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Antique Turkish Hereke Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The carpet manufactory in Hereke, a city in western Turkey, was founded by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecid I in 1841 to produce all of the textiles for his palaces. He gathered the be...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Islamic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Silk Foundation Isfahan Pictorial Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Designs found in contemporary rugs from Isfahan in central Iran are based on those seen during the Safavid period (1501 - 1736 AD). The most popular pattern has a central circular m...
Category
Late 20th Century Persian Islamic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Vintage Silk Foundation Isfahan Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Designs found in contemporary rugs from Isfahan in central Iran are based on those seen during the Safavid period (1501 - 1736 AD). The most popular pattern has a central circular m...
Category
Late 20th Century Persian Islamic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Vintage Silk Foundation Isfahan Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Designs found in contemporary rugs from Isfahan in central Iran are based on those seen during the Safavid period (1501 - 1736 AD). The most popular pattern has a central circular m...
Category
Late 20th Century Persian Islamic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Turkish Sivas Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The town of Sivas in central Turkey is the easternmost carpet producing town in that country. The rugs woven here often have patterns that are based on those found in traditional rugs and carpets from other countries. These rugs are woven with symmetrical knots on cotton foundations. This example copies a classic Mughal carpet, circa 1600, currently in the collection of The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Aptly titled “carpet with bird...
Category
Vintage 1920s Turkish Islamic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Caucasian Karabagh Lion Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Karabagh region in the southern Caucasus has produced carpets since the 13th Century. It is an area populated by Christian Armenians, Kurds, Azeri Turks, and Muslims. Rug product...
Category
Antique 1890s Armenian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Caucasus is the geographically-isolated mountainous region north of Persia between the Black and Caspian Seas. The diverse population of this area primarily consists of Armenians...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Tabriz Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The city of Tabriz in northwest Persia is acknowledged as central to the revival of the carpet industry in the late 19th Century. Merchants from this area were well aware of the dema...
Category
Vintage 1920s Persian Tabriz Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Tabriz Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The city of Tabriz in northwest Persia is acknowledged as central to the revival of the carpet industry in the late 19th Century. Merchants from this area were well aware of the dema...
Category
Vintage 1920s Persian Tabriz Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Tabriz Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The city of Tabriz in northwest Persia is acknowledged as central to the revival of the carpet industry in the late 19th Century. Merchants from this area were well aware of the dema...
Category
Vintage 1920s Persian Tabriz Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Moroccan Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
A mixed Arab and Berber population consisting of roughly six hundred tribes resides in Morocco, with many distinct differences in weave quality and design. Rugs woven in the Middle ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tekke Bokhara Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Turkoman rugs and carpets are woven in the region east of the Caspian Sea known as West Turkestan, populated by nomadic tribes. The design element that distinguishes this type of rug...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Afghan Tribal Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tribal Baluch Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The nomadic Baluch tribe is spread out over a large mountainous geographic area in eastern Persia, adjacent to both western Afghanistan and Pakistan. Their weavings share an aesthet...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tribal Baluch Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The nomadic Baluch tribe is spread out over a large mountainous geographic area in eastern Persia, adjacent to both western Afghanistan and Pakistan. Their weavings share an aesthet...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Persian Heriz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Heriz is a town in northwest Persia (Iran) that has been producing carpets since the 19th century. It is located on Mt. Sabalan, a major source of copper, whose summit is 15,784 feet...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Caucasian Moghan Kazak Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Caucasus is the geographically-isolated mountainous region north of Persia between the Black and Caspian Seas. The diverse population of this area primarily consists of Armenians...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Caucasus is the geographically-isolated mountainous region north of Persia between the Black and Caspian Seas. The diverse population of this area primarily consists of Armenians...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Armenian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Late 19th Century Karachopf Kazak Rug, Dated 1894
Located in Closter, NJ
The Caucasus is the geographically-isolated mountainous region north of Persia between the Black and Caspian Seas. The diverse population of this area primarily consists of Armenians...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Anatolian Yuruk Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Yuruk are nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes that primarily inhabit the lesser populated regions of eastern Anatolia. The word Yuruk translates in Turkish to pastoral nomad. Their...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Yomud Bokhara Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Turkoman rugs and carpets are woven in the region east of the Caspian Sea known as West Turkestan, populated by nomadic tribes. The design element that distinguishes this type of rug...
