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Kirman Rugs and Carpets

KIRMAN STYLE

Antique and vintage Kirman rugs and carpets are named for the southern Iranian city that has been a renowned major center of high-quality carpet production since the 16th century. These furnishings are considered works of art and are celebrated for their fine craftsmanship, sumptuous colors and durability.

This type of Persian carpet is sometimes spelled Kerman, like its place of origin, the capital of the Western Asian country’s Kerman Province. Iran encompasses different cultures, languages and dialects, and its exquisite rugs reflect this diversity.

The different types of Persian carpets are named for the towns, villages and regions where they’re made. Kirman rugs, carpets, wall hangings and other textiles have long been popular with international audiences, including in the early 20th century when they were marketed as Kermanshah carpets. Compared to other Persian rugs, Kirman examples are known for being vividly colored with natural dyes and characterized by a diverse variety of patterns, ranging from arabesques embedded with floral touches and details like deer and lions to overlapping cartouches in a broad palette of rich hues.

Others feature an ornate central medallion, vase shapes, rows of shrubs or a flourishing tree of life created through an asymmetrical knotting technique so that the wool pile on cotton is “double warped.” Some of the more elaborate carpets commissioned from the Kirman workshops in the 18th and 19th centuries included large-scale naturalistic scenes based on European paintings or Gobelin tapestries.

The major workshops of Kerman informed weaving in nearby rural areas such as those created by the Afshar tribe. The international popularity of Kirman carpets, meanwhile, inspired designers across the globe, such as William Morris in England. A leading designer of the Arts and Crafts movement, Morris revived historical techniques such as printed fabrics in the furnishings he created. He owned Kirman carpets and used them as a source for his work.

Both vintage and contemporary rugs influenced by Kirman designs remain in demand for their lavish palette and distinctive patterns. In 2013, a 17th-century Kirman carpet was sold at a Sotheby’s auction for an astounding $33.8 million.

Find a range of antique Kirman rugs and carpets, wall decorations and other furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Kirman
Long Antique Kerman Handmade Botanical Oversize Beige and Blue Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful antique Oversize Kerman hand-knotted wool rug with a beige field. This Kerman rug has a blue frame and accent that features an all-over botanical pattern design. This ru...
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20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Red Blue Cream Kerman Lavar Floral Wool Persian Rug by Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in wool originating circa 1890-1900, this antique Persian rug, whose origins lie in the celebrated Kerman Lavar style, has a story all its own. While the traditional medallion design of the Persian rug...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Authentic 1900s Persian Kirman Handmade Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Authentic 1900s Persian Kirman handmade wool carpet Size: 10'1" × 14'7" (307 × 444 cm) An early 20th century Persian kirman (Kerman) antique carpet, the camel field with a dense over...
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Wonderful Very Fine Hand Knotted Isfahan Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very fine rug with beautiful floral and central medallion design, beautiful colors with orange, blue and green, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on silk foundation. ...
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Mid-20th Century Central Asian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Silk, Wool

Bobyrug’s Large Vintage Mashhad Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid-20th century rug with a floral design and a central medallion and a red field, blue, yellow, green and pink colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton fou...
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Mid-20th Century Central Asian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton, Wool

727, Beautiful Vintage Floral Design Rug
Located in Paris, FR
727, very beautiful midcentury rug with nice floral design, in the style of European savonnerie rugs, and beautiful natural colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton f...
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Early 1900s Central Asian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Little Dorokhsh Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 19th century rug with a central medallion design and beautiful natural colors with blue, red and pink, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.
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Late 19th Century Asian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Red Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Antique Persian fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Red Rug. Size: 10'2"x12'11"
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20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Kerman Persian Rug in Golden Brown Medallion Pattern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand knotted in wool originating circa 1890-1900, this antique Persian rug connotes the celebrated Kerman rug style, named for the titular region of renown for its pieces in regal sc...
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1890s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Oversized Antique Persian Kerman Rug, Baroque Meets Bridgerton Regencycore
Located in Dallas, TX
71953 Antique Persian Kerman Rug, 11'05 x 18'07. Luxe Baroque meets Bridgerton Regencycore ​in this antique Persian Kerman rug. The intricate floral design and soft pastel colors wov...
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Mahal Rug with Rustic Romantic Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77598 vintage Persian Mahal rug with rustic Romantic Traditional style. Traditional style and rustic sensibility with romantic connotations, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Ma...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Ivory / Navy Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Antique Persian Fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Ivory / Navy Rug. Size: 10' X 14'
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20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Distressed Antique Persian Kerman Rug with Modern Rustic English Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
51525, distressed antique Persian Kerman rug with modern Rustic English cottage style. Balancing a timeless floral design with traditional sensibility and a lovingly timeworn patina,...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Ivory / Blue Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Antique Persian Fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Ivory / Blue Rug. Size: 9'-9" X 13'-6"
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20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Vintage Persian Ivory Gold Blue Floral Kirman Small Rug, circa 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Kirman is an ancient city, with an incredible history going back over a thousand years. Marco Polo was one of the first westerners to view Kirman rugs. The city is located in the cen...
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1930s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

