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This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed for 19th-century rugs from the Bidjar region, Easter...

The design source of the carpet comes from the book How to Read – Islamic Carpets, Walter B. Denny, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2014 fig.18. This is a vase-technique wit...

Mamluk Carpet with All-Over Leaf Lattice Contemporary Modern Rug Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a rare Mamluk design preserved in the collection of the MAK – Muse...

The source of carpet comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. That rug with the central star was designed in the earl...

Safavid Tabriz Carpet – Reinterpreted from a 17th Century Museum Fragment Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a rare 17th-century rug fragment from Northwest Iran, at...

The source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.9. This rug is presumably made by Kurds of the Ahl-i-Haq...

Mamluk Carpet with Cusped Medallion – 16th Century Cairene Design Reinterpreted Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a rare variation within the classical Mamluk tradi...

Para-Mamluk Carpet with Kufic Border – Transitional Design Inspired by the Zaleski Collection, 16th Century Origin and Inspiration The Para-Mamluk carpet represents a rare and refi...

Mamluk Carpet with All-Over Leaf Lattice Contemporary Modern Rug Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a rare Mamluk design preserved in the collection of the MAK – Muse...

Mamluk Carpet with Central Star – 16th Century Cairene Geometric Design Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by one of the most iconic compositions within the Mamluk weav...

Mamluk Carpet with Cusped Medallion – 16th Century Cairene Design Reinterpreted Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a rare variation within the classical Mamluk tradi...

Persian Kerman Prayer Rug – Vase, Garden and Bird Motifs, 19th Century Inspiration Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a remarkable Persian prayer rug design preserve...

Persian Kerman Prayer Rug – Vase, Garden and Bird Motifs, 19th Century Inspiration Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a remarkable Persian prayer rug design preserve...

Kerman Vase Carpet – Arabesque Design Inspired by a 17th Century Safavid Masterpiece Origin and Inspiration This carpet is inspired by a rare and important group of Safavid textile...

Isfahan Carpet – New Julfa Design – Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Safavid Isfahan Carpet – New Julfa Armenian Trade Design, Early 17th Century Origin and Inspiration This carpet is...

The source of the rug comes from the book Völker, Angela, Die orientalischen Knüpfteppiche das MAK, Vienna: Böhlau, 2001: 42–5. This rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th-century rug by Mamluk Sultane of Cairo, Egypt. It is exhibited at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Austria. As its impressive size, materials, and design quality suggest, the carpet is a product of an accomplished court workshop and likely dates from the late period of the last Mamluk dynasty. The quantity of the colors used speaks for an earlier date around 1500; the delicate vegetal border with leaf tendrils and the characteristic umbrella leaves...

Turkish Court Manufactury Rugs were woven in the Egyptian workshops founded by Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Those carpets were woven in Egypt, following the paper cartoons pro...

The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...

The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an "asymmetric" design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...

This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug from the Bidjar region, Eastern Kur...

The source of the rug comes from the book Renaissance of Islam, Art of the Mamluks, Esin Atil, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1981 nr.126. This rug with palm trees a...

The design source of the rug comes from the book Oriental Rugs Volume 1 Caucasian, Ian Bennett, Oriental Textile Press, Aberdeen 1993, nr.360. The alternating row of octagons and spi...

The source of the rug comes from the book Oriental Rugs Volume 1 Caucasian, Ian Bennett, Oriental Textile Press, Aberdeen 1993, nr.332. This is a sp...

This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug from the Bidjar region, Eastern Kur...

This rug’s design is composed of diamond and flower rows pattern, filling the field elegantly. These kinds of rugs have often been described as wagirehs or samplers and were said to ...

This is a Derbend Kazak rug, also known as a Daghestan rug, designed late 19th century. It is a type of hand-woven rug that originates from the Caucasus region, specifically from the...

The source of the rug comes from the book Islamic Carpets, Joseph V. McMullan, Near Eastern Art Research Center Inc., New York 1965 nr.22. This is a system of arabesque-designed 19th...

