Distressed Antique Persian Heriz Rug, Modern Rustic Meets Patriotic Flair

78657 Antique-Worn Persian Heriz Rug, 11'06 x 15'11. Rustic finesse meets patriotic flair in this hand knotted wool antique-worn Persian Heriz rug. The beguiling botanical design and...

52435 Rustic Antique Persian Isfahan Rug, 08'00 x 12'02. Rustic sensibility meets understated elegance in this hand knotted wool distressed antique Persian Isfahan rug. The lovingly time-worn composition features an all-over Herati pattern of muted blossoming palmettes, rosettes, curved sickle leaves, stylized florals, and star flowers, all intertwined among arabesque vines. Sky blue juxtaposed with rust colored accents bring beautiful contrast against an abrashed ivory backdrop, all framed by a Shah Abbas border in faded brick red. This distressed Persian area rug will charm with ease in any rustic interior wanting a traditional, handwoven and relaxed, elevated feel such as American traditional or even French Country farmhouse. Gloriously rich with motifs yet faded and muted in tone, this antique worn Persian...

78641 Antique Persian Heriz Rug, 08'00 x 11'11. Traditional sensibility meets patriotic finesse, this hand knotted wool antique Persian Heriz rug. The striking botanical design and t...

78633 Antique Persian Heriz Rug, 10'05 x 13'08. Stylish durability meets patriotic panache in this hand knotted wool antique Persian Heriz rug. The intrinsic geometric design and tra...

71127 Antique Persian Bakhtiari Rug, 05'03 x 10'05. Timeless appeal meets patriotic flair in this hand knotted wool antique Persian Bakhtiari rug. The unique garden panel design and sophisticated colors woven into this piece work together creating a relaxed yet elevated feel such as American traditional or even Nautical chic. The abrashed red field features an allover pattern composed of stylized ivory palmettes richly patterned with botanical motifs arranged in two vertical columns. It is framed with a ziggurat border decorated with cypress trees and geometric florals. Classic iterations of red, ivory, and navy blue make this antique Persian gallery rug...

77822 Distressed Vintage Persian Shiraz Kilim rug with Bohemian Tribal Style 04'01 x 05'09. Full of tiny details and a bold expressive design combined with vibrant colors and tribal ...

The soft claret field displays a large light, abrashed green medallion with internal ivory palmette ovals. The camel-gold corners feature a red inner square. The beautifully abrashed...

An antique Persian Heriz rug from the early 20th century. Measures: 11' 8" x 14' 5"

A room size masculine antique Persian Heriz rug from the 1st quarter of the 20th century Measures: 8'8'' x 12'2'' Originating in Northwest Persia and the Iranian province of Ea...

This beautiful antique Persian Heriz hand-knotted design rug. This collection is made in wool. It's measures are: 7'4'' x 10'9'' This antique Persian Heriz rug was made in Iran.

This carpet was woven in Northwest Persia (Iran) in an area located some 40 to 50 miles due east of the city of Tabriz – the provincial capital of Persian Azerbaijan and one-time capital of Imperial Persia prior to the fifteenth century. This province is bounded on the north by the Russian Caucasus, on the east by the Caspian Sea, and on the west by Turkey. The principal weaving towns of the area were, and are Karadja, Heriz, Sarab, Ahar, Bakshaish, Gorevan, and Mehrevan. As you may know, most rectilinear designed rugs are products of the tribes and villages; so it was not often that carpet (room) sizes were produced with designs in the geometric, or highly stylized, format. In about the middle of the nineteenth century, a revitalization of the rug-making art form began to take place after nearly two centuries of neglect due to destructive external forces which placed Persia in a survival mode for most of that period. It is said that the arts do not flourish when there is chaos and confusion, which depresses the all-important patronage necessary for artistic growth and development, so, in great measure, the rug weaving art returned to its roots in the eighteenth and first half of the nineteenth centuries – a product of the tribes and villages, with the high art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries all but dead. The nineteenth-century revival was stimulated by English and European trading companies acting in concert with the energetic merchants of Tabriz. It is accepted by most of us that the emergence of large-sized carpets with designs in the rectilinear was a result of the revival in Tabriz where designs in the very elaborate curvilinear form were provided to the surrounding country weavers to produce carpet sizes in these designs but within the framework of the country weaver’s capability to execute these designs. Thus emerged an interpretation with great character and pleasing simplicity. Agriculturally, the area is not particularly important, but the prosperous carpet weaving industry brought considerable relative wealth to some of the towns like Heriz. It was this area that produced remarkably tough carpets exhibiting that aforementioned character of design, The skill of the weavers was such that they were known to merely pin a piece of cloth on a wall or loom support – on which had been crudely drawn design elements – from which they could weave any sized carpet. A really astonishing feat of intuitive and instinctive planning. They truly represent that desired individuality in design but always within the framework of broad design formats peculiar to the region. Noted authority Arthur Urbane Dilley, in 1931, wrote the following describing the beauty of the Heriz district carpets: “Heriz rugs have supplied to a small group of discerning buyers, adaptable color harmonies of great beauty. Fine variegated color is to the older Heriz...

Throw size Persian Karadja Heriz rug with a soft denim blue field with other rustic colors. Measures: 3'4'' x 4'3'.