Antique Persian Malayer Rug 5'0" x 6'5"

Antique Malayer Rug 4'3'' x 6'0".

Antique Persian Malayer Rug 3'8'' x 6'7". A large town in the Greater Hamadan Weaving Area, specializing in single-wefted scatters, room sizes, gallery carpets, long rugs and occasio...

An antique Persian Malayer carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century.

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.