Persian Tapestries

Vintage Persian Hand-Crafted Kalamkar Block Print Textile with a Paisley Pattern. The beauty of this piece is in the amount of creative and precision work that the creator had put in to make a complex design based on paisley form and integrate into a mihrab design makes a statement of fineness and uniqueness of this antique textile. The Persian Kalamkar (Qalamkar or Ghalamkar) woodblock print textile is from the great city of Isfahan. This is done 100% by hand with different designs on each block. Each design is put in the ink and then applied to the textile. Once the design is completed, a hot iron is used to make the print permanent. Kalamkaris originated in Persia where "qalam" meant pen and "kari" meant craftwork. Originally the design was hand-drawn using a bamboo pen, but since the 19th century, block printing has been widely used. Dimensions: 36” x 48? Date of Manufacture: Early 1900s Place of Origin: Isfahan, Persia Material: Cotton textile with hand painted block prints Condition: Wear consistent with age and use #Antique Persian Block Print #Antique Persian Ghalamkar #Vintage Handwoven Tapestries #French Aubusson Tapestry #Antique Paisley Shawl...

Immaculate rare signed Persian silk Ghom Gum rug fine runner carpet pure silk red Size 2'6" x 9' Serial ID # 90392k Design Natural pure orga...

Antique Navajo Rug Flatwoven Geometric Yei Navajo Handwoven Rug 3x6 Tapestry 3'2" x 5'8" 97cm x 173cm. "Magnificent Navajo rug with a rare Geometric human figures"-Antiqu...

An exquisite intricately embroidered circa 1840 Persian Kerman Pateh, or curtain panel, with boteh (paisley) and floral border surrounding field with stylized cypress tree in cusped ...

Navajo Rug Flat Woven RugTapestry Beige 4' x6' (3'11" x 5'7") 119cm x 170cm Circa 1920 "This piece has a light brown border (perimeter) - the top and the bottom border of the rug is frayed. The inner border is a narrow brown/black color. The next inner border is a narrow tan color. The main background color of the rug is a tan grey color. The central design of the rug is a stepped design in light tan, brown, red and black/brown in half diamond shapes and a full diamond shape in the center. The center of the full diamond shape is a top and bottom hook design. On each side of the diamond shapes are zigzag, sawtooth, wide lines in light tan and black/brown colors. NOTE: it would be beneficial to have the rug on a wall-hanging apparatus; the two tacks on each upper corner will weaken the threads. The rug is a Navajo Crystal area rug of Western New Mexico. The Crystal Trading Post (established 1896; now closed) was located on the Navajo Reservation in far Western New Mexico, high up in the Chuska Mountains. Navajo rugs made from the Crystal area are known for their soft, beautiful, muted earth tones achieved by vegetal dyes. Some colors you can expect from these natural rugs are tan, grey, white, brown, orange, red and yellow. Geometric patterns are usually the focus of these Crystal rugs which are handwoven. The rugs come in a variety of sizes from under four feet to over seven feet long. Though inspired by J.B. Moore more than 100 years ago, by the 1940's, the Crystal style changed with the times. Original J.B. Moore era Crystal Navajo rugs...

Finely woven silk Judaica Tabriz rug. Tabriz, the capital of the northwestern Iranian province of Azerbaijan, has for centuries enjoyed a great reputation as a center of Persian cult...

Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the mid-20th century with a blue kitten and head of a fish pictorial motif on a beige field. This was originally belonging to a private Persia...

Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the middle of the 20th century with a facial abstract pictorial motif. This was originally belonging to a private Persian collector who requ...

Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the 20th century with a man riding on his scooter with 2 birds. Looks like they are going for a thrill ride!! Yeeehaw!!! This was originally be...

Square scatter size Persian Kilim from the 20th century with a mother goose on a green field. Also a man with a geese is right underneath. This was origin...

Large Old Persian textile from Isfahan Iran, with bothe paisley imprint motifs beautiful round center with light blue red salmon colors on cream background....

Rare antique Sultanabad sampler rug, Persia. Lovely foliate design in blues and cream on a red field.