Vintage Afshar Carpet Runner

:: Covered field with single column diamond shaped center medallions buffered by geometric botehs and minor pinwheel design elements with animals and serpents hidden throughout. Colo...

:: Triple center medallion atop a covered field of pinwheels, geometric floral design elements and animals! Colors and shades include: Sapphire blue, dark rust red, saffron yellow, m...

:: Allover repeating colorful boteh design elements with interior germinating floral design elements in lattice orientation. Colors and shades include: Navy blue, antique ivory, madder root red, pale saffron gold, powder blue, bronze, and more. Condition notes: Mostly even wear to knot heads and foundation. Original end plain-weave kilims intact with mostly secure sides and ends. Recently professionally cleaned ready for in-home use! Many years of enjoyment to come with this hand knotted Persian Afshar rug...

Covered field in staggered rows with implied movement in a germinating turtle style design element wrapped by meandering vine and floral bud top view main border. Great rhythm and excellent original intact end kilim weave present and mostly intact bearing intricate detail and unusual charm. Colors and shades include: Navy blue, madder root red, coffee brown, and sapphire blue. Condition notes: Areas of pile and knot heads. Original side cord selvages intact. Fully secured sides and ends. Recently professionally cleaned ready for in-home use! Many years of enjoyment to come with this hand knotted Persian Afshar rug...

Allover repeating bird motif atop an unusual ivory ground buffered by an inner minor border of randomly alternating color fills in "barber pole" fashion. Colors and shades include: S...

Covered field in a unique interpretation, partially based on a Herati motif, bearing similar central floral design element anchoring the minor mapping contributing to a larger lattice oriented shadow panel design motif designed by germinating plants and larger scale floral top views. Outstanding gem like translucence to all colors. Colors and shades include: Ruby red, turquoise, emerald green, sapphire blue, charcoal navy, and more. Condition notes: Like-new, original full pile height even across. Original side cord selvages intact. Fully secured sides and ends. Recently professionally cleaned ready for in-home use! Many years of enjoyment to come with this hand knotted Persian Mahal carpet...

Age: early 20th century Pile: medium Wear Notes: 1-2 Material: Wool on Cotton Soft pile, good condition antique Persian Afshar runner with a...

Vintage Persian Afshar rug carpet, 5'7 x 9'9. The antique tribal rugs of the Afshar tribe are woven primarily in southwest Persia and come in a bewildering variety of designs, some indigenous, some adapted from other tribes or urban sources. Normally they are in scatter sizes, 3-4 feet by 5-7 feet, with a few room size carpets. Afshar rugs may be symmetrically or asymmetrically knotted, on cotton or wool foundations. Similarly, the attractive color schemes range from light to dark, ivory to navy. The informal, but charming, patterns may be medallions, arabesques, allover textile designs or abstract geometric motives. A few Afshars are located in Azerbaijan province, northwest Persia. The Afshars originated in Central Asia and came to Persia in the 18th century with the conqueror Nader Shah.

An early 20th century Persian Afshar carpet.

A lovely vintage Afshar carpet, hand woven circa 1940. The design features 5 geometrical medallions on a rich indigo field of stylised flowers and figures surrounded by an intimate t...

A 19th century Persian Afshar carpet with an elaborate field of floral patterns set on an indigo background, surrounded by a contrasting floral border. ...

Vintage Persian Afshar rug carpet, circa 1940, 5'7 x 9'9. The antique tribal rugs of the Afshar tribe are woven primarily in southwest Persia and come in a bewildering variety of designs, some indigenous, some adapted from other tribes or urban sources. Normally they are in scatter sizes, 3-4 feet by 5-7 feet, with a few room size carpets. Afshar rugs may be symmetrically or asymmetrically knotted, on cotton or wool foundations. Similarly, the attractive color schemes range from light to dark, ivory to navy. The informal, but charming, patterns may be medallions, arabesques, allover textile designs or abstract geometric motives. A few Afshars are located in Azerbaijan province, northwest Persia. The Afshars originated in Central Asia and came to Persia in the 18th century with the conqueror Nader...