Indo Persian Tabriz Hand Knotted Wool Hunt Rug

Fine Indo Persian Kashan style hand knotted wool rug featuring a colorful unique raspberry field. The carpet is decorated with Classic, floral vine mot...

Hand knotted wool Indo Persian Kashan rug featuring a cream ivory colored field decorated with Classic floral vine motif and palmettes. The open designs allow vivid colored palmettes...

Dramatic long Indo Persian Serapi design runner rug over 15 feet. Features seven geometrical medallions over a beige field with a distinctive black border...

Vibrant and colorful Indo Persian runner with a Heriz Serapi style design. Made of hand-knotted wool with a thick soft pile. Interesting field garnet with...

Fine vintage Indo Persian rug or carpet featuring a Kashan design of hand knotted wool. Gorgeous color palette of rich browns and burgundy colors. Dec...

Stylish early 20th century antique Persian Malayer rug features hand knotted wool with a cotton warp. Beautiful age with abrash. The field varies different shades of jewel tone reds ...

Fine Indo Tabriz Persian design Indian rug, hand knotted Design: Floral Carpets are an integral part of Indian craft traditions. The tradition of carpet weaving in India is c...

Pakistan rug Tabriz design, hand knotted Design: Tabriz Color: Black border, beige The art of weaving developed in the region comprising Pakistan at a time when few other civilizations employed it. Excavations at Moenjodaro and Harappa, ancient cities of the Indus valley civilization, have established that the inhabitants used spindles and spun a wide variety of weaving materials. Some historians consider that the Indus Valley civilization first developed the use of woven textiles. Carpet weaving may have been introduced into the area of present-day Pakistan as far back as the eleventh century with the coming of the first Muslim conquerors, the Afghan Ghaznavids and the Ghaurids. It can with more certainty be traced to the beginning of the Mughal Dynasty in the early 16th century, when the last successor of Timur, Babur, extended his rule from Kabul, Afghanistan to Dhaka, Bangladesh and founded the Mughal Empire. Under the patronage of the Mughals, local craftsmen adopted Persian techniques and designs. Carpets woven in the Punjab at that time (often called Lahore carpets today) made use of motifs and decorative styles found in Mughal architecture. Photograph of carpet weavers in Karachi Jail, 1873 During the Mughal period, the carpets made on the South Asia became so famous that demand for them spread abroad. These carpets boasted distinctive designs and high knot densities. Carpets made for the Mughal emperors, including Jahangir and Shah Jahan, were of the finest quality. Under Shah Jahan's reign, Mughal carpet-weaving took on a new aesthetic and entered its classical phase. The carpets woven in Lahore were the first to reach European markets, including England, as far back as 17th century. During the British colonial era, prison weaving was established in district and female jails in cities such as Lahore and Karachi. Carpet-weaving outside of jails was revived after the independence when Pakistan's carpet-weaving industry flourished.[1] At present, hand knotted carpets are made by Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan, making carpets and one of the country's leading export products. Hand knotted rug manufacture is Pakistan's second-largest cottage and small industry. The craftsmen have the capacity to produce any type of carpet using all the popular motifs of guls, medallions, paisleys (botehs), traceries, and geometric designs in various combinations. Pak Persian Persian inspired curvilinear and/or floral designs, usually styled from old Kashan...

Antique hand knotted Tabriz Indo Persian area rug with a hunting scene on an orange field or forest. Features hunters shooting antelope or deer with arrows on horses and by foot. The...

Contemporary black Djoharian Design rug hand knotted wool and silk Kohinoor Collection. A stunning modern rug in transitional design. Modern rug of finest quality. Design: Kohin...

Midcentury Persian Tabriz Hand Knotted Wool rug Size: 13'0" × 19'4" (396 × 589 cm) This rug is an excellent example of this ancient, refined craftsmanship. Its design is dense and lu...

Antique Persian Tabriz hand knotted wool rug Size: 10'2" × 16'2" (309 × 492 cm) An early 20th century Persian Tabriz antique carpet, the cream field with a condensed Herati design ov...