1940s Antique Traditional Medallion Claret & Dark Blue Qazvin Carpet Gallery Rug
Located in New York, NY
A mid-20th-century Qazvin (Kazvin) carpet from around 1940, measuring approximately 396.5 × 609.8 cm (about 13’0″ × 20’0″).
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1940s Blue Navy Floral Medallion Antique Qazvin Kashan Knotted Wool Carpet Rug
Located in New York, NY
This is an impressive Antique Qazvin rug from Iran, dating to approximately 1940.
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Antique Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An antique, circa 1930s, Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over multicolored alternating hexagonal striped pattern on an indigo background, surrounded by a contrasting geometric b...
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a wonderful all-over stylized tree-of-life pattern on a black background, surrounded by a wide border with contrasting tree-of-...
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over floral pattern woven in natural, undyed, wool, surrounded by multiple complementary borders.
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Wonderful Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim rug with a beautiful stylized multicolored tree-of-life patterned field woven with incredible natural vegetable dyed wool. The bor...
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over floral motif, surrounded by multiple complementary floral borders.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over tree-of-life pattern surrounded by multiple contrasting geometric borders.
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a beautifully woven tree-of-life pattern, surrounded by multiple complementary geometric borders.
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a multicolored all-over tree-of-life pattern surrounded by multiple contrasting floral borders.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a wonderful all-over multicolored floral pattern surrounded by a complementary geometric border.
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over floral pattern on a brown ground, surrounded by a complementary geometric border.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a wonderful pattern of stylized trees-of-life, woven in multi-colored vegetables dyed wool, in a graduated rectangle d...
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over floral pattern on a natural un-dyed wool background, surrounded by multiple contrasting floral borders.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a beautiful all-over multicolored stylized tree-of-life pattern on a black background. The border is comprised of three distinc...
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over diamond floral pattern surrounded by multiple complementary geometric borders.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over tree-of-life pattern surrounded by multiple complementary geometric borders.
Wool
Wonderful Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim rug with a beautiful stylized multicolored tree-of-life patterned field woven with incredible natural vegetable dyed wool. The bor...
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with ten diamond medallions on a natural wool background, surrounded by multiple contrasting geometric borders.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A fantastic early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a beautiful all-over multicolored diamond pattern woven in orange, lavender, black, and white on a pale crimson backgr...
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century, circa 1920, Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with intricately woven multicolored pattern surrounded by multiple complementary borders.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over tree-of-life pattern surrounded by a complementary geometric border.
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over tree-of-life pattern, surrounded by multiple complementary floral and geometric borders.
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an intricately woven multicolored floral pattern on a brown ground, surrounded by a complementary geometric border.
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin rug with all-over tree-of-life pattern in natural, un-dyed, wool surrounded by a complementary geometric patterned border.
Wool
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over tree-of-life pattern, woven in natural un-dyed wool, with a complementary geometric border.
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Beautiful Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim rug with a beautiful stylized multicolored tree-of-life patterned field woven with incredible natural vegetable dyed wool. The bor...
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Wonderful Early 20th Century Qazvin Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a beautiful all-over multicolored stylized tree-of-life pattern on a black background. The trees are colored in a way that they...
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Beautiful Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an unusual tree-of-life pattern across the main field. Tree-of-life patterns are not uncommon with this style of rug, ...
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Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over multicolored geometric crisscrossing diamond pattern surrounded by multiple contrasting borders.
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Wonderful Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a masterfully woven pattern of stylized tree-of-life patterns woven in brown, gold and pale red vegetable dyed wool. T...
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Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century, century 1930s, Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over brilliant crimson, emerald and orange geometric pattern on a black background, surrounded by a complementary g...
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Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over geometric floral pattern surrounded by multiple complementary borders, in natural wool.
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Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over tree-of-life pattern on a natural, un-dyed, background, surrounded by multiple complementary geometric borders.
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Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin kilim runner with beautiful all-over stylized floral pattern of alternating indigo, dark red, and natural wool diagonal stripes, surrounded by mu...
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Fantastic Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a skillfully woven tree-of-life pattern with each tree having multicolored layers. Between the trees are white triangl...
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Beautiful Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a skillfully woven tree-of-life pattern with each tree having multicolored layers. The border is comprised of three ...
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Outstanding Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An outstanding and beautiful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a densely woven tree-of-life pattern across the main field. Tree-of-life patterns are not uncommon wi...
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Sold|$6,450
1950s Persian Qazvin Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
1950s Persian Qazvin rug with an all-over abstract floral pattern woven in light and dark indigo, green, gold, and cream, on a burnt orange colored background. The border is wonderfu...
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Sold|$2,400
Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim,
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim carpet with geometric floral pattern surrounded by multiple geometric borders. 3'4" x 5' Reza's Rug Gallery #: R5294
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Sold|$2,250
Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim
Located in Chicago, IL
Measures: 4.7" x 5.4". Keywords: Rug, carpet, Kilim, Turkish, Persian, flat-weave.
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Sold|$1,600
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin kilim runner with a beautiful geometric criss-crossing pattern surrounded by a complementary geometric border.
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Sold|$3,450
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with alternating multicolored tree-of-life pattern surrounded by multiple complementary floral and geometric borders.
Wool
Sold|$3,780
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over tree-of-life pattern surrounded by multiple complementary floral and geometric border.
Wool
Sold|$7,250
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over multicolored tree-of-life pattern surrounded by a complementary floral and geometric border.
Wool
Sold|$1,600
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin kilim runner with an amazing and elaborate tightly woven multi-colored geometric diamond pattern surrounded by a complementary multi-colored bor...
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Sold|$2,900
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century, circa 1940's, Persian Qazvin kilim rug with beautiful multi-colored repeated diamond pattern surrounded by a simple but elegant complementary zigzag border.
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Sold|$1,975
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with all-over criss-crossing diamond pattern in natural colored wool, with a simple but elegant complementary geometric border.
Sold|$3,200
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim rug with an all-over tree-of-life pattern woven in indigo, green, gold, and natural undyed wools. The border is complex, woven wit...
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Sold|$1,475
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over tree-of-life pattern woven in yellow vegetable dyed and natural undyed wool, surrounded by multiple comple...
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Sold|$4,800
Gorgeous Early 20th Century Qazvin Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous early 20th century Persian Qazvin rug with a large-scale floral pattered medallion woven in crimson, green, indigo, cream, and pink vegetable dyed wool on a brilliant crim...
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Sold|$2,650
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An incredible early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a wildly multicolored petite tree-of-life pattern with two wonderful zigzag stripes running the length of the field....
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Sold|$3,700
Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with a beautiful all-over tree-of-life pattern, with a subtle zigzag stripe woven with a pale yellow and red naturally dyed wool. Th...
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Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 20th century Persian Qazvin kilim runner with all-over multi-colored zigzag geometric pattern surrounded by multiple complementary geometric borders.
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Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin kilim runner with multi-colored geometric and diamond zigzag pattern surrounded by a contrasting geometric border.
Wool
Sold|$2,800
Early 20th Century Persian Qazvin Kilim Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful early 20th century Persian Qazvin kilim rug with an all-over tree-of-life pattern woven with varying colored stripes creating a zigzag pattern across the field, and surro...
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Amazing Early 20th Century Qazvin Kilim Runner
Located in Chicago, IL
An amazing mid-20th century Persian Qazvin Kilim runner with an all-over tree-of-life pattern woven in a way that creates a diamond pattern of gold, indigo, and natural wool colored ...
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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.
Find Tabriz rugs, handmade silk Persian rugs, Persian tribal rugs and other antique and vintage rugs from the world's best furniture dealers on 1stDibs.
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