized and exciting Caucasian village rugs. Famed for their rich colors, assertive, geometric drawing, and bold, large-scale designs.	Antique Khotan Rugs from East Turkestan Essentially, Khotans straddle the boundary between Chinese or Tibetan rugs and those of the Middle East.
	Antique Persian Khorassan / Khurasan / Khurassan The region of Khorassan in northeastern Iran has been famed for fine rugs going back to Timurid times in the late middle ages.	Antique Kirshehir / Kirshehir Rugs & CarpetS Antique Kirshehir rugs, produced in central Turkey, are valued for their rich color, excellent wool, and the geometric vitality of their drawing.
	Kilims Once overlooked as utilitarian, low status items, antique Kilims are now prized as some of the most powerful and authentic weavings of the Middle East.	Turkish Konya Rugs Antique Konya rugs are famed and desired for their magnificent color, lustrous wool, and unfettered bold tribal drawing.
	Antique Kurdish Rugs & Carpets have only recently come to be recognized for their distinctive sense of design and fine color.	Lori / Luri Rugs & Carpets Antique Luri rugs, produced by the Lurs of the Zagros Mountains in western Iran, are among the most impressive tribal Persian weavings.
	Persian Malayer Rugs & Carpets Antique rugs from the Malayer region constitute an important and distinctive group of Persian weavings.	Masterpieces Masterpiece antique rugs and carpets currently in the Nazmiyal Collection.
	Millefleurs Antique Millefleurs tapestries of Kashmir in Northern India made in twilled technique are among the finest virtuoso textiles produced in the Orient.	Antique Turkish Milas / Melas Antique Melas rugs from southwestern Turkey are exceedingly beautiful in the finnesse of their weave and drawing, and in the subtlety of their coloration.
	Moroccan Rugs & Carpets Moroccan rugs are notable for their dynamic colorful designs and for their strong sense of geometric structure.	Mongolian Rugs & Carpets Antique Mongolian carpets have along history going back almost to the Mongol period in China.
	American Navajo Rugs Navajo rugs, particularly the great ones, represent the native American contribution to the world of textile production.	Antique Indian Mugal / Mughal / Mogul Rugs & Carpets Carpet weaving was one of the most outstanding aspects of textile production in India under the Mugal dynasty from the late sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries.
	Antique Chinese Ningsia / Ningsia / Ningshia Rugs & Carpets Ningsias are among the oldest antique Chinese rugs or carpets, many going back to the eighteenth century or earlier. See also: Chinese, Peking.	Decorative Antique Needlepoint Embroidery Needlepoint embroidery technique represents a particularly European adaptation of the Oriental carpet.
	Early Antique Ottoman Embroidery produced between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries are among the most interesting textiles of this period.	Antique NorthWest Rugs & Carpets The term Northwest was coined to denote highly interesting and possibly early antique pieces that were clearly made in Northwest Iran.
	Antique Chinese Peking Rugs & Carpets A newer antique production that began in China immediately following World War I, when carpet manufacturing moved from Ningxia to the capital. See also: Chinese, Ningsia.	Antique Turkish Oushak / Ushak Rugs & Carpets Oushak in western Turkey has been a major center of rug production almost from the very begining of the Ottoman peirod.
	Prayer Rug - The Saph or Communal Prayer Rug Prayer rugs represent a very special genre with the world of carpets. Technically any small carpet or rug can be used for prayer, so all rugs are prayer rugs.	Polonaise Rugs & Carpets Embellished with threads in precious metals, antique Polonaise carpets are among the most elegant and lavish of the court productions made under the Safavid dynasty .
	Savonnerie Rugs & Carpets Antique Savonnerie carpets exemplify the formal grace and elegance of classical European design.	Antique Oriental Sarouk / Sarough Rugs Antique Sarouks are among the most luxurious classically derived, room-sized Persian carpets.
	Antique Persian Senneh / Senna Rugs & Carpets Antique Senneh carpets, produced in Northwest Iran, are prized for their fine, delicate design and their distinctive, weaving technique.	Scandinavian Carpets ... by the ninth or tenth centuries, when Islamic silk textiles found their way to Scandinavia with Viking merchants.
	Antique Shahsavan / Shahsevan Rugs & Carpets Highly unusual and exciting, antique Shahsevan rugs and carpets have only recently been recognized ...	Antique Persian Serapi / Heriz The term Serapi is an invention of the market, but it nevertheless signifies a real distinction - Serapis are the very best and probably the oldest Herizes.
	Fine Antique Silk Rugs & Textiles Carpets made in silk are the most luxurious productions of their kind. Silk culture and silk textile production began in China...	Antique Shirvan Rugs from Caucasus Shirvan rugs are often the most sought after antique weavings from the Caucasus.
	Decorative Spanish Rugs & Carpets Although Spain is not generally thought of as a rug producing region, Spanish carpets represent the most venerable and honored tradition of rug production in Europe.	Antique Turkish Sivas Rugs & Carpets Sivas carpets are appreciated as some of the most well-made and decorative of room-sized Turkish rugs.
	Antique Persian Tabriz Rugs & Carpets Tabriz carpets are distinguished by their excellent weave and by their remarkable adherence to the classical traditions of Persian rug design.	Antique Sultanabad Ziegler Persian Rugs & Carpets The term Sultanabad has come to distinguish the oldest and highest quality Mahal carpets which were produced in the Arak region.
	Antique Tibetan Rugs & Carpets Tibet is an ancient culture, and antique rugs produced there go back at least into the seventeenth century.	Antique Oriental Persian Tehran Rugs & Carpets Tehran only became a center of antique rug production after the great revival of Persian weaving was underway in the late nineteenth century.
	Ukrainian Rugs & Carpets Pile carpets produced in the Ukraine are related to the Savonnerie carpets of Western Europe from France and Spain, or Axminsters from England.	Turkish In the 19th century rug workshops began to open in Istanbul and surrounding villages, becoming more plentiful in production. Antique Turkish rugs from the Selcuk and Ottoman era maintained the purity and attributes of their origin.
	Uzbek Rugs & Embroideries - Antique Uzbek embroideries are among the boldest and most exciting examples of this technique from Central Asia.	Wagireh The Wagireh or Sampler rug is perhaps the most enigmatic of carpets. Made as a template or pattern for the design and production of larger carpets...
	Wilton Rugs & Carpets Although they were machine-made rather than hand woven, Wilton carpets from England are quite sought after for their elegance...	Yarkand Rugs & Carpets Yarkands are quite distinctive among the carpets of East Turkestan.
	Yastik Yastiks or pillow or bolster covers - are the most desirable of small Turkish rugs, eagerly sought after by collectors...	Antique Yazd Rugs & Carpets from Persia Halfway between Isfahan and , it is hardly surprising that Yazd became heir to the great tradition of classical Persian rug weaving.
	Antique Yuruk / Yörük Rugs & Carpets from Turkey Yuruk rugs, more than any other type, exemplify the great nomadic tradition of Turkish carpet weaving (Yuruk means nomad in Turkish).	Zakatala Zakatala rugs, produced in the South Caucasus are some of the rarest and most collectible village weavings of this region.