1940S Persian Sarouk Scatter Rug, Ivory Field and Red Accents
Located in New York, NY
This Kerman-style, post - WWII Persian small scatter features an ivory field with a small floriate open lozenge medallion, four floating floral sprays, and a broad, encroaching flowe...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Bobyrug’s Little Square Kerman Vintage Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful rug in square shape with a floral design and a central medallion and blue field with yellow, brown and pink, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨...
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Mid-20th Century Central Asian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Cotton, Wool

Antique Persian fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Navy Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Antique Persian fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Navy Rug. Size: 8'1"x10'9"
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20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Wonderful Fine Large Antique Kirman Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine early 20th century large valuable rug with nice indo Persian design with a central medallion and beautiful floral design also with beautiful natural colors wi...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Fancy Light Blue Antique Persian Kerman Room Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
A room size handmade Persian Kerman rug with sand and brown accents on a light blue field circa 1920. Measures: 8'9" x 11'7".
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Red Rug
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Antique Persian fine Traditional Handwoven Luxury Wool Red Rug. Size: 9'-11" X 12'-10"
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20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Hunting Scene Kerman Rug. Size: 14' 8" x 22' 8"
Located in New York, NY
Magnificent Large Oversized Antique Persian Hunting Scene Kerman Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Persian Rug, Circa Date: 1880. Size: 14 ft 8 ...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Kerman Lavar Blue & Red Wool All-Over Floral Pattern Rug
Located in Long Island City, NY
This antique Kerman Lavar Persian has an all-over floral pattern with a traditional style. From 1910-1920, the many variant flowers in the field depicted hanging from green and blue ...
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1910s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Early 20th Century Kirman Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An unusual early 20th century Persian Kirman rug with a long ovoid central floral medallion woven in light indigo plink and cream, against a solid champagne, and surrounded by a wide...
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Animal Motif Kerman Persian Rug. 17 ft 2 in x 26 ft 9 in
Located in New York, NY
A Breathtakingly Decorative Oversized Antique Kerman Persian Rug, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Persian Antique Rug, Circa Date: Turn of the 20th Century – Size: 17 ft 2 in x 26 ft 9...
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Kirman Handwoven Wool Rug
Located in New York, NY
Fine Antique Persian Kirman handwoven wool rug Size: 4'2" × 11'2" (127 × 340 cm) Famous for their beautiful designs, Kirman rugs are considered to be one of the most sought-after typ...
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Traditional Lavar Kerman Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century Persian Lavar Kerman traditional rug. Accents in wine, blue, green and brown Measures: 4'1" x 6'7" The province and city of Kerman in Central Persia conti...
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1920s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Distressed Vintage Persian Kerman Rug with English Country Cottage Style
Located in Dallas, TX
53393, distressed vintage Persian Kerman Rug with English Country Cottage style. Light and airy with rustic sensibility, this hand knotted wool vintage Persian Kerman rug is poised t...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Very Fine Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Rug with Intricate Floral Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ornately detailed antique Persian Lavar Kerman rug replicating trees, branches and birds in a forest Design, rug KBE-200205, country of origin / type: Iran / Lavar Kerman, circa 1900...
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1890s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Kirman Rug, circa 1940
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A delightful Kerman rug woven with exquisite detail, the red ground filled with weaving floral designs surrounding a central ivory and soft blue medallion bounded by a soft green mai...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Distressed Rug with Multicolored Floral Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Persian Lavar Kerman distressed rug with multicolored floral motifs, keivan Woven Arts/ rug/D-1210, Country/Iran, This beautiful antique distressed Persian Kerman Lavar rug ...
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1910s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Beautiful Light Vintage Mood Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid-20th century rug with beautiful floral design with a central medallion and nice colors with beige field, red, blue, green, orange, purple and pink, entirely hand knotte...
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Mid-20th Century Central Asian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Kerman Rug, circa 1940
Located in Secaucus, NJ
Vintage Persian Kerman rug, circa 1940. Although small in size this vintage Kerman rug incorporates a tremendous amount of detail in the composition with the floral elements repeated...
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20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Wonderful Fine Vintage Nain Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and fine rug with a nice floral design with central medallion and a blue field color, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool and silk velvet on cotton foundations.
