Antique Persian Bidjar Willow Tree Rug

2nd quarter of the century Persian Tabriz rug with a weeping tree of life design on a neutral field Measures: 4'7" x 6'2".

Gallery size Persian Malayer rug with an all-over repetitive willow tree motif on a navy blue field.  

2nd quarter of the century Persian Kurd Bidjar Wide small runner with a weeping tree of life design on a brown field Measures: 3'7" x 8'8".

2nd quarter of the century Persian Malayer intermediate-size rug with a weeping tree of life design on a neutral field Measures: 4'11" x 8'5".

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 early 20th century tribal highly decorative Persian Malayer gallery-size runner with a willow tree pattern on a striated gray ground. Great quality and in great condition. Mea...

In deep shades of blue, gold, red, pink, and cream wool, this hand-knotted Persian carpet measures 3’5” x 5’3” and belongs to Orley Shabahang’s World Market Collection. Woven in Iran...

This antique Persian Bakhshaish rug features an all-over tree design with willow trees, branches and leaves displaying a variety of garden trees. Set upon a Navy background the color...

Rare Collector's Willow tree of life antique Persian Heriz Northwest Village rug, C. 1915 Salmon & coral with ice blues and teals About: Antique Persian Heriz in an unbelievably unique design. C. 1915, of all the Northwest pieces - the Weeping Willow Tree of Life design was woven so sparingly; maybe less than 1% of all pieces that came out of the Northwest had this design. You will find this design from other villages, but unlike most symmetrical designs, these designs added a sense of artisanal flair as weaving them ""for the market"" and industry for commerce was a bit of a risk. Most people wanted the standard Medallion design, and if the weavers were weaving non-medallion designs, aka "all-over" designs, it was very seldomly a directional Forest of Life design like this one. I will write more about this piece later, but just know that this is a very, very special carpet with the rare salmon ground (usually they would weave red rugs, or even ivory or navy), and the condition of this piece is spectacular. Just some wear throughout, no holes or anything like that. Not even any re-weaving which would be ok for a piece of this age. Pastel Green with inverse Camel-colored Mountain range in the perimeter, Icy blues with French and Navy blue Tree branches and Tree trunks shifting from small dye batch to small dye batch. Bakshayesh border with jagged leaf and flower-head motif in the border gives us that structure we crave for such an artistic and emotional field design. Probably one of the greatest and counterintuitive things about village rugs is this - back in the day these pieces weren't as sought after, almost looked down upon so the designers and owners of these weaving centers and workshops didn't spend too much time looking over the weavers work - they weren't too concerned with precision and executing perfect drawings and designs - so, in turn it gave the weavers a bit of play, moments to freestyle weave, and allowed them a canvas to imagine, create, and impose their hearts and souls onto the loom...

This piece is a Northwest Persian Bidjar carpet with a navy field decorated by red lattice-work and various flowers in shades of coral, sky blue, green, light camel, mahogany, ivory ...

This graphic Bidjar rug woven by the Kurdish population in northern Persia has a wool foundation. Circa 1900, Measures: 5' 2" x 4' 0".

Palace Size Antique Persian Bidjar Rug, Country of Origin: Persian, Circa Date: 1900. Size: 19 ft 5 in x 31 ft 3 in (5.92 m x 9.52 m)