Persian Bakhtiari Wool Rug Antique With Allover Multicolor Motif

Beautiful Antique Bakhtiari hand-knotted wool rug with a multicolor field. This Persian piece has an all-over classic pattern design. This rug measures 13'5" x 15'7".  

Beautiful Antique Bakhtiari hand-knotted wool rug with a red-rust, blue, beige, and peach color field. This Persian piece has a classic floral pattern. This rug measures 11' x 13'3".  

Beautiful Antique Bakhtiari hand-knotted wool rug with a red field. This Persian piece has an all-over multicolor accent in a gorgeous classic rosette Medallion motif. This rug me...

Beautiful Antique Bakhtiari hand-knotted wool rug with a red-rust, blue, beige, and peach color field. This Persian piece has a classic floral pattern. This rug measures 10'9" x 14'...

An antique Bakhtiari Garden Design rug woven in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. This garden design rug uses vibrant colors to create square compartments filled with floral motives, suc...

Vivid antique Sultanabad workshop rug with all-over Herati lattice motif in the central field and floral lattice with animal motifs in the border. Central field has a dark navy groun...

Bakhtiari rug measures 9'6'' x 13'0''.

While carpets of this type take their name from the district of Mahallat, they were generally produced in and around the town of Arak, formerly known as Sultanabad. It is very interesting to note how the town of Sultanabad came into existence. It is said that well over a century ago – in the early 1800s – the principal market town of the area was Mushkabad, which was also the administrative center for the district. The story goes that there was some disturbance in the district – probably over taxes – and that the then Shah of Persia, one Fath Ali Shah...