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Late 20th Century Central Asian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Oversize Persian Gold Floral Kirman Lavar Rug, circa 1880s-1900s
Located in New York, NY
This is an exquisite antique oversize Persian gold floral Kirman Lavar rug circa 1880s-1900s measuring 17 x 23 ft in pristine cond...
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1880s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Distressed Antique Persian Kerman Rug with Relaxed French Provincial Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77627 Distressed Antique Persian Kerman rug with relaxed French Provincial style. Cleverly composed with rustic sensibility and a hint of romantic connotations, this hand knotted woo...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Kerman Lavar Red and Brown Persian Floral Rug
Located in Long Island City, NY
This antique Kerman Lavar Persian floral rug has a unique orientation in its field. From 1880-1900, the graph of the all-over floral field was drawn off-...
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1880s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Distressed Antique Persian Kerman Rug with Shabby Chic Rustic French Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77560 distressed antique Persian Kerman rug with Shabby Chic Rustic French style. ??With an impressive array of realistic floral elements and a refined color palette, this hand knott...
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Finely Woven Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Rug, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
Of higher "Lavar" quality, this SE Persian workshop carpet with a medium-fine weave on cotton foundation, shows a 16 large and shallower lobe dark red medallion enclosing a navy eigh...
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Early 1900s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Nice Vintage Sinkiang Persian Design Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful mid century rug with a floral Kirman design and beautiful colors with blue field, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Early 20th Century Handwoven Wool Kirman Rug
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This antique Kirman Rug has a shaded blue-grey field with an overall design of polychrome palmette and serrated leaf vine, in a broad shaded light burgundy border of dense floral spr...
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Early 20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Oversize Antique Persian Ivory and Blue Floral Kirman Rug, circa 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Kirman is an ancient city, with an incredible history going back over a thousand years. Marco Polo was one of the first westerners to view Kirman rugs. The city is located in the cen...
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1920s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Very Beautiful Fine Large Qom Vintage Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice 20th century Persian style rug with a beautiful design with garden and checkerboards and nice light colors, with green, blue, orange and brown, entirely and finely hand knotted ...
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Late 20th Century Central Asian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Kirman Rug, circa 1940
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A delightful Kerman rug woven with exquisite detail, the red ground filled with weaving floral designs surrounding a central ivory and soft blue medallion bounded by a soft green mai...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Kirman Rug, circa 1940
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A delightful Kerman rug woven with exquisite detail, the red ground filled with weaving floral designs surrounding a central ivory and soft blue medallion bounded by a soft green mai...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Gold Navy Blue Ivory Floral Millefleur Kirman Rug
Located in New York, NY
Kirman is an ancient city, with an incredible history going back over a thousand years. Marco Polo was one of the first westerners to view Kirman rugs. The city is located in the central south-eastern section of Iran, in the province that bears its name. Kirman carpets are perhaps one of the most recognizable within the antique Persian rug category. A typical pattern for Kerman rugs and carpets is a floral or architectural theme in the main border with a central medallion in the field. Other patterns include the finer Kirman Lavar style with garden, tree-of-life, vase, and all-over millefleur designs, or the many pictorials which tell the story of a significant figure or event in history. The vase design carpets originated during the Safavid dynasty, and are among the greatest masterpieces of Persian weaving. A stunning pattern of vines and palmettes derived from classical Persian Kirman unfolds elegantly across the rich ground of this sumptuous antique Persian Kirman carpet. This carpet has a full pile and measures 9.10 x 12.8 ft and is from circa 1940s. This rug can be used on the floor or as a wall hanging antique tapestry rug...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Square Rose Ivory Navy Blue Floral Kirman Rug, circa 1920s
Located in New York, NY
Kirman is an ancient city, with an incredible history going back over a thousand years. Marco Polo was one of the first westerners to view Kirman rugs. The city is located in the cen...
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1920s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Kirman Persian Wool Rug 1960s, Red Medallion, Hand Knotted
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fine Vintage Kirman Persian Wool Rug 1960s, Red Medallion, Hand Knotted Measures: 8 feet x 10 feet. Gorgeous vibrant red center medallion surrounded by lush, intricate field of bei...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Kirman Rug, circa 1940
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A delightful Kerman rug woven with exquisite detail, the red ground filled with weaving floral designs surrounding a central ivory and soft blue medallion bounded by a soft green mai...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

