Antique 1880s Persian Sultanabad Rug, Tree of Life, 14' x 17'

This Persian Sultanabad carpet circa 1880 consists of handspun wool and natural vegetal dyes. Created in the Sultanabad workshop of the Swiss artist Zigler, it is an extremely fine p...

This Persian Haji Jalili Tabriz carpet circa 1880 features a tree of life design, hand-knotted handspun wool pile and natural vegetable dyes. Created in the workshop of master weaver...

This Persian Sultanabad carpet consists of handspun wool and organic vegetable dyes, circa 1880. The size is 8'10" x 11'9", and it is in great antique condition. Orley Shabahang take...

This Persian Mahan Kermanshah carpet created circa 1880 consists of a hand-knotted wool pile, cotton warp and threads, and natural vegetable dyes. Made in Mahan, Kerman province, the...

This Persian Qashqai carpet circa 1880 consists of a pure handspun wool warp, weft and hand-knotted pile and natural vegetal dyes. Its rather unique and detailed geometric design exh...

This Persian Meeshan Malayer carpet created circa 1880 consists of a hand-knotted pure handspun wool pile with cotton warp and thread and natural vegetable dyes. Historically, the Me...

This rug is a Sultanabad originating from the city Sultanabad which is now Arak. These rugs played a significant role in the development of traditions and decorative arts in this reg...

This 1890s antique Sultanabad wool rug is a beautiful hand-knotted piece featuring a red field. It showcases multicolor accents in an all-over floral design, characteristic of Persia...

Antique Persian Sultanabad rug, circa 1880. A lovely circa 1880 Persian Sultanabad rug. The open field surrounded by a wide main border gives a feeling of both strength yet blended with the softness of the main ground to create a perfect symmetry. The rug is in very good condition with a low pile that adds the patina so special in antique and vintage rugs...

This antique Sultanabad wool rug from the 1880s is a stunning hand-knotted piece with a blue field. It displays multicolored accents in a floral design. The enduring quality of this ...

Ashly Fine Rugs presents a beautiful Antique Persian Sultanabad 16x19 Handmade Area Rug #1142157. Sultanabad carpets are classics in the world of interior design, and they continue t...

Antique oversize Persian terracotta Sultanabad rug, circa 1880. Size 17'6 x 23'9. This is a village carpet? Well, a rather large one, not your usual scatter 4 x 6 or room size 9 x 12. Sultanabad carpets were woven in the Arak/Markazi province, around the town of Sultanabad, from the mid-1880’s until WWI, under the aegis and contracts of Western carpet firms, primarily Ziegler and Hotz. Neither firm marked their carpets, but it has been the modern trade practice to attribute quality Sultanabad's to Ziegler. Ziegler had a centralized dye works, design studio, wool processing operation and washing facility, but no workshops, the actual weaving being farmed out to local household ateliers. The patterns were distributed via sampler mats (wagirehs), the knot density and color palettes were assigned, and sufficient wool and foundational cotton were also given out. This splendid carpet must have been woven from a set of extremely well-drawn samplers. The desirable rust-red madder field shows a classically derived allover pattern of knotted cloud bands, large and complex ragged palmettes, smaller palmettes, slender vinery, leaves and diminutive florets. The accent tones include cream, pale green, straw, and light brown. The taupe main border shows a repeating pattern of double barbed leaves, octogramme rosettes, trefoil palmettes, tilted petal palmettes and supporting vinery. A rust-red plain border frames the whole. The use of plain, field tone borders on larger Persian carpets...