Pictorial Carpet

This carpet was woven in Asian Anatolia, Turkey in the historic city of Hereke. In the mid-19th Century, Sultan Abdul Mejid proclaimed Hereke to be the royal weaving village. The si...

Such carpets are often referred to as pictorial, fantasy or tableau carpets.

This is a wonderful pictorial Tabriz rug, woven in 1910, depicting the entrance to the Garden of Paradise. This drawing comes from ancient manuscripts. The rug is in perfect conditio...

This beautiful pictorial rug from Agra was woven with extraordinary detail.

Equally at home in a hunting lodge or a hipster hideout, this antique Karabagh exudes style. The pile in this rug is beautifully preserved, indicating that it has probably spent most...

Tabriz’s seasons constitute the most favorite carpet subjects. Normally, they form the background for the famous oriental buildings, palaces, mosques, temples, the nature blossoms an...

Fine quality, early 17th century design. Lattice background on ivory field. Persian tiles from 10th to 17th used this motif.

A bold antique Khotan rug woven depicting ceremonial vessels, contained within a guard border of amulets. The heavily saturated indigo field contrasts wonderfully with the lightly co...

Early Kashgai or Lori pictorial. South Persian origin. The lions are the guardian of Persepolis. In the Fars district, circa last quarter of the 19th century. Wool on wool foundation.

If a Picture paints a thousand words, then this is probably a typical example. Here is an amazing Picture Rug. It can be hung as a tapestry or used on the floor. The scene depicts be...

Pictorial Persian Tabriz rug, shows a man with a pipe, circa 2000 Measures: 20" x 34" Hand-knotted wool pile on a cotton foundation. Field color: Brown Accent colors: ...

Antique Indian Agra pictorial rug featuring a lion and lioness. circa 1900 Measures: 4'1" x 6'4" Hand-knotted wool pile, cotton foundation - 400 KPSI Field color: Antique-Blue Bo...

This pictorial rug was woven in Karabagh as a dowry gift. The horses are the folkkloric hero of the story of the Armenian king, racing through the kingdom, to warn the villages of t...

By which they made unique decorative art works of their carpets. This 1940's Pictorial is a fantastic example thereof.

Depiction of Humpback Gods, talking god and four female yeis. Made of handspun wool with a mixture of natural and aniline dyed wools. Published: Navajo Pictorial Weaving 1880-1950, p...

This Kashmar rug has a unique Zire Khaki pattern. Zire Khaki literally means “under the ground” and is referred to Persian archeological finds. In fact, the design includes historic...

An antique Persian pictorial Tabriz rug, circa 1900. This rug displays an Omar Khayyam poem.

Antique pictorial Yarkand rug. The design depicts an Art Deco rendition of the birds of paradise. Many Yarkand rugs tend to pictorial with Chinese details, Central Asian design schem...

Vintage Swedish Pictorial Rya Rug

This hand knotted wool antique Caucasian Karabakh rug has an abrashed patina that comes from the many years of aging. Design. The abrashed red field displays two large scale peacocks...

This rug is a very unique antique Kayseri rug. The design has very unusual animal elements with two beautiful elephants in the center below the Mandala with birds of paradise. There ...

The pictorial lions woven into this authentic Morracan Rug, truly make this rug unique. The soft muted colors of apricot, grays, blacks and grays harmonize and create an aesthetic w...

Antique pictorial Yarkand rug. The design depicts Art Deco period vases and motifs . Many Yarkand rugs tend to pictorial with Chinese details, Central Asian design schemes and Wester...

Unique 100 + Year Old Kashkooli Gabbeh 8ft x 3.5ft Enchanting old pictorial Gabbeh rug, handcrafted by masterful Kashkoolis of the Qashqais. This nomadic treasure features an unusu...

This rug depicts the love story of star crossed lovers of Khrosrow and Shirin. Khosrow and Shirin is the title of a famous tragic romance by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–120...

