Antique Uzbekistan Area Rug Samarghand Design

Antique Doroksh from Iran area rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool. It’s colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Samargha...

Antique Russian area rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool. It’s colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets...

Antique Afghan Area Rug, Expertly Handwoven from Premium Sheep's Wool, Safe Natural Vegetable Dyes, Authentic Traditional Afghan Design, Skillful Artisan Craftsmanship, Versatile Hom...

Antique Afghan area rug handwoven from the finest sheep’s wool. It’s colored with all-natural vegetable dyes that are safe for humans and pets. It’s a traditional Afghan design handw...

Khotan rugs are produced in East Turkestan and are interchangeably referred to as Samarkand rugs due to their close proximity to the cultural city center of the same name. This rug h...

A beautiful early 20th century Central Asian Samarghand rug with a repeated, all-over, pomegranate pattern woven in crimson and set against a pale indigo background, surrounded by a ...

An incredible and rare-patterned early 20th century Central Asian Samarghand rug with a striped tree-of-life pattern with large pink flowers and crea...

Antique Uzbek Suzani Embroidery, c. 1800 Blending naturalism with ethereal fantasy, this spectacular embroidery or ‘suzani‘ from Central Asia conveys an aesthetic consistent with older examples of the genre. Certain features, most notably the vine-scroll, are reminiscent of the Samarkand school, while the drawing of the blossoms seems more prevalent in the repertoire of neighboring Shahrisabz. Indeed, this piece may in fact be a common ancestor to both. Splendid palmettes with flame-like tracery and bold swirling star-centered blossoms alternate within the border. Vegetal scroll meanders throughout—drawn with several shades of green conveying, if not a sense of shadowing, definite and deliberate tonalities of light and dark. The central hourglass form, idiosyncrasies of drawing, and arrangement of blossoms in the field imbue a sense of classicism rivaling and surpassing older Ottoman and Persian models. Embroidery Rug...