Persian Sultanabad Rug Carpet, circa 1880 10'3 X 13'10

Antique Persian Sultanabad rug. Size: 10'6 x 13'5. An extremely subtle and restrained palette characterizes this northwest Persian town carpet, probably the creation of the firm Ziegler from Manchester...

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...

Vintage Persian Kashan rug carpet 10'3 x 13'10. Situated on the caravan route to India in central Persia is the town of Kashan famed as one of the top-quality rug production areas, c...

Sultanabad rugs are a type of Persian rug that originates from the Sultanabad region (now known as Arak) in central Iran. These rugs are known for their large, bold designs, vibrant ...