Galerie Shabab Collection Early 20th Century Persian Camel Hair Accent Rug

A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The abrashed medium slate blue field shows a single giant Herati module with an open hexagon, rosettes and bitonal fringed sick...

An antique Persian Malayer throw rug handmade during the Early 20th century. Measures: 3' 5" x 5' 8"

An antique Persian Malayer throw rug. The wine red notched hexagonal subfield displays a Turkoman-style central lozenge medallion set upon stepped motives with central flowers. Small...

An antique Persian Kurdish Bidjar throw rug. Since all Bidjars are woven by Kurds, how do we identify this particular type? This is a village home workshop production, smaller in siz...

The cream and tan honeycomb field supports a dark blue, strongly stepped Herati medallion with arrowhead finials, and en suite quarter medallion corners. Cream main border with rever...

Sarab Camel Hair Rug - Antique Rug 19th Century Sarab Camel Hair Rug A lovely example of a camel wool handwoven Serab runner. The openness of the piece woven circa 1890’s lends itse...

An antique Serab camel hair rug from the early 20th century 3'11'' x 6'4'' The best antique rugs and carpets utilizing undyed camelhair are quite rare, as they represent a limited production of just a handful of the rug weaving villages and tribal encampments of the mountainous district of Northwest Persia. Prized camelhair yarn, often spun from the wool of the weaver's own camels yields exceptionally soft and glowing earth tones and like top quality sheep's wool, it is very strong and resilient to wear. Color striations, known as abrash, yield a surprisingly wide range of earth tone hues from blonde to wheat to walnut and even chocolate brown, greatly enhancing the aesthetic of this style of weaving. The major regions of origin were Persian Kurdistan and Azerbaijan. The most notable pieces come from the towns of Bijar, Malayer, Serab and Bakshaish and the surrounding villages. Most of the Camelhair rugs...

An early 20th Century Worn Heriz Karadja Rug Details rug no. j4486 size 8' 6" x 11' 7" (259 x 353 cm)