Antique Afshar Rug 6'1'' x 7'11''.

Antique Afshar Rug 5'4'' x 7'11''. This is a characteristic large scatter from the Rafsanjani subtribe of the SE Persian Afshar's. Note the subfield with a color diagonal effect of l...

This large Rafasanjani subtribal piece shows a navy cartouche-shaped sub-field tightly displaying hundreds of tiny, one-way botehs. Surrounding field patterned with diagonal colo...

Antique Afshar Rug 5'2'' x 6'0". Probably SW Persian Khamseh Baharlu rather than SE Persian Afshar, this tribal, all wool scatter shows seven offset reversing rows of nested botehs o...

Antique Afshar Rug 5'11'' x 7'4''. Refers to the tribes of SE Persia (Kerman Province) who weave a wide variety of styles, including Herati. boteh, medallion, textile, stripes, urban...

Vintage Persian Afshar rug carpet, 5'7 x 9'9. The antique tribal rugs of the Afshar tribe are woven primarily in southwest Persia and come in a bewildering variety of designs, some indigenous, some adapted from other tribes or urban sources. Normally they are in scatter sizes, 3-4 feet by 5-7 feet, with a few room size carpets. Afshar rugs may be symmetrically or asymmetrically knotted, on cotton or wool foundations. Similarly, the attractive color schemes range from light to dark, ivory to navy. The informal, but charming, patterns may be medallions, arabesques, allover textile designs or abstract geometric motives. A few Afshars are located in Azerbaijan province, northwest Persia. The Afshars originated in Central Asia and came to Persia in the 18th century with the conqueror Nader Shah.

A beautiful and highly collectible late 19th-century Persian Afshar tribal rug, hand-knotted in a refined allover paisley design. Set against a rare ivory ground, this textile showca...

Afshar Rug 17463, 19th century Exuding elegance, this finest of Afshar rugs is woven with symmetrical knots and a delicateness that approaches petit point. Afshar pile weaving was greatly inspired by the textile traditions of Persia, particularly that of Kerman. The Afshars of south Persia were centered around Kerman, which was an important weaving center on the Indian trade route. While Persian models largely shaped artistic styles and design in Mughal India throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, during the 19th century Kerman and southeastern Persia absorbed tastes emanating from their eastern neighbor. In fact, the insect-derived red dye used in the field of this remarkable piece is most likely Indian lac. Lac was utilized in the workshop carpets of Kerman, as well as for the shawls woven in the region. This piece displays superb color. Blossoming ‘boteh’ paisleys are sketched with hues of pistachio green, golds, sky blue, and white highlighting. The openness of these devices recalls similar drawing from both Kerman and Kashmiri shawls...

An early 20th century Persian Afshar carpet.