The source of carpet comes from the book Arts & Crafts Carpets, by Malcolm Haslam, and David Black, 1991, fig.49. This Hammersmith carpet was designed by William Morris in 1882, in the United Kingdom. In 1887 English artist and bookbinder T.J. Cobden Sanderson, suggested that a new group be named the “Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society” As a result, he was the first to use the term “Art and Crafts” and also is credited with naming this new emerging movement. The Arts & Crafts movement was inspired by the degradation of product standards that resulted from the factory production age. The rise of machinery in manufacturing caused a noticeable decline in uniqueness and crafts. These anti-Industrial reformers promoted economic advancement and social change. They wanted to eliminate poor quality and “artificial” items from 19th century British society. They saw a plethora of uninteresting items on display at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and became inspired to launch a Campaign for originality and uniqueness. William Morris was an English designer, as well as an uplifting social activist and writer. Morris is credited with sparking the rebirth of textile arts and traditional means of production. In 1861, Morris and a small group of designers opened an incredibly fashionable design company that grew to be largely successful. Morris left behind works in many different mediums such as textiles, books, furniture, stained glass, and area rugs. But in the end, he is most remembered for the magnificent wallpapers that he designed. He got much of his inspiration from the natural world. Through his interior decor pieces, Morris set out to convert rooms or spaces into meadows with beautiful trees meandering, vines, and plants. This concept of taking something Industrial and man-made, and converting it into something natural is what William Morris meant when he once said: “-any decoration is futile… when it does not remind you of something beyond itself.” Morris was a huge commercial success and his works are some of the most sought-after pieces in the world of design and decor. He is also credited with almost single-handedly reviving the British textile arts as well as their methods of production. Morris was also severely critical of machine-made goods, exclaiming, “Today almost all wares that are made by civilized man are shabbily and pretentiously ugly.” Houses were filled “with tons and tons of unutterable rubbish,” which, he suggested, should be heaped onto a gigantic bonfire! “As a condition of life, production by machinery is altogether evil.” He masterminded one of the most well-known styles of Arts & Crafts, recognizable by its twisting and arching patterns and simple, elegant floral design prints. Although Morris believed that Persian carpets were the greatest ever made, he adopted the coarser Turkish (Ghiordes) knot for his hand knotted carpet manufacture. They were woven at a thickness of 25 knots to the square inch at that time. Morris & Co.’s rugs are reminiscent of Persian garden design carpets in that they are smartly styled depictions of English gardens. Donegal also started producing highly desirable Irish rugs in the late 19th century. The Donegal rugs were predominantly created by English architects C.F.A. Voysey and Gavin Morton. The handcrafted Voysey rugs are typically woven in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Voysey had a knack for using contrasting shapes to decorate flat monochromatic spaces. Dark outlines added a flair of drama to his signature pattern and Celtic rug...

The design source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.4. This was an exclusive example of a Mina Khani ...

The source of the rug comes from the book oriental rugs volume 1 Caucasian, Ian Bennett, Oriental Textile Press, Aberdeen 1993, nr.87-88-90. This is a large medallion rug...

The source carpet comes from the Mercer Collection Sotheby’s 2000 (catalog cover). This Mamluk-Cairene carpet, curiously featuring some type of lattice, ...

The source of the rug comes from the book Islamic Carpets, Joseph V. McMullan, Near Eastern Art Research Center Inc., New York 1965 nr.22. This is a system of arabesque-designed 19th-century rugs from Gerous ( Garrus or Garus ) region, Eastern Kurdistan area. This rug is a splendid echo of the Arabesque and Vase Carpets...

Turkish Court Manufactury Rugs were woven in the Egyptian workshops founded by the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Those carpets were woven in Egypt, following the paper cartoons...

The source of the rug comes from the book Tapis du Caucase – Rugs of the Caucasus, Ian Bennett & Aziz Bassoul, The Nicholas Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon 2003, nr.52 and Orient Star...

The source of the rug comes from the Textile Museum, Washington D.C., inv. R 16.2.4. This rug with the central star was designed in the early 16th century rug by the Mamluk Sultan of...

The source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993, no. 214. This is a series of medallions-designed rugs...

The source of carpet comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.135. This exceptionally elegant, large medallion-pat...

The most dramatic of the Gerous ( Garrus, Gerus, Garus ) carpets are those with an “asymmetric” design. Only a section of the original is shown, in the same way, many Lotto carpets w...

The source of carpet comes from the Mercer Collection Sotheby’s 2000 (catalog cover). This Mamluk-Cairene carpet is known, curiously featuring some type ...

The source of the carpet comes from the Mercer Collection Sotheby’s 2000 (catalog cover). This Mamluk-Cairene carpet is known, curiously featuring some t...

This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed for 19th-century rugs from the Bidjar region, Easter...

The source of the carpet comes from the book Orient Stars Collection, Anatolian Tribal Rugs 1050-1750, Michael Franses, Hali Publications Ltd, 2021 fig.24. This 13th-century carpet i...

Origin and Inspiration: This stunning revival of the Akstafa Kazak Rug is a modern creation deeply rooted in the rich weaving traditions of the Caucasus, specifically inspired by the...

