Unavailable|$75,000
Antique 19th Century Oversize Persian Lavar Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Lavar carpet. Contact dealer.
Wool
Unavailable|$120,000
Exceptional Antique 19th Century Persian Fereghen Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique 19th century Persian Fereghen carpet. Contact dealer Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$50,000
Exceptional Antique 19th Century Persian Sarouk Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique 19th century Persian Sarouk carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$85,000
Exceptional Antique 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique 19th century Persian Sultanabad carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$37,500
Antique 19th Century Persian Lavar Kerman Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th Century Persian Lavar Kerman carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$48,500
Antique 19th Century Oversize Persian Bibikabad Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Bibikabad carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$60,000
Antique 19th Century Oversize Persian Lavar Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Lavar carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$110,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Senna Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Senna carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$140,000
Exceptional Antique 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique 19th century Persian Sultanabad carpet, "Contact Dealer" button
Wool
Unavailable|$12,349
Large, Antique Sultanabad Carpet, Persia, circa 1880
Located in Egerton, Kent
A very large and good-looking Sultanabad carpet with an all-over herati design. Rare slate-blue
Wool
Unavailable|$60,000
Antique 19th Century Persian Kurdish Gallery Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Kurdish Gallery carpet. Contact dealer. Overall excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$350,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Kurdish Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique oversize 19th century Persian Kurdish carpet. Contact dealer. Overall excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$2,736
Hand-knotted Persian carpet Mashad 351x248cm
Located in STRAČOV, CZ
Hand-knotted Persian carpet Mashad 351x248cm Carpet from Iranian workshops in Mashad. The carpet
Wool, Cotton
Unavailable|$68,000
Exceptional Very Early Antique Persian Serapi Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional very early antique Persian Serapi carpet. Contact dealer.
Wool
Unavailable|$175,000
Extremely Finely Woven Antique Lavar Kerman Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Extremely finely woven antique Lavar Kerman carpet. Contact dealer Overall excellent condition
Wool
Unavailable|$95,000
Exceptional Extremely Finely Woven Antique Herat Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional extremely finely woven antique Herat carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition
Wool
Unavailable|$140,000
Exceptional Mid-19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional mid-19th century Persian Sultanabad carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$125,000
Exceptional Antique Persian Hadji Jalili Tabriz Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique Persian Hadji Jalili Tabriz carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$60,000
Extremely Fine Antique Oversize Persian Lilihan Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Extremely fine antique Persian Lilihan carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$85,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Tabriz Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Tabriz carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$110,000
Exceptional Antique Oversize Persian Dabir Kashan Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique Persian Dabir Kashan carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$85,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Sultanabad carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$88,500
Antique 19th Century Antique Indian Lahore Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century antique Indian Lahore carpet. Contact dealer Mint condition Provenance
Wool
Unavailable|$11,500
Antique Mahal Carpet Dark Deep Navy Ground
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare for a Mahal, this carpet places its deep navy blue on the field and restricts its reds to the
Wool
Unavailable|$6,500
Pale Blue Sky, Rare Hand-Knotted Tabriz Carpet
Located in Cremorne, AU
KPSI: 474 Origin: Tabriz, Iran Composition: Silk and wool Size: 250 cm x 100 cm Description
Wool, Silk
Unavailable|$7,000
Omar Khayam Esfahan wool and silk carpet
Located in New York, NY
Very finely woven
Wool, Silk
Unavailable|$14,000
Antique Signed Persian Joshaghan Carpet 19th Century
Located in Dallas, TX
This early example of a Joshaghan carpet displays a lovely lattice field with five prominent
Wool
Unavailable|$51,036
Late 19th Century Tabriz Hadji Jalili Carpet
By Haji Khalili
Located in Rome, IT
The Hadji Jalili workshops were world renowned for producing impeccable Tabriz carpets during the
Cotton, Wool
Unavailable|$17,742
Homayun Hand-Knotted Silk Persian Tabriz Rug/Carpet
By Homayun
Located in Cremorne, AU
KPSI: 645 Origin: Tabriz, Iran Composition: Silk and cork wool (very high silk content) Size
Wool, Silk
Unavailable|$75,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Malayer Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Malayer rug. Contact dealer. Excellent Condition Measures: 18.4 x 11.2.
Wool
Unavailable|$60,000
Antique Mid-19th Century Persian Serapi Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Contact Dealer Measures: 12.3 x 10.
Wool
Unavailable|$240,000
Exceptional Rare Antique Oversize Mohtasham Kashan Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Contact dealer Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$120,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Lavar Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Excellent condition. Contact dealer.
Wool
Unavailable|$13,035
Antique North West Persian Bakshayesh Carpet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Antique North West Persian Bakshayesh carpet, 19th century. Measures: 397 x 290cm.
Unavailable|$18,000
Antique Persian Heriz Serapi Carpet, circa 1900 4882y
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Persian Heriz Serapi carpet, circa 1900 4882y.
Wool
Unavailable|$85,000
Antique Oversize Late 19th Century Persian Meshed Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Meshed carpet. Contact dealer. Measures: 17.3 x 12.9.
Wool
Unavailable|$175,000
Exceptional Oversize Antique 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Sultanabad carpet. Contact dealer.
