Outstanding 19th Century Talish Rug

An outstanding late 19th century Persian Senneh rug with an incredible masterfully woven large-scale repeated floral pattern woven in crimson and indigo on a natural wool background....

A wonderful late 19th century Persian Qazvin Kilim rug with a beautiful all-over tree-of-life pattern woven in indigo, gold, and yellow vegetable dyed...

Antique Caucasian Talish Rug, 19th Century The Talish, or Talysh, are an ethnic Iranian minority traditionally inhabiting the border region of Azerbaijan straddling Northwest Persia and the South Caucasus. While the vast majority of Talish pieces are thought to have been woven in the southeast Caucasus, there seems to be some diversity of weave within the group; a few seemingly early Talish design pieces have even been ascribed to weaving centers in neighboring Anatolia. This Talish rug, while using the eponymous rosette border and long and narrow format, is quite different than most of the type. A madder red main border is flanked by colorful blue and green guards...

Talish Runner, 19th Century Small old rewoven areas in the field. Selvedges have been re-wrapped and there appears to be some loss of the outer guard border, if it had unraveled a b...