Category
Vintage 1930s Tribal Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Tekke Bokhara Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Turkoman rugs and carpets are woven in the region east of the Caspian Sea known as West Turkestan, populated by nomadic tribes. The design element that distinguishes this type of rug...
Category
Early 20th Century Afghan Tribal Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Deccan Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Rugs woven in the Deccan, the southern peninsula of India south of the Narmada River, exhibit colorations and motifs independent from those woven in the northern part of the country....
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Tribal Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Persian Sarouk Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The village of Sarouk in the Arak province in northern Persia is known for producing finely woven rugs and carpets. These rugs most often have central floral medallions flanked by s...
Category
Vintage 1940s Persian Sarouk Farahan Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Qashqai Shiraz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The Qashqai are a tribal federation living in southwestern Persia/Iran along the Zagros Mountains, mostly in the Fars and Khuzestan Provinces. The women in this tribe have long had a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Qashqai Shiraz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The Qashqai are a tribal federation living in southwestern Persia/Iran along the Zagros Mountains, mostly in the Fars and Khuzestan Provinces. The women in this tribe have long had a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Khotan Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Khotan rugs are woven in Sinkiang province in western China, also known as East Turkestan. They are often called Samarkand rugs after the central Asian city where they were traded. ...
Category
Vintage 1930s East Turkestani Khotan Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Caucasian Derbend Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Derbend Rugs are products of a district including a large port city on the Caspian Sea of that name as well as smaller villages to the south and west in the northern Caucasus. The r...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Russian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Persian Isfahan Najafabad Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Najafabad is a small town that produces rugs and carpets located outside the major weaving center of Isfahan in central Iran. It is also recognized as the trade center for an agricu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Islamic Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Sivas Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The town of Sivas in central Turkey is the easternmost carpet producing town in that country. The rugs woven here usually have patterns that are based on those found in traditional ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Tabriz Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Spectacular Late 19th Century Serapi Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Heriz is a town in northwest Persia (Iran) that has been producing carpets since the 19th century. It is located on Mt. Sabalan, a major source of copper, whose summit is 15,784 feet...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Heriz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Heriz is a town in northwest Persia (Iran) that has been producing carpets since the 19th century. It is located on Mt. Sabalan, a major source of copper, whose summit is 15,784 feet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Mahal Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The Arak region in central Persia is generally accepted to have produced more large carpets than any other province in that country. During the second half of the nineteenth century,...
Category
Vintage 1930s Persian Sultanabad Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Turkish Oushak Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Oushak carpets are named after the large town in western Anatolia (Turkey) where they were woven. This town has been a major weaving center for rug production since the reign of the ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Sivas Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The town of Sivas in central Turkey is the easternmost carpet producing town in that country. The rugs woven here usually have patterns that are based on those found in traditional ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Sarouk Farahan Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Turkish Sivas Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The town of Sivas in central Turkey is the easternmost carpet producing town in that country. The rugs woven here usually have patterns that are based on those found in traditional ...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tabriz Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Oushak carpets are named after the large town in western Anatolia (Turkey) where they were woven. This town has been a major weaving center for rug production since the reign of the ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Agra Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The city of Agra, located in the Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, is universally recognized as the home of the Taj Mahal. Carpet production was introduced to this area on a gra...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Indian Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Tabriz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The city of Tabriz in northwest Persia is acknowledged as central to the revival of the carpet industry in the late 19th Century. Merchants from this area were well aware of the dema...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Tabriz Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Bakshaish Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The town of Bakshaish is located in the mountainous Heriz region of Northwest Persia, and is generally accepted to be the oldest weaving village in this district. It is noted for pro...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Bakshaish Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Karadja Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Persian Karadja carpets and runners are woven in the northwestern part of the country in a small village. These rugs are usually produced in runner form...
Category
Vintage 1920s Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Persian Heriz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Heriz is a town in northwest Persia (Iran) that has been producing carpets since the 19th century. It is located on Mt. Sabalan, a major source of copper, whose summit is 15,784 feet...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Persian Heriz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Heriz is a town in northwest Persia (Iran) that has been producing carpets since the 19th century. It is located on Mt. Sabalan, a major source of copper, whose summit is 15,784 feet...