Wool
Unavailable|$140,000
Exceptional Oversize Antique 19th Century Lavar Kerman Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique Lavar Kerman carpet. Contact dealer. Perfect condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$225,000
Exceptional Oversize Antique 19th Century Persian Tabriz Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Tabriz carpet. Contact dealer. Measures 17.4 x 14.8.
Wool
Unavailable|$195,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Lavar Kerman Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Lavar Kerman carpet. Excellent condition. Contact dealer.
Wool
Unavailable|$110,000
Exceptional Antique Late 19th Century Dabir Kashan Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique late 19th century Dabir Kashan carpet. Contact dealer. Measures: 12.4 x 8.5.
Wool
Unavailable|$225,000
Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Contact dealer. Measures: 27 x 13.8.
Wool
Unavailable|$35,676
Antique North West Persian Serapi Carpet, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Antique Serapi carpets - The carpets of northwest Persia are in a class of their own. Prized for
Cotton, Wool
Unavailable|$120,000
Exceptional Extremely Fine Persian Dabir Kashan Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$995
20th Century Molana Jallaldin Rumi Tabriz Picture carpet
Located in New York, NY
scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's
Wool
Unavailable|$5,214
Early 20th Century Heriz Carpet, North West, Persia
Located in London, GB
shaped flowers, framed within a rust red repeating medallion border. This decorative carpet eschews the
Unavailable|$22,000
Antique Tabriz carpet - Associated with Masterweaver, Hadji Jalili
By Hadji Jalili
Located in London, GB
the finest and most elegant carpets during the 19th & Early 20th Century. A very sophisticated example
Unavailable|$10,634
Early 20th Century Mahal Carpet, North West Persia
Located in London, GB
This gaily colored Mahal carpet is more finely woven than most and has a much desired allover
Unavailable|$95,000
Antique 19th Century Persian Mohtasham Kashan Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$85,000
Exceptional Mid-19th Century Persian Sarouk Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Contact dealer.
Wool
Unavailable|$47,500
Antique 19th Century Persian Souj Boulak Gallery Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique 19th century Persian Souj Boulak gallery carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$75,000
Extremely Finely Woven Antique Persian Lavar Kerman Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Antique Persian Lavar Kerman carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$65,000
Exceptional Antique 19th Century Persian Qashqai Gallery Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique 19th century Persian Qashqai gallery carpet. Contact dealer.
Wool
Unavailable|$78,000
Extremely Finely Woven Antique 19th Century Herat Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Extremely finely woven antique 19th century Herat carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$38,000
Exceptional 19th Century Persian Souj Boulak Gallery Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional 19th century Persian Souj Boulak Gallery carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$220,000
Exceptional Antique Oversize 19th Century Persian Bidjar Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional antique 19th century Persian Bidjar carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Unavailable|$90,000
Exceptional Extremely Finely Woven Oversize Persian Kashan Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional extremely finely woven Persian Kashan carpet. Contact dealer. Excellent condition.
Wool
Make a bold statement in a living room or bedroom by incorporating vintage Persian rugs in your home decor.
A Persian carpet lends an aura of prestige to any room, even today. The fascination with Persian rugs dates at least as far back as the 4th century B.C., when historian Xenophon referred to the “soft rugs on which the Persians sit.” For centuries, Iran (modern-day Persia) has been known for the craftsmanship, intricate patterns and artistry of its carpets, which have found their way into households and museums around the world.
Although they have many imitators, real Persian rugs are made only in Iran and are easily recognized by their vibrant colors and elegant patterns.
Traditional, or antique, Persian rugs are what most people identify as “authentic.” Hand-made, they are very durable and, if properly cared for, can be passed down from generation to generation. Modern Persians, on the other hand, are often machine-made. Today’s carpets, Iranian or otherwise, can’t possibly match the level of craftsmanship that prevailed centuries ago, so historical Persian carpets will always be admired and highly valued.
Although the machine-aided production process is much faster and cheaper, the resulting rugs typically do not have the same quality or lifespan as handwoven ones, so traditional options are considered better investments.
To distinguish between the two, look for imperfections. Because traditional Persian rugs are handwoven, you will likely see small flaws on the front and back. With a machine-made imitation, on the other hand, you will probably not find stitching glitches, and the back will have a mesh or plastic covering.
Antique rugs are handmade from the finest materials, including wool, silk or cotton — never synthetic fibers. The fibers used in antique rugs are colored using natural dyes derived from insects and plants and woven into bold designs that reflect Iran’s culture and history. Since Persian tribes traditionally raised and herded sheep, wool was the most common material. The fiber has many advantages: It is fire-resistant and dries much more quickly than cotton. Also, because of its natural elasticity, it is more durable than cotton or silk. Regarded as works of art, Persian rugs can take months or years to complete.
The different types of Persian rugs are named for the cities, villages and regions where they’re made. Kashan rugs, for example, woven in the north-central Iranian city of Kashan, are considered among the finest city rugs, distinguished by curvilinear motifs like palmettos, leaves and arabesques. Nains have high knot counts, an indication of high quality, and generally employ pink, blue and ivory hues, while Tabriz rugs — created by weavers in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabrīz (or Tabriz) — mostly have floral and garden patterns.
When shopping for vintage Persian rugs, you'll want to consider color, size and more — for a history of these rugs and tips on how to style yours, visit our guide to these woven creations today.
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