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Antique Room-Size Qashqai Kilim
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
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
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
Vintage 1930s Persian Tabriz Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Late 19th Century Persian Ziegler 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
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Early 20th Century Kurdish 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 pro...
Category
Early 20th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Late 19th Century 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 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
Early 20th Century Persian Sultanabad Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$28,000
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 Early 1900s Persian Heriz Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$22,500
Dramatic Antique Caucasian Karabagh 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 Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century 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 Agra Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Turkish Kirshehir Prayer Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Kirshehir is a town in central Anatolia located between Kayseri and Ankara. The rugs woven there utilize excellent quality wool and often feature vibrant colors such as a distinctiv...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Islamic Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Kirshehir Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Kirshehir is a town in central Anatolia located between Kayseri and Ankara. The rugs woven there utilize excellent quality wool and often feature vibrant colors such as a distinctiv...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Tribal Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Turkish Kirshehir Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
Kirshehir is a town in central Anatolia located between Kayseri and Ankara. The rugs woven there utilize excellent quality wool and often feature vibrant colors such as a distinctiv...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Louis XV Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Kurdish 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 pro...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Kurdish 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 pro...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Camel Hair Bakshaish Rug
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 Early 1900s Persian Bakshaish Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage 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 Ottoman Empire (July, 1299 – October, 1923) up to the current day. This Empire is widely considered to have been the most powerful in the world under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent...
Category
Vintage 1930s Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Late 19th Century 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 Serapi Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Art Deco Nichols Chinese Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
In 1924, Walter Nichols, a professional wool-grader based in Tientsin, North China, introduced the "Super Chinese" rug. American wool exporters in this town had begun to machine-spin their yarn around 1920, and it was this machine-spun yarn that earned the designation "super". Nichols rugs, and Tientsin rugs...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Late 19th Century Agra Prayer Rug
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 Late 19th Century Agra Rug
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 Karabagh Runner
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 Late 19th Century Armenian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$6,500
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 Ottoman Empire (July, 1299 – October, 1923) up to the current day. This Empire is widely considered to have been the most powerful in the world under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Moghan 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...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Kazak Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Peking Chinese Runner
Located in Closter, NJ
In the 1860s an organized carpet industry was established under imperial patronage in Peking. These carpets tended to have tighter and finer weaves than their Ningxia counterparts, o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chinese and East Asian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Turkish Oushak Runner
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 Ottoman Empire (July, 1299 – October, 1923) up to the current day. This Empire is widely considered to have been the most powerful in the world under the rule of Suleiman the Magnificent...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Vintage 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
Mid-20th Century Persian Tabriz Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Distressed 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 solid foundations. These rugs are often woven on indigo fields. This runner, woven exclusively in vegetal dyes, has a repeat pattern of polychrome rosettes in a saffron diamond...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Armenian Tribal Caucasian 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
$55,000
19th Century French 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
Antique Late 19th Century French Aubusson Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool, Jute, Cotton
Antique French 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
Early 20th Century French Aubusson Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool, Jute, Cotton
Antique Spanish 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
Early 20th Century Spanish Aubusson Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool, Jute, Cotton
Antique Persian Kashan Carpet
Located in Closter, NJ
Kashan carpets, produced in central Persia, are known for having a distinctly soft, refined, and flowing curvilinear style in their patterns. Most examples have large central medall...
Category
Vintage 1930s Persian Kashan Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Indian Amritsar Rug
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...
Category
Vintage 1920s Indian Agra Indian 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 Early 1900s Persian Bakshaish Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Karachopf Kazak Prayer 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 Caucasian Shirvan Rug
Located in Closter, NJ
The Shirvan region in the eastern Caucasus is one of the principle weaving centers in that region. This area is known for producing bold geometric patterns executed in primary color...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Armenian Tribal Caucasian Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Indian Sharistan 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Kashan Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Antique Indo-Kerman 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Kirman Indian Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
$15,000
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
$5,500
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
$48,000
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
