Early 20th Century More Carpets

an early 20th Century Persian Mahal Rug Details rug no. j2768 size 5' 1" x 9' 7"

A fascinating early 20th century Persian runner with an open lime green field.

an early 20th Century Persian Sarouk Intermediate Rug with a rich emerald green field Details rug no. j3696 size 5' 11" x 9'10''

90021 Antique Persian Mahal Rug, 12'07 x 17'00. Step into a realm of timeless beauty with this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Mahal rug, an exquisite testament to masterful crafts...

77030 Antique Persian Heriz Rug, 10’00 x 13’02. Born from the ancient looms of northwest Persia, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Heriz rug unfurls like a folio from a lost epi...

A geometric tribal looking Caucasian shirvan rug from the early 20th century. Brick red field, earth accents in green and blue, circa 1910. Measures: 3'8" x 4'10" Antique Caucasian...

77018 Antique Caucasian Karabagh Rug, 06'07 x 19'00. This hand-knotted wool antique Caucasian Karabagh rug is an exquisite representation of the region’s rich artistic heritage, meti...

71630 Traditional Style Antique Persian Malayer Rug with Large-Scale Geometric Print 03'10 x 06'08. Providing an element of comfort, artistic statement and functional versatility, th...

Blue and Brown Tone Early 20th Century Persian Tabriz Rug in overall Good Condition. Details rug no. j1266 size 7' 3" x 9' 10" (221 x 300 cm) rug type Tabriz

60971 Antique Brown Persian Malayer Rug, 03'10 x 06'06. ​Prepare for a mesmerizing adventure whisked away by the warm embrace of this hand knotted wool antique Persian Malayer rug. T...

An early 20th century Persian Afshar Tribal rug with a large floral design on an ivory field Measure: 3'9'' x 4'10''.

An oversize Chinese Peking rug in tans and blue. Peking rugs consist of designs that are simpler and asymmetrical, often tending toward modern western art...

An early 20th century Persian Malayer small room size rug in predominantly light blue Measures: 7'7" x 11'3'.

Fascinating Persian Malayer rug featuring a large paisley design on a blue ground. 7'10'' x 9'10''

77584 Antique Chinese Art Deco Pictorial rug with Cranes and Deer 02'04 x 04'08. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Art Deco rug fe...

This fabulous Hand-Knotted carpet has been created and designed for extra strength and durability. This rug has been handcrafted for weeks in the traditional method that is used to m...

Persian Heriz Scatter Size rug from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century. Measures: 2'10'' x 4'11''.  

A rare size early 20th century Persian Serapi rug. Finely woven with Classic medallion and border. Dark rusty brown inner ground with a brown green caramel border and dominant accents in soft and denim blue. This quality on this piece is superb. Measures: 5'2" x 6'10" Serapi antique carpets...

1st quarter of the 20th-century Mini size Persian Heriz rug in neutral colors Measures: 1'10'' x 2'9''

78962 Antique Persian Lilihan Rug Runner, 03'06 x 10'08. This hand-knotted wool antique Persian Lilihan rug runner captivates with its enchanting beauty and rich historical significa...

Antique Hamadan rug in sub floral all-over design rug R20-1008, country of origin / Hamadan, circa 1920. This magnificent Hamadan features beautiful coloration, including tones of...

An early 20th-century all over Formal design Persian Kerman-size rug in white, blue, and gold outlined by a thin navy border Measures: 9'3'' x 12'2''.

An authentic early-20th-century Chinese rug with a spacious open field floral design on a navy ground. Measures: 8'11'' x 11'6''.

A 20th century tribal highly decorative Persian Malayer runner with a willow tree pattern on a ivory ground. Great quality and great condition. Measure...

An antique Chinese Peking rug with multiple circular botanical motifs on a champagne field, surrounded by a contrasting floral border.

An early 20th century antique Oushak rug with an icy blue prayer niche motif on a red colored ground. Measures: 2'8'' x 4'4''.

60879 Distressed Antique Persian Mahal runner with Modern Rustic Artisan style 03'06 x 10'05. Warm and inviting with a lovingly...

An exhilarating accent size early 20th century antique Turkish Oushak rug with a vivid green field and orange border. Measures: 4'2” x 6'2”.

77869 Vintage Southwestern-Style Chinle-Inspired Kilim, 03'00 x 04'05. Woven beneath the red sandstone mesas and whispering piñon groves of the American Southwest, this vintage handw...

An early 20th-centuryPersian heriz rug. Measures: 2'11'' x 5'9'' Heriz carpets are beloved for their versatility. Their geometry complements modern furnishings and their warm colo...

78223 antique Persian Sarouk room size rug 10'01 x 16'08. Rendered in variegated shades of red, navy blue, brown, royal blue, cerulean, tan, pink, rose, and taupe with other accent ...

