811 Rugs from Persia

A trellis of vines and palmettes in pale blue and earth tones spreads gracefully across the field of this grandly elegant antique Oriental Khorassan carpet from Persia.

This sumptuous antique Oriental Kashan rug from Persia has a fine mesh of voluted cross-forms arranged as an allover design.

On this exceptional antique Oriental Afshar rug a lively, multi-colored pattern of finely detailed diagonal stripes pulsates across the field.

This lush and powerful antique Bakhtiari carpet from Persia has an allover pattern of staggered scalloped medallions and vinescrolls repeating dramatically against the contrasting ground. <

This unusual antique Oriental Bakshaish carpet from Persia has an allover pattern of monumental vinescrolls and palmettes reminiscent of Sultanabads.

This lovely little antique oriental Baluch bag from Afghanistan has an abstract tree of life on a camel ground. 

A flowering vase spouting an ornamental tree of life spreads across the tan field of this sweetly elegant little antique Kerman rug from Persia.

This elegant antique Oriental Bijar was a pattern sampler rug or wagireh meant to be used as a guide for weaving a larger carpet.

This elegant antique Oriental Bijar rug is a pattern sampler or Wagireh whose designs were used as a guide for weaving larger carpets.

This opulent antique Oriental Bijar rug from Persia has a jewel-like design of classical  medallions and arabesques.

This extraordinary antique Oriental Isfahan carpet from Persia is graced with soft blue arabesques radiating from smaller star medallions.

This arresting little antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia has vertical rows of multi-colored zig-zags making up the field.

This boldly graphic antique Oriental Persian Gabbeh rug has simple hexagonal medallions arranged end to end in series across an abrashed tan field

This charming little antique Oriental Persian Gabbeh rug has horizontal bands of stylized birds and bushes spaced rhythmically across the deeply abrashed tan ground

This strkingly modern antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia has a stunning but simple design of multi-colored diamonds on a varied tan ground.  

This charmingly modern antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia has a free form design of rectangles and stripes in striated tones of blue, red, mauve, and green.

This exciting nomadic antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia has a striking grid pattern outlined in soft salmon with a multi-colored ladder design.

The field of this exciting antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia is reminiscent of a poinitilist painting by Seurat.

This sweet little nomadic antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia has little multi-colored animals scampering across the striated tan and brown field.

This charming little nomadic antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia has tiny animals in different colors cavorting across the striated tan field.

The upper field on this charming antique Oriental Persian Gabbeh rug has animals and abstract symbols floating across abrashed shades of neutral tan reminiscent of desert sands.

This exquisitie antique Khorassan from Persia has a lush pattern of palmettes and vines.

The field of this charming antique Oriental Persian Gabbeh rug sports an abstract pattern of irregular pin stripes distributed across an abrashed neutral ground.

This powerfully expressive antique Oriental Gabbeh rug from Persia has a bold, graphically drawn arrowhead medallion dominating the yellow ground.  

This sumptuous antique Khorassan carpet from Persia has a pointed polygonal medallion capped by two grand ogival finials.

This lovely little antique Oriental Kerman carpet from Persia has a remarkably unified sense of color and design amidst its variation and detail.

Reminiscent of classical Polonaise carpets, this design is unusual among nineteenth-century Kerman carpets.

The color and naturalistic detail of the is unusual antique Kerman from Persia offer a striking response to the repertory of Savonnerie and Axminister carpets.

An allover compartment design of scalloped ogival medallions graces this antique Oriental Kerman (Kirman carpet from Persia.

This exquisite antique Kerman from Persia is inspired by the fabric and wallpapers designed by William Morris.

This extraordinary antique Oriental Kerman carpet exemplifies the grand tradition of Persian weaving.

Whirling sprays of flowers and serrated leaves repeat dynamically in staggered symmetry across the field of this elegant little antique Kerman from Persia.

This sumptuous antique Oriental Kerman from Persia has an allover compartment design of scalloped ogival medallions.

This sumptuous antique Oriental Farahan or Fereghan carpet from Persia has a lovely arabesque medallion providing a central focus for the richly detailed saffron ground.

An allover pattern of shield medallions unfolds across this grand and sumptuous antique Kerman carpet made in Persia by the great master Aboul Ghasem Kermani.

The classic Persian design and coloration of this opulent antique Kerman runner recall the beauty of embroidered Kashmir shawls.

Modeled on the ruined reliefs of the great palace at Persepolis, no other rug of this kind can compare with the range and monumentality of this splendid antique Kerman carpet from Persia.

Though small in size, this lovely antique Khorassan carpet from Persia possess a grand monumentality of design.

This elegant antique oriental Khorassan carpet from Persia offers an imaginative response to European carpet design.

The field of this stately antique Khorassan from Persia consists only of open, subtly abrashed reddish terracotta pile.

A dazzlingly complex design of cartouche-like medallions and quatrefoils linked by finely proportioned flowering vines sprawls across the champagne field of this sumptuous antique Oriental K

This highly unusual antique Kurdish Wagireh or sampler is a minor masterpiece of Northwest Persian weaving.

This magnificent antique Kerman carpet was woven over a hundred years ago in Persia by the master weaver Aboul Ghasem Kermani.

A succession of multiple concentric frames or borders comprises the entire design of this marvelously tribal Persian kilim.

A cocoa field is enclosed dramatically by zig-zag bands in black and persimmon red on this boldly striking Persian Kilim.

This unusual antique Oriental Bakshaish (Bakhshaish) rug from Persia combines the bold, expressive drawing and color of Bakshaish weaving with a classic Serab design.

This unique decorative antique Lori Persian carpet is hand-made from fine wool in Persia.

This elegant antique Oriental Farahan from Persia has a beautiful classic design of small medallions, serrated leaves and cartouches.

This elegant all silk antique Oriental Heriz carpet from Persia has a delicate filigree design of oval medallions and eight-pointed stars and a beautiful vine scroll border.

The allover design of the field on this grand antique Khorassan is so fine in scale that it functions virtually as a complexly textured open field.

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This outstanding antique Oriental Kerman preserves a classic design from the great era of Persian court carpets.

A striking design of staggered medallions with serrated edges repeats across a soft cocoa ground on this boldly tribal antique Shahsavan form Northwest Persia.

A vertical series of diamond shaped latchhook medallions floats across a long open camel ground field on this arrestingly simple and bold antique Shahsavan from Persia.

A grand hexagonal medallion hovers at the center of the abrashed russet field of this lovely antique Oriental Malayer carpet from Persia.

An allover design of finely drawn, delicately interlacing vines and flowers graces the soft champagne gold field of this supremely elegant antique Kerman from Persia.

This lovely antique Oriental Kerman carpet from Persia has an allover spray of soft blue vines and palmettes repeats rhythmically across a golden apricot field.

The design on this antique Oriental Bakshaish (Bakhshaish) runner from Persia is a classic Serab design on an open camel ground.

On this classically elegant antique Serapi, a star-like medallion hovers at the center of  the field, surrounded by delicate vines and palmettes.  

The overall effect of this jewel-like antique Kerman from Persia is heightened by the precision of its detail and confident drawing.

On this stunningly lavish antique Oriental Kerman from Persia classic Persian tradition reigns supreme.

Star-forms filled with plants fruit trees, willows, and cypress repeat rhythmically across the field of this stately a antique Ravar Kerman from Persia.