Category
Vintage 1970s Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Viennese Savonnerie Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Under the direction of Pierre Dupont and Simon Lourdet carpet production commenced in France in the early 17th Century. In 1608, a workshop was set up in the Louvre, followed by the ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Austrian Aubusson Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool, Jute
Antique Northwest Persian Bakshaish Runner
Located in Closter, NJ
The town of Bakshaish is located in the mountainous Heriz region of Northwest Persia, and is generally accepted to be the oldest weaving village in this district. It is noted for pro...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Bakshaish Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Chelaberd Eagle Kazak Runner
Located in Closter, NJ
The Caucasus is the geographically-isolated mountainous region north of Persia between the Black and Caspian Seas. The diverse population of this area primarily consists of Armenians and Azeri Turks; however large groups of Georgians and Kurds also inhabit and produce rugs in this territory. The designs illustrated in these weavings are sparsely decorated with large-scale patterns of stylized flora appearing as abstract geometric elements. The impact of these designs is heightened by the usage of a limited number of contrasting primary colors. Kazak rugs are woven in the southern Caucasus in the villages between the towns of Tiflis and Erivan. Eagle or Sunburst Kazak...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Caucasian Gendje Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Gendje rugs are woven in the southwest Caucasus, surrounded by the weaving centers of Kazak, Karabagh, and Shirvan. A major railway line that ran from Tiflis to Baku passed through t...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Caucasian Gendje Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Gendje rugs are woven in the southwest Caucasus, surrounded by the prolific weaving centers of Kazak, Karabagh, and Shirvan. A major railway line that ran from Tiflis to Baku passed ...
Category
Early 20th Century Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Salor Bokhara Turkoman Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Turkoman rugs and carpets are woven in the region east of the Caspian Sea known as West Turkestan, populated by nomadic tribes. The design element that distinguishes this type of rug...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Afghan Tribal Central Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Kurdish Souj Boulak Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Kurds are a relatively autonomous group whose population is concentrated primarily in Turkey, Iraq, and Persia (Iran). They are recognized as being prolific weavers who have prod...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Kurdish Souj Boulak Runner
Located in Closter, NJ
The Kurds are a relatively autonomous group whose population is concentrated primarily in Turkey, Iraq, and Persia (Iran). They are recognized as being prolific weavers who have prod...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Caucasian Kuba Runner
Located in Closter, NJ
Kuba is the largest rug weaving center in the Caucasus region. Located in the northeast near the Caspian Sea, this area is known for producing rugs with medium-density, low piles on ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century Karagashli Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Kuba is the largest rug weaving centre in the Caucasus region. Located in the northeast near the Caspian Sea, this area is known for producing rugs with medium-density, low piles on ...
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Marasali Shirvan Prayer Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Shirvan region is one of the major weaving areas of the eastern Caucasus that lies on the coast of the Caspian Sea. There are many towns in this region which have become associat...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Caucasian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Caucasian Kazak Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Caucasus is the geographically-isolated mountainous region north of Persia between the Black and Caspian Seas. The diverse population of this area primarily consists of Armenians...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Kazak Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Caucasus is the geographically-isolated mountainous region north of Persia between the Black and Caspian Seas. The diverse population of this area primarily consists of Armenians...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Khorassan Gallery Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The region of Khorassan in northeast Persia is acknowledged as being one of the oldest weaving centers in that country, with accounts dating carpet production as early as the tenth c...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Khorassan Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Fereghan Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The Arak province in northern Persia has produced the greatest number of large carpets of any other Persian province. Named for the plain of Fereghan, an area of roughly 1200 square ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Other Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Indo-Tabriz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
The city of Amritsar, in the Punjab region in northwest India, began producing carpets in the 19th Century when Kashmir was annexed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Kashmir was a major weav...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Tabriz Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Karabagh Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Karabagh region in the southern Caucasus has produced carpets since the 13th Century. It is an area populated by Christian Armenians, Kurds, Azeri Turks, and Muslims. Rug product...
Category
Early 20th Century Caucasian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Heriz Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Heriz is a town in northwest Persia (Iran) that has been producing carpets since the 19th century. It is located on Mt. Sabalan, a major source of copper, whose summit is 15,784 feet...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
