Rare Antique Northwest Persian Rug

Persian Mahal scatter size rug from the 1st quarter of the 20th century. 3'5'' x 4'9'' Mahal Persian carpets from the 19th century and turn of the 20th century have become one of t...

An early 20th century room size Malayer rug with dominant shades in brown and orange Measures: 10'8'' x 13'4''.

A connoisseur caliber early 20th bright color Persian Mahal Sultanabad carpet with an all-over cobra design 11'9'' x 13' Woven in a series of villages in Western Central Iran, Sult...

An early 20th century square size antique Turkish Oushak featuring an-all over design in warm colors. 11' x 11'8''

The Arak region in central Persia is generally accepted to have produced more large carpets than any other province in that country. During the second half of the nineteenth century,...

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...

A fabulous early 20th century Persian Sultanabad rug with an overall repeated and mirrored floral and scrolling vine pattern, surrounded by a wide repeated floral patterned central s...

The geographical region of Northwest Persia with its’ cities and villages was at the forefront of the large-scale export of rugs and carpets in the late 19th century. The merchants ...