Antique Nomadic Lion tribal rugs are extremely rare. This signed Lion rug from East Turkestan has the special feature of years of abrash. One unique characteristic of hand-spun yarn...

This unique and charming Baotou Suiyuan rug offers an unusual view into a landscape with magpies. The design is executed in green, grey and beige tones and depicts seven magpies si...

A one-of-a-kind whimsical pictorial Navajo textile, featuring geometric shapes also known as a tumbling blocks motifs and tools. Measures: 69"x 43".

A warm red tone dominates this charming Inner Mongolian pictorial rug. Chinese pictorial rugs exude a certain charm and often appear like a framed window, offering a glance into ...

This Classic ivory colored inner Mongolian rug is a representation of auspicious wishes and the desire for intellectual accomplishment. The ivory colored background has a subtle a...

A Navajo weaver wove this outstanding blanket in the last quarter of the 19th century using commercially spun and dyed wool from Germantown, PA. (one of the first wool manufacturing ...

A truly charming glimpse into another world of birds playing amongst the branches of a blossoming plum tree. The asymmetrical composition of this Baotou rug centres on the plum tr...

This pictorial Baotou kang rug presents itself as a picture in a frame, conveying auspicious wishes to the newly wed couple. The Four Accomplishments (chessboard, lute, paintings ...

Antique Art Deco Chinese rug with deep wool pile in cream with a blue border. Elegant and graceful pictorial motifs in a traditional Classic Chinese style. This rug was made with bri...

Indian and Persian hunting rugs are excellent examples of pictorial rugs and scenic carpets that depict countless animals, horsemen and animated predators set among a lush, forested ...

One of kind Turkish pictorial carpet with a soft blue background and peach border.

A Chinese peking carpet in midnight blue.

A vintage Indo-Tabriz pictorial carpet handmade during the mid-20th century in the style of the famous silk 'Hunting Carpet' in Vienna woven in Persia during the Safavid Era.

This Khotan carpet depicts an elk and large tree on a Hillside landscape in front of a persimmon field. Surrounded by a triple border, first Greek key, second Chinese Shou character ...

74336 Antique Persian Kerman Pictorial Rug, 04'08 x 06'08. Woven in the final decades of the 19th century, this rare hand-knotted wool Persian Kerman pictorial rug stands as a lyrica...

61212 Antique Persian Tabriz Rug, 11'03 x 15'00. This exquisite hand-knotted wool antique Persian Tabriz rug, a treasure from the Late 19th Century, unfolds as a canvas of the cheris...

An early 20th century, Persian Khorassan Pictorial carpet. Measures: 16' 3" x 19' 5"

A vintage Turkish Kurd Pictorial carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century.

An antique Caucasian pictorial carpet from the fourth quarter of the 19th century.

A vintage Persian Tabriz pictorial carpet from the second quarter of the 20th century depicting a male lion.

Chinese pictorial carpet depicting figures in a pagoda amongst a landscape, on a black ground.

Featuring a whimsical and abstract zig-zag pattern with nautical Folk Art elements on the lower half, the weaver intended to create a pictorial carpet of a mountainscape. Measures...

A 2nd quarter of the 20th century Tibetan Animal Pictorial Carpet Size 3' x 5' 7" (91 x 170 cm).

Nichols Chinese Art Deco Pictorial Carpet, with scene of flowers and birds on a plum ground with green border. 12' 6" L x 9' 9" W.

Early 20th Century Chinese Baotou Rug ( 3'6" x 5'6" - 107 x 168 ) Antique Chinese Bao Tou Pictorial Carpet

This oversized pictorial carpet using vibrant color blends the Art Deco style of the first half of the 20th century with a distinctively Chinese sensibility.

A highly pictorial carpet, it features vivid floral representations of sprawling gardens flowing symmetrically around the nine-point motif emanating out from a central rosette, the e...

Fine quality early 20th century Persian Isfahan carpet with an enchanting prayer niche motif on an ocean blue field.