Florida - Caucasian Rugs

Largepillow made from an early 20th century Antique Persian Kurd Rug rug. Zipper closure and poly-fill provided. Measures: 16'' x 30''.

There has long been a fascination with the symbolism of the dragon and its depiction in carpet weavings. The design of ‘Dragon’ carpets consists of a field pattern composed of different colored overlaid lattices formed of pointed, serrated leaves creating intersecting lozenges, which alternately contain palmettes and are flanked by confronting stylized dragons, birds, or animal figures. The most archaic of the ‘Dragon’ carpets include dragon motifs with birds and running animals relatively naturalistically drawn, which stand either alone or in confronting pairs facing a tree. The Graf carpet, originally found in a Damascene mosque, now in the Islamiches Museum, Berlin, is considered to be the oldest example of this type, see Serare Yetkin, Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, Vol. II, London, 1978, p.8, fig.118. Yetkin defines four types of ‘Dragon’ carpet: ‘Archaic’, ‘Four-Dragon’, ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix’ and as a further combined development of the latter, the ‘Two-Dragon’ style, of which the present carpet falls into the ‘Dragon-and-Phoenix group along with other examples, some of which include two fragments, one in the Museum fur Kunst und Gerwerbe, Hamburg; another in the Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary, a complete carpet in the Kier collection; an incomplete example in the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C; the ‘Cassirer’ Dragon carpet in the Thyssen-Bornemisza collection, Lugano; the Ali Pasa Mosque carpet in Tokat, and a further example in the Vakiflar Hali Museum, Istanbul (S. Yetkin, op. cit. pp.16-20). It has been suggested that the earliest examples of the Caucasian ‘Dragon’ carpets...

This pillowcase is made from an antique Caucasian, shrivan rug. It does not come with an insert. Linen in the back. Zipper closure.       

Beautiful 20th century Shirvan rug with a geometrical design and red, yellow and green colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.

The source of the rug comes from the book Orient Star – A Carpet Collection, E. Heinrich Kirchheim, Hali Publications Ltd, 1993 nr.27. This is an ascending palmettes and flowers desi...

It does not come with an insert. Linen in the back. Zipper Closure. Dry Clean is recommended. Item above is made from an antique rug therefore not in brand new condition.  

This wool rug is a great example of Caucasian rugs in the 1880s. Intricately woven by hand, this fine wool rug features an oriental floral design. The central pattern has been woven ...

This pillowcase is made from an antique Caucasian, shrivan rug. It does not come with an insert. Linen in the back. Zipper closure.   

Pillow made from an early 20th-century Caucasian rug. zipper closure and poly-fill insert provided. Measures: 16" x 16".

It does not come with an insert. Linen in the back. Zipper closure. Dry clean is recommended. Item above is made from an antique rug therefore not in brand new condition.     

A vintage Caucasian Karabagh rug, with a pictorial design, from the mid-20th century.

Pillow made from an early 20th-century Caucasian rug. zipper closure and poly-fill insert provided. Measures: 16" x 16".