Antique Persian Caramel Mahal Runner Gallery Carpet, circa 1910, 6'10 x 14'8

Antique Mahal Sultanabad carpet rug, 9'8 x 14'6. Symmetrical floral patterns climb up the brick red central field of this antique Mahal rug fr...

Antique Persian Sultanabad rug, circa 1890, measures: 10'5 x 14'2. The vast majority of Sultanabad carpets feature allover patterns on madder red grounds more or less of floral origin, and spaciously drawn with time-mellowed tones. Sultanabad's are the ultimate living room carpets, but are equally versatile in almost any room. Their mellow palettes make them welcoming and ultra-comfortable. Here a five-column pattern of round and laterally extended rosettes shows a distant connection to the popular Mina Khani rosette trellis pattern. The linked motives are detailed in light blue, cream, and salmon-buff on the warm madder red ground. The handsome pattern is not quite balanced, slightly sliding under the borders, and this gives it a mobility which, when in lesser hands, could have been all too rigid. This sort of subtle mobility cannot easily be duplicated in a factory carpet created from a rigorously preplanned design. Sultanabad The luminous cerulean indigo blue border is in the strip style, with the end borders running straight across, and the independent side strips filling in. Various rosettes and leaves create the pattern. As is characteristic of Sultanabad's, the plain outermost border repeats the field tone. This synchronicity is lost on the Mahals of the next generation. The weave is moderately coarse with a cotton foundation. The pile wool is softly resilient, and the knots are not strongly packed down. Sultanabad's are always in style and although many were woven, finding one in good condition is always a challenge. Sultanabad's usually run from 10 or 12 by 14 or 15, to 18 by 24...

Antique Persian Ivory Mahal Area rug 8'10 X 12'2. “Sultanabad” is one of those magical Oriental rug types, something to conjure with. There are real Sultan...

Persian Sultanabad rug carpet, circa 1880, 10'3 x 13'10. Bold overall patterns were a specialty of the Manchester-based Ziegler Company in Sultanabad in the 1900 epoch. Although the ...

Antique Persian Bidjar Gallery, Runner, 6'6 x 13'8. A wonderful antique Bidjar rug, circa 1880. An Ivory ground filled with floral motifs in a vast array of beautiful colors, the det...

Antique Malayer Gallery-size rug runner, circa 1900, 6' x 12'10. The town of Malayer, besides runners and scatter rugs, was a source of long and narrow carpets (kellehs or kellegis) ...

This west Persian rustic gallery rug features a nearly navy field closely covered by a medium scale Classic Herati pattern while the old ivory main border displays the corresponding ...

Here is a fine condition NW Persian well-woven city carpet with an eclectic design selection. The red main border relates to Bakhtiari carpets while the minors are in the Kurdish Suj...

The sand field is covered by a Herati pattern in dark brown, red brown, slate and dark blue, supporting a small, anchor-pendanted stepped rust lozenge medallion with a lattice patter...

Age: first quarter of the 20th century Pile: Low-medium Wear Notes: 3-4 Material: Wool on Cotton Wear Guide: Vintage and antique rugs are by nature, pre-loved and may s...

Age: late 19th century Colors: warm grey, sapphire blue, emerald Pile: low Wear Notes: 8 Material: wool on cotton Stunning Antique Persian Mahal Gallery Runner with a field of...

Age: Circa 1920 Colors: off white, dark blue, mushroom, brown, gold Pile: low Wear Notes: 3 Material: wool on cotton Early 20th century Persian Mahal gallery rug. Beautiful smal...