1900s Finely Woven Persian Lavar Kerman Rug, Allover Field
Located in New York, NY
This Persian city carpet shows a central navy clawed and pendanted medallion, with lateral en suite half medallions and smaller stepped floral lozenges, all on a cream ground with cl...
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Early 1900s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

19th Century Pair of S.E. Persian Kirman Laver Runner Carpets ( 2'6" x 15'4" )
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Pair of S.E. Persian Kirman Laver Runner Carpets 2'6" x 15'4" - 76 x 467
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1880s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Kirman Rug, circa 1940
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A delightful Kerman rug woven with exquisite detail, the red ground filled with weaving floral designs surrounding a central ivory and soft blue medallion bounded by a soft green mai...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

19th Century Kerman Handmade Light Blue Wool Rug
Located in Norwalk, CT
Beautiful antique Oversize Kerman hand-knotted wool rug with a light blue field. This Kerman rug has a beige frame and accents in an all-over medallion floral pattern design. Thi...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Vintage Persian Kirman Rug, circa 1940
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A delightful Kerman rug woven with exquisite detail, the red ground filled with weaving floral designs surrounding a central ivory and soft blue medallion bounded by a soft green mai...
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1940s Persian Vintage Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Rug, Allover Field, circa 1900s
Located in New York, NY
Possibly from Lavar, reputed to have woven finer antique Kermans, the figure/ground reversing pattern shows a four by six array of red ellipses enclosing green leafy arabesque spiral...
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Early 1900s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Late 19th Century Lavar Kerman Rug South East Persia
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This traditional handwoven Persian Lavar Kerman rug has a gorgeous ivory cream field of dense scrolling floral vines enclosing a regal indigo radiating medallion of similar dense flo...
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Late 19th Century Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Early 20th Century Lavar Kirman Prayer Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic early 20th century Persian Lavar Kirman prayer with a wonderful tree-of-life sprouting from a large vase all rendered in light and dark indigo, light and dark green, cran...
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Early 1900s Persian Antique Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Wool

Oriental Square Rug, Handmade Traditional Carpet, Arabesque Ivory Rugs
Located in Hampshire, GB
This unique wool rug has been woven with a fantastic neutral colour pallet. Cream and beige are the predominant background colours in this piece, decorated with amazing floral patterns woven in accents of muted green, blue, pink and yellow colours. The symmetrical medallion design and the beautiful colour palette in this rug make it the perfect accent piece. This rug would make an ideal addition to any home. Suitable for both modern and traditional interiors. Handmade with the finest hand-spun wool and cotton. The fantastic colours come from natural dyeing techniques using organic vegetable dyes. Intricate hand-knotted designs tell stories through design and colour. Style this handwoven wool rug in any room for a tasteful, colourful addition.Oriental Square Rug, Handmade Traditional Carpet...
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1990s Azerbaijani Kirman Rugs and Carpets

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Organic Material, Wool, Cotton

Kirman rugs and carpets for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Kirman rugs and carpets for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage rugs and carpets created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include rugs and carpets, wall decorations, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Kirman rugs and carpets made in a specific country, there are Asia, West Asia, and Iran pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original rugs and carpets, popular names associated with this style include Karastan, Modenese Gastone, Djoharian Design, and Hereke. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for rugs and carpets differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $220 and tops out at $3,200,000 while the average work can sell for $12,000.

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