An antique Chinese Peking long gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century in shades of cream and blue. Measures: 5' 9" x 16' 3" The craft of the hand-knotted carpet in China, and the surrounding areas including Mongolia and Tibet, extends into the early centuries of the first millennium, C.E., but we really have a firm grasp only beginning in the later 16th century with large, very coarsely woven carpets, often depicting dragons, created for the Imperial Forbidden City palaces. Chinese carpets have always been commercial and there are no tribal groups responsible for any of the carpet weaving strains. When the Ming Dynasty fell in 1644, with no Imperial patrons, production moved to the city of Ningxia in north central China where several workshops turned out more finely woven pieces for the Mandarins of the administrative Ch’ing bureaucracy and well-to-do merchants. Ningxia was the major Chinese carpet center up through most of the 19th century, with first allover and then medallion designs on cotton foundations in medium weaves. Palettes were initially limited to yellows, dark blue and cream, but later widened to include reds, browns and even green. These antiques were the first Chinese carpets to be exported to the West and they fitted in well with the craze for Chinese blue-and-white porcelain in the second half of the 19th century. Ningxia also wove shaped and rectangular small rugs for saddle underlays, chair (“throne”) seats and shaped backs, pillar carpets with dragons or monks for Buddhist monasteries, and long divided runners for monastery meditation halls. These small rugs are among the most collectible of all Chinese weavings. Weavers from Ningxia set up workshops in the capital Peking (Beijing) in the 1860’s and began weaving Western room sizes for export, primarily to America. In blue – and – white and polychrome palettes, with round wreath medallions, precious objects, seasonal flowers, paeonies, lotuses, fretwork, clouds, butterflies and bats, all relatively spaciously drawn. The round “Shou” (Good Luck) character is also a prominent decorative motif. There are also a few Peking landscape pictorials with pagodas, houses, bridges, waterscapes and boats. Peking carpets were woven right up until WWII and production began again after the Cultural Revolution around 1970. They are moderately well-woven, on cotton foundations, exactingly executed and indisputably Chinese. Many are in the blue-and-white style. Nothing else looks like a Peking carpet and for a Chinese “look” in a room, they are absolutely indispensable. Sizes range from scatters and a few runners, through the popular 9’12’ size, to large carpets over 20’ which must have been special orders. The earliest Peking Revival carpets are pliable and fairly thin, but they became heavier and more compact in the 20th century, in competition with Art Deco carpets from Tientsin. The modern, post- 1970, pieces are in the traditional Peking style, but are a little too regular and neat. Exactitude has been favored over character, as hard to explain that as it is. There are a number of all-silk and silk-and –metal thread pieces, many with inscriptions purporting to link them with rooms in the Imperial palaces, bringing very substantial auction prices, but none are really antique. The genre emerged after WWI and the present demand comes from mainland Chinese. The silk piles often stand in pattern relief against flat woven gold metal thread grounds. The inscriptions are apocryphal, the rugs are flashily opulent, perfect for nouveaux riches. The Art Deco period between the two World Wars saw a distinctive carpet industry developing in Tientsin (Tianjin) in northeastern China. These are highly prized for their transitional design character, neither overtly Chinese, nor abstractly modern/contemporary. Woven exclusively for export, usually by and for American firms, such as Nichols and Elbrook, they are totally in the “Jazz Age Modern” style of the 1920’s, often without borders, with abstract or abstracted patterns, and only with, at best, a few Chinese-y pattern elements. Vases asymmetrically placed in the corners are features of some of the more Chinese-y carpets. Open fields with floral sprays and branches growing in from the edges are anther design innovation. Often, Chinese motives have been re-imagined in more sharp-edged, abstract manners. Some have no references whatsoever to natural elements. The patterns are sharp and the rugs are never subdued, soft or restrained. The rugs are heavily constructed, with crisp, unfading dyes and medium to medium coarse weaves on cotton foundations. All are extremely well-executed, with none of the vagaries, variations or twists found on even high-quality Persian rugs. The majority are in the 9’ by 12’ format and a surprising number can be found in top condition. There also was a substantial production in Peking from, especially from the Fette factory. Elliptical and round carpets, and lighter, often pastel colors, were a specialty. Nothing looks like an Art Deco Chinese and they work well with traditional Chinese furniture and the most modern decor as well. These is no substitute for a good Chinese Art Deco carpet. Chinese carpets also include small scatters from Tibet, with high quality wool, floating dragons and allover textile patterns. The colors of vintage and modern pieces are bright, but there are antique small rugs...

