Vintage Persian Gabbeh Rug

The delightful powder blue ground complimented by the ivory and soft floral designs creates a rug that will sit so well in a wide selection of rooms.

A vintage circa 1930s Persian Kirman rug. Kerman rugs, the most imaginative of all antique Persian urban rugs. Kerman city is the seat of Kerman province in SE Persia and is situated about 2000 feet in elevation. Weaving has been carried out continuously since, circa 1600 with a semi-hiatus in the later 18th century. The 19th century revival was strong and the Persian rugs...

The soft and gentle colors and design in this Tabriz is enhanced by the central design of leaves seeming to dance around a soft mist, the deep navy border set off the picture to perf...

The dramatic main field in this small 1940s Persian Sarouk will shine in any setting, the softer red border adds emphasis to the glorious floral designs in the field of the rug.  

Vintage Persian Afshar Rug. Afshar rugs are tribal designs and come from the Afshar tribe based mainly in the Azerbaijan region of Persia. They are normally in the smaller size 3-4 f...

Khorassan is in northeastern Persia. Starting in the later 19th century Khorassan became a center for the production of high quality room-sized carpets. Mashad a city in the Khorassa...

A shaggy hand-knotted Persian Gabbeh rug with camel and beige chevron like patterning.

A vintage Persian Gabbeh modernist carpet from the mid-20th century. A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug. The khaki field of this small square tribal scatter is closely covered by a nested ...

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug from the mid-20th century.

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug woven by the nomadic Qashqai tribe. This is definitely a conversational piece and one created for an artsy individual that can enjoy the quirkiness of vintage tribal rugs. Aside from the offset medallion and highly striated field ranging from brick to crimson red, the text reading "year 2536 (intended, most likely, for the year the rug was made)" is peculiar regardless if its source is from the Persian calendar (current year: 1397) or the Gregorian calendar (current year: 2018). Was the weaver an innumerate individual that lacked basic education and just slapped on some nonsensical numbers of a futuristic date onto the rug? Or, was this an extremely intelligent individual that possessed a skill that very few have? The ability to convert the old imperial Persian (Achaemenid) calendar created in 559 BC under Cyrus the Great...

A vintage Persian Gabbeh rug from the mid-20th century.

A vintage Persian Gabbeh carpet from the mid-20th century.