This unique design rug is interpreted by our designers with a mixture of Ararat Rugs’ soft tone natural dyed hand-spun yarns. This modern carpet looks like the sand in the desert. C...

The design source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993, nr.57. There has long been a fascination with the symbolism of the dragon and its depiction in carpet weavings. The design of ‘Dragon’ carpets consists of a field pattern composed of different colored overlaid lattices formed of pointed, serrated leaves creating intersecting lozenges, which alternately contain palmettes and are flanked by confronting stylized dragons, birds, or animal figures. The most archaic of the ‘Dragon’ carpets include dragon motifs with birds and running animals that are relatively naturalistically drawn, which stand either alone or in confronting pairs facing a tree. The Graf carpet, originally found in a Damascene mosque, now in the Islamic Museum, Berlin, is considered to be the oldest example of this type, see Serare Yetkin, Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, Vol. II, London, 1978, p.8, fig.118. Yetkin defines four types of ‘Dragon’ carpet: ‘Archaic’, ‘Four-Dragon’, ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix’ and as a further combined development of the latter, the ‘Two-Dragon’ style, of which the present carpet falls into the ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix group along with other examples, some of which include two fragments, one in the Museum fur Kunst und Gerwerbe, Hamburg; another in the Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary, a complete carpet in the Kier collection; an incomplete example in the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C; the ‘Cassirer’ Dragon carpet in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, Lugano; the Ali Pasa Mosque carpet in Tokat, and a further example in the Vakiflar Hali Museum, Istanbul (S. Yetkin, op. cit. pp.16-20). It has been suggested that the earliest examples of the Caucasian ‘Dragon’ carpets...

The Kerman Vase-Technique Carpet by Ararat Rugs is a distinguished creation inspired by the renowned 17th-century Kerman "Vase" carpets of southeastern Persia. This piece embodies the elegance and sophistication characteristic of Persian court art from that era. A poetic reinterpretation of the famed Rothschild vase...

The source of the rug comes from the book Antique Rugs of Kurdistan A Historical Legacy of Woven Art, James D. Burns, 2002 nr.28. This was an exclusive example of offset rows of flowers designed 18th-century rug...

The source of the rug comes from the book Islamic Carpets, Joseph V. McMullan, Near Eastern Art Research Center Inc., New York 1965 nr.28. This Persian Garden design rug belongs to t...

This exquisite Shirvan rug showcases the intricate artistry of Eastern Turkiye. With a timeless design and rich history, this luxurious oriental carpet is a true masterpiece for disc...

The design source of the rug comes from a private collection sold at a European auction. This rug is from the late 19th century, Kazak region, Caucasus area. The Akstafa design remin...

The Kerman Vase-Technique Carpet by Ararat Rugs is a distinguished creation inspired by the renowned 16th-century Kerman "Vase" carpets of southeastern Persia. This piece embodies the elegance and sophistication characteristic of Persian court art from that era. A poetic reinterpretation of the famed Rothschild vase...

The source of the carpet comes from the book Orient Star - A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.178. This is an unusual border drawing, a medall...

This offset pattern is composed of palmettes and flowers, one has the impression that it is only part of a larger scheme designed 19th-century rug from Bidjar region, Eastern Kurdist...

The source of the rug comes from the book Renaissance of Islam, Art of the Mamluks, Esin Atil, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1981 nr.125. This a rug with a cup moti...

Origin and Inspiration: The Mamlouk Rug is a contemporary masterpiece that draws its inspiration from the rich textile traditions of the Mamlouk Sultanate, which reigned over Egypt a...

The source of the rug comes from the book Tapis du Caucase - Rugs of the Caucasus, Ian Bennett & Aziz Bassoul, The Nicholas Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon 2003, nr.45 and Oriental R...

Indulge in the exquisite craftsmanship of this handwoven Kuba rug, originating from Eastern Turkiye. Featuring intricate patterns of ascending palmettes and flowers, this luxurious r...

Introducing the Color Chart Rug from Ararat Rugs, a masterpiece that exemplifies the rich tradition of natural dyeing and expert craftsmanship. This rug is meticulously handwoven wit...

Turkish Court Manufactury Rugs were woven in the Egyptian workshops founded by Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. Those carpets were woven in Egypt, following the paper cartoons pro...

The Kerman Vase-Technique Carpet by Ararat Rugs is a distinguished creation inspired by the renowned 17th-century Kerman "Vase" carpets of southeastern Persia. This piece embodies the elegance and sophistication characteristic of Persian court art from that era. A poetic reinterpretation of the famed Rothschild vase...