Breathtaking antique Turkish Oushak featuring warm gold tones. Hints of brown and green can be found too. Top end border was intentionally left out by the weaver giving it a unique c...

an early 20th-century Persian Hamadan light camel field scatter-size rug Measures: 3'4'' x 5'10''

an early 20th Century Persian Mahal Antique Rug Details rug no. j3184 size 6' 9" x 10' 1" (206 x 307 cm)

This fabulous Hand-Knotted carpet has been created and designed for extra strength and durability. This rug has been handcrafted for weeks in the traditional method that is used to m...

78999 Antique Persian Malayer Rug Runner, 03'03 x 15'09. This exquisite hand-knotted wool antique Persian Malayer runner showcases the renowned artistry of Malayer weavers, blending ...

A room size Geometric Persian Bakhtiari rug with an all-over garden design in rustic / earth tone colors throughout Measures: 10'x 13'8'' circa 1920

Early 20th-century Persian Bidjar room-size rug in predominantly gray Measures: 8'8'' x 11'5''  

73154 Antique Turkish Sivas Rug, 09'10 x 13'06. With roots tracing back to Sivas in central Anatolia, Turkey, antique-wash Turkish Sivas rugs emanate vintage allure, courtesy of a un...

An antique Persian Gabbeh accent rug handmade during the early 20th century with a pictorial design of a lion. Measures: 4' 11" x 7' 0".

An early 20th century Persian Serab Decorative Tribal Runner Measures: 2'10'' x 12'4''

early 20th Century bold and colorful Persian bakhtiari square rug Details rug no. j3160 size 10' 9" x 12' 7" (328 x 384 cm)

77660 antique Persian Tabriz Village Pictorial rug with signature 11'02 x 14'07. Full of tiny details with a village scene, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Tabriz pictorial ru...

72514 Antique Brown Persian Malayer Rug Runner, 03’01 x 10’06. Hailing from the western Iranian region of Malayer, Persian Malayer carpet runners are renowned for their meticulous cr...

An early 20th-century antique Oushak carpet Measures: 9'11” x 13'5”.

61277 Antique Persian Malayer Rug, 04'05 x 06'05. Experience the exquisite harmony where sophisticated elegance meets rustic sensibility in this hand-knotted wool distressed antique ...

An early 20th-century Turkish Oushak rug with a pictorial bird and small palmette all over design on an ivory field. accents in pink, orange, brown. Measures: 9'2" x 15'2".

This antique Saveh Persian carpet, circa 1910, handknotted in pure handspun wool features a unique tree of life design. Composed of an overall field and multi-layered border, organic vegetable dyes produced the rich colors found within its design. Intricate motifs, including morning doves...

1st quarter of the 20th century Persian Formal Tabriz rug in blue-green, beige and brown. Measures: 4.6'' x 6.2''.

an early 20th Century Persian Tarbiz l room size rug with a blue ground Measures: 8' x 12'5''

An antique Persian Kurd Bidjar tribal accent rug in gallery format handwoven by the Kurdish tribes in Persia during the early 20th century primarily in rich jewel tones including nav...

Classic early 20th century persian Tabriz rug with soft earthy palette. Terracotta field, soft cool blues and greens with various shades of brown. 9' x 12'4''

An antique Persian Bakhtiari rug with large scalle all-over palmettes, predominant accents in rust, gray and blue. 10'1'' x 12'5''

77091 distressed Turkish antique Kayseri Pictorial rug, silk tapestry wall hanging. This hand knotted silk antique Kayseri Pictorial rug features a central cusped medallion showcasing two Dervish with their master wearing traditional Persian garb. The medallion is surrounded by men or horses. The field is covered with a garden pictorial scene composed of blossoming trees, doves, birds of peace...

An antique Serab camel hair rug from the early 20th century 3'11'' x 6'4'' The best antique rugs and carpets utilizing undyed camelhair are quite rare, as they represent a limited production of just a handful of the rug weaving villages and tribal encampments of the mountainous district of Northwest Persia. Prized camelhair yarn, often spun from the wool of the weaver's own camels yields exceptionally soft and glowing earth tones and like top quality sheep's wool, it is very strong and resilient to wear. Color striations, known as abrash, yield a surprisingly wide range of earth tone hues from blonde to wheat to walnut and even chocolate brown, greatly enhancing the aesthetic of this style of weaving. The major regions of origin were Persian Kurdistan and Azerbaijan. The most notable pieces come from the towns of Bijar, Malayer, Serab and Bakshaish and the surrounding villages. Most of the Camelhair rugs...

An antique Persian Malayer rug in runner format handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 1' 9" x 7' 3" Persian rugs & carpets: Persia (Iran) is a moderately large cou...

Colorful antique Persian Heriz Karadja runner from the 2nd quarter of the 20th century with an all-over geometric motif on a navy blue ground. 2'